Watching the Arctic thaw in fast-forward

ScienceDaily
Dec 1, 2020, 12:40 pm117 pts
The frozen permafrost in the Arctic is thawing on an alarming scale. By analyzing an annual record of satellite images, researchers have now confirmed these findings: thermokarst lakes in Alaska are draining one by one because warmer and wetter conditions cause deeper thaw, effectively weakening frozen ground…

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