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 Arctic may have already turned into a net emitter of carbon emissions due to thawing permafrost, according to the US government's 2019 Arctic Report Card ~enviro climate change Article 1493 words, published Dec 10 2019 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
Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing seventy years earlier than predicted ~enviro climate change Article 493 words 14 votes
40,000 year old nematodes, frozen in Siberian permafrost, come back to life ~science Article 661 words 5 votes