Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire. Brain takes a serious as well as entertaining look at a ...
Permafrost thaw can stimulate the release of soil carbon, triggering a positive carbon-climate feedback that may be mediated by changes in soil phosphorus (P) availability. A research team led by Prof ...
When Merritt Turetsky heads north for fieldwork in the Arctic, she holds her breath. “I have no idea what I'm going to find,” said Turetsky, director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research ...
WASHINGTON — Deadly pathogens lying dormant in centuries-old Arctic permafrost could become the latest threat from global climate change. The potential release of the pathogens has seized the ...
Permafrost has a central role in the sustainable development of the Arctic region. The thaw of permafrost is set to damage buildings and roads, leading to tens of billions of euros in additional costs ...
Herds of horses, bison and reindeer could play a significant part in saving the world from an acceleration in global heating. That is the conclusion of a recent study showing how grazing herbivores ...
Ancient life has been resurrected from the bowels of a military tunnel that penetrates the Alaskan permafrost. Some of the microbes thawed from these long-frozen soils have been trapped for 40,000 ...
Abrupt thawing of permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions from permafrost thaw in the Arctic, and is already rapidly changing the landscape and ecology of the ...
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