We don’t know how much thawing permafrost will accelerate climate change. Researchers are aiming to find out
Climate scientists know that carbon trapped in permafrost is a huge potential contributor to global warming once the…
World’s longest woolly rhino horn discovered in melting Siberian permafrost
Like modern rhinos, woolly rhinos likely also used their horns as weapons. Notches in the middle of some…
The Permafrost’s “Revenant” Microbes Are Slowly Awaking. This Is Bad News for Climate Change
Thawing permafrost in Alaska. Image credits: Brandt Meixell/USGS. The frozen, barren soil of the Arctic isn’t as lifeless…
Scientists wake up microbes trapped in Arctic permafrost for 40,000 years
Far beneath the icy Alaskan tundra, life lay dormant for tens of thousands of years. In ice-laden soil…