Permafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images Across ...

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Rapidly thawing permafrost in the Arctic has scientists worried. According to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, the ice that holds the soil together is melting, causing ...

New species awakened from ancient permafrost may hold the key to helping U.S. troops survive brutal Arctic conditions - but how?

Research biologists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered 26 new microbes species that could aid in developing new technologies that help the U.S. military survive and thrive in extreme ...

Fossil fuel companies drilling into the Norwegian permafrost may be unleashing a hidden monster. After analyzing 18 hydrocarbon exploration wells in Svalbard, an archipelago located between Norway and ...

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. To enter the Fox permafrost tunnel—one of the only places in the world dedicated to the firsthand scientific ...

New research from a group of international climate scientists shows that so-called "zombie viruses" once revived, can infect amoeba cells. The study, published in the open journal Viruses, looked at ...

At Eielson Air Force Base, military engineers must contend with a problem lurking beneath the ground: permafrost thaw. At Eielson Air Force Base, military engineers must contend with a problem lurking ...

Melting permafrost cliffs near Zyryanka, Russia are crumbling into the Kolyma River, unleashing tons of organic soil sediments that can release CO2 and methane to the atmosphere. Analyzing those ...

Around 20,000 years ago, the world was so frigid that massive glaciers sucked up enough water to lower sea levels by 400 feet. As the sea pulled back, newly exposed land froze to form permafrost, a ...