Deep in the Arctic permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is protecting Africa's food supply ~science biology Article 1329 words 12 votes
As the earth warms, glacial archaeologists in Norway are in a race against time to preserve objects before they are destroyed by the elements ~humanities.history Article 826 words 10 votes
New simulation based study warns against risks of ‘time-traveling pathogens’ in thawing Arctic permafrost ~enviro climate change Article 11 votes
A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and asexually produced offspring ~science Article 361 words 55 votes
Buried deep in the permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is opening its doors to the world with the launch of a new virtual tour to mark its fifteenth anniversary ~science biology Article 865 words 9 votes
'She's perfect and she's beautiful': Frozen baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon gold fields ~science Article 834 words 7 votes
Why did the US military dig a tunnel in the Alaskan tundra? What is the tunnel used for now? ~enviro Video 17:09 5 votes
Trans-Alaska pipeline under threat from thawing permafrost ~enviro climate change energy Article 2754 words, published Jul 14 2021 3 votes
Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model. ~design architecture Article 2363 words, published Sep 24 2021 3 votes
An earth system model shows self-sustained melting of permafrost even if all man-made GHG emissions stop in 2020 ~enviro climate change Article 4899 words 15 votes
“Abrupt thaw” affects five percent of Arctic permafrost, but it could double the amount of warming it contributes ~enviro climate change Article 1115 words 11 votes
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been named one of the most important projects in the world over the last fifty years ~science biology Article 244 words 9 votes
Sea 'boiling' with methane discovered in Siberia: 'No one has ever recorded anything like this before' ~enviro climate change Article 537 words 22 votes
Scientists amazed as Canadian permafrost thaws seventy years early ~enviro climate change Article 493 words 10 votes
40,000 year old nematodes, frozen in Siberian permafrost, come back to life ~science Article 661 words 5 votes