Tiffany Windholz and Maamcuk Foss walking along the bank of the Kuskokwim River mapping the ongoing erosion in Akiak. (Darcy Peter) Maamcuk Foss walked along the edge of the Kuskokwim River in Akiak.

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 ...

In the Alaskan Arctic, a quiet revolution in permafrost science is rewriting what we thought we knew about frozen ground and the climate risks locked inside it. Researchers are not only watching the ...

This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. Kathy Lenniger was running her sled dog team one day along her usual route in Fairbanks when she suddenly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Beneath the Arctic tundra lies a biological time capsule of ...

By definition permafrost is land that continuously remains below 32 degrees Fahrenheit for two or more years; in some areas permafrost can reach depths up to about 3,000 feet or more. So, what is the ...

The ancient nematode has lain dormant in a fossilized squirrel burrow since the late Pleistocene, revealing that these worms can survive for tens of thousands of years longer than thought. When you ...

Researchers incubated permafrost samples from Alaska at different temperatures and found that microbes from the last ice age can reactivate and resume breaking down carbon. When you purchase through ...

Mark J. Lara receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape. Massive lakes, several square miles ...