That’s according to a new study released earlier this month by the University of Southern California, analyzing sediment from melted permafrost along Alaska’s Yukon River. Researchers already ...

That’s according to a new study released earlier this month by the University of Southern California, analyzing sediment from melted permafrost along Alaska’s Yukon River. Researchers already ...

That’s according to a new study released earlier this month by the University of Southern California, analyzing sediment from melted permafrost along Alaska’s Yukon River. Researchers already ...

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed this week is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in ...

This "giant mercury bomb" lurks within the soils of permafrost in Alaska, which is slowly melting ... environmental studies at the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters ...

Even a more southern part of the state, where permafrost exists only in sporadic ... ending NOAA data service used to monitor sea ice off Alaska] Homeowners can buy flood insurance, and the ...

Alaska. (Photo by Marlena Sloss for The Washington Post via Getty Images) More than 3 million of those individuals reside in areas where permafrost is expected to disappear entirely by 2050 ...

In Alaska, permafrost has warmed in response to air ... scientists also see widespread permafrost degradation. In China, the southern limits of permafrost are believed to be moving northward ...

Melting permafrost in the Arctic ... to researchers at the University of Southern California who studied the transport of sediment in the Yukon River in Alaska. As the Yukon River flows west ...

there's a zone of continuous permafrost that's not so evident in southern Alaska. And I think that's one of the most startling things, because there are what are referred to as thermokarsts that ...