A chunk of permafrost on rocky substrate melts. Locked away in frigid Arctic soils and riverbeds is a world teeming with ancient microbes. Bacteria and viruses that existed thousands of years ago are ...

Scientists have made a worrisome discovery in their exploration of Arctic sea ice in Alaska. Deep down in the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility — a research site stretching over 350 feet long and 50 ...

Deep beneath Alaska's frozen soils, scientists have awakened microbes frozen for up to 42,400 years, revealing how ancient ...

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Chinese researchers have recently discovered links between reduction in microbial stability and soil carbon loss in the active layer of degraded alpine permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP).

The Tibetan Plateau hosts the world’s largest permafrost region in the middle and low latitudes. Compared to the high-latitude Arctic permafrost, the permafrost here is thinner, warmer, and more ...

The permafrost inside the Batagay crater is the second-oldest ever found on Earth and scientists are using it to reconstruct the planet's ancient climate. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

A fortnight camping on the mosquito-ridden, muddy banks of the Kolyma River in Russia may not sound like the most glamorous of work trips. But it’s a sacrifice virologist Jean-Michel Claverie was ...

BOULDER- Global warming may decimate the top 10 feet (3 meters) or more of perennially frozen soil across the Northern Hemisphere, altering ecosystems as well as damaging buildings and roads across ...

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