Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

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Oct 4, 2026, 12:20 pm81 ptsTrending
As Ted Schuur stepped along the edges of Smith Lake, a bubble surfaced from the muck underfoot. And then another. They're bubbles of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas made from decomposing plants and animals that had once been stuck in Alaska's frigid permafrost. But that frozen ground is thawing because the…

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