Bringing a prehistoric being back to life may seem like something out of science fiction, but scientists have done exactly ...

A Wisconsin-sized region of frozen soil is thawing fast, releasing three trillion more gallons of water per year than it did ...

Thawing permafrost may release greenhouse gases much faster than previously expected, potentially accelerating climate change ...

Scientists thawed the ancient sample from the Alazeya River in northeastern Siberia, and to their surprise, the creature woke ...

A sweeping new study reveals that as Arctic permafrost thaws, it is dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts ...

Experiments by University of Leeds researchers, published in Earth's Future, have shown that thawing of permafrost makes it between 25 and 100 times more permeable, allowing more climate change ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Permafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape.

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 ...

Some Arctic regions regain their "greenness" within a decade of a sudden permafrost collapse, while others can take a century or more to recover, researchers report in a new study. The difference is ...

Permafrost sounds permanent, but there’s a catch: the top portion, called the active layer, freezes and thaws every year. In a warming climate, that active layer has been deepening. This exposes more ...

While snowmelt is a major contributor to river flow, thawing permafrost is becoming increasingly important. Beneath the surface lies a layer of soil that freezes and thaws each year, known as the ...