permafrost

University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have documented the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from dry uplands of thawing permafrost. The discovery is adding to global climate change concerns.

A German scientist has teamed with University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers to develop a way to remotely determine the presence of permafrost in soils.…

For humans to live on another planet, they need to find water. Subterranean ice is a potential source, and as KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, a unique…

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly approved a resolution Thursday that established a task force that will put together a plan to deal with the…

Alaska Communications is planning to repair or replace about 20 telephone poles that are slowly falling over along a swampy stretch of the Richardson…

Thawing permafrost threatens infrastructure …A new study says the thawing of permafrost accelerated by a warming climate could destabilize at least a…

Tracking climate change with both science and traditional knowledge …Editor's note: Second of a two-part series.Wildlife biologist Todd Brinkman says…

A carbon time-bomb ticking away in thawing permafrost …"Methane is a very potent greenhouse gas," University of Alaska Fairbanks ecology professor Katey…

A possible short-term benefit to a greenhouse gas …Scientists have long worried the warming climate caused by buildup of carbon in the atmosphere will…

Maintaining roads as permafrost thaws …Editor's note: second of two reports on the challenge of engineering roads in the circumpolar north in a warming…