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Alaska’s most prominent permafrost cliff is one of a kind

Anchorage Daily News

Video probes methane emissions from Siberian sinkholes

Yamal Peninsula, Russia

Yale Climate Connections

Arctic Lakes Are Disappearing Fast, and Scientists Are Just Figuring Out Why

Scientific American

As Russia’s Permafrost Thaws, Ancient Pathogens Risk Re-Awakening

Khatanga, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia

The Moscow Times

In Newtok, decades of erosion have finally caught up to the school

Newtok, Alaska, United States

Russia’s Arctic coast loses 7,000 hectares annually due to climate changes

Dikson, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia

The Independent Barents Observer

A Homer scientist is bringing changes in Arctic permafrost into high-resolution

Alaska, United States

KDLL Public Radio for the Central Kenai Peninsula

Russia is to lose its permafrost, minister of natural resources warns

Scientists study accelerating land subsidence affecting coastal North Slope communities

Point Lay, Alaska, United States

Anchorage Daily News

Highly accurate permafrost maps of the Northern Hemisphere published

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