Alaska’s Coastal Permafrost Is More Vulnerable Than We Thought

Scientists have long assumed that a thick, solid mass of permafrost underpins all of Alaska like the sturdy foundation of a house, stretching from the tundra to the and below the seafloor. But in a new study published in Science Advances, scientists found that beneath the seafloor on the northeastern coast of Alaska,…

Read more…

Source: https://earther.gizmodo.com/alaska-s-coastal-permafrost-is-more-vulnerable-than-we-1845494158
Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you.
The Article Was Written/Published By: Dharna Noor on Earther, shared by Brian Kahn to Gizmodo

! #Headlines, #Alaska, #Arctic, #ClimateChange, #Environment, #Gizmodo, #Newsfeed, #TechNews, #ThePlanet, #News, #Science