Few geological features on Earth carry as much climatic weight as permafrost. The frozen soils encircling the Arctic from ...

In northern latitudes and high altitudes, the permafrost layer is a layer of earth that stays frozen year round. It’s that layer of permafrost that holds many mountain summits together. As climate ...

In the face of climate change, permafrost peatland wildfires could play more of a role in the destructive cycle of global warming, University of Alberta research suggests.

In the Arctic tundra of Alaska, climate change is forcing an Alaska Native village to relocate. Rising temperatures are melting the underground permafrost. The melted ice then mixes with the soil, ...

World leaders are heading into the final days of COP30, the United Nations climate meeting in Brazil. They are trying to agree on how to curb global warming and pay for the costs of an increasingly ...

President Donald Trump called climate change the “greatest con job ever perpetuated” and a “scam” during his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In a lengthy diatribe against ...

Blame it on the beavers: The industrious, buck-toothed rodents are inadvertently contributing to climate change. The Unusual Connection Between Beavers, Permafrost And Climate Change Blame it on the ...

Hiking will always be a part of life in the Alps, but climate change has made navigating high-alpine routes more complicated Anna Fiorentino - Freelance writer The Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) owns about ...