Permafrost

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Arctic city that loses up to 2 meters of land per year enters a countdown against permafrost thaw: Tuktoyaktuk tries to hold houses, roads and its own natural barrier, which could be breached by 2050, with a US$ 53.7 million containment project against the advance of the sea.

Valdemar Medeiros 02/05/2026 at 16:05

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As if the Siberian permafrost were a carbon bomb with its trigger hidden underwater, scientists discover that rivers and lakes are opening thawing pathways within the frozen ground and can release ancient methane from layers that climate models still cannot accurately see.

Valdemar Medeiros 30/04/2026 at 17:23

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NASA and Stockholm University put the planet on alert by revealing that the Arctic permafrost stores 1.4 trillion tons of carbon, more than the entire atmosphere, and has already become a net source of gases with methane bubbling from craters formed 30,000 years ago in a self-accelerating warming cycle.

Valdemar Medeiros 22/04/2026 at 10:35

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Scientists thaw microbes trapped in Alaska for 40,000 years, discovering that they reorganize, become active again, and start releasing greenhouse gases in a troubling climate alert.

Ana Alice 06/04/2026 at 23:42

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The City of Black Snow: An Investigation into the Industrial Legacy and Precarious Future of Norilsk

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 19/10/2025 at 11:41

Science and Technology

Scientists Revive Microorganisms Frozen in Permafrost for 40,000 Years and Raise Alarm of Potential New Pandemic

Jefferson Augusto 03/10/2025 at 22:15

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Airport in Norway Is One of the Most Extreme in the World and Drives the Local Economy, but It Has a Problem — It’s Melting

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 23/04/2025 at 10:07