Not only has the water turned orange, but the shoreline areas and rocks have a rusty coating, which, when viewed from above, looks as if an industrial mine has been in operation nearby for decades. Photo: Roman Dial Streams and rivers in the undeveloped Arctic of...
Over the past three years, massive fires in parts from Siberia to the Arctic coast have made broad headlines. A now-published study shows that they are not simply due to warmer temperatures, but a number of factors have caused and driven the fires. Photo: NASA Anyone...
The grounds of the Arctic and in large parts of the high alpine areas consists of permafrost. A distinction is made between different stages, which are frozen for different lengths of time. Due to climate change in the Arctic, these soils are thawing more and longer,...
Permafrost covers about 10 percent of the earth. If the permafrost thaws, the ground loses its stability. Coastal areas are then at risk of severe corrosion and irretrievable land loss, and the thawing ground releases even more greenhouse gases. Image: Lutz...
The mummified woolly mammoth baby “Nun cho ga” at the site where it was found at Treadstone Mine on Eureka Creek in Yukon, Canada. Photo: Government of Yukon A find much more spectacular than gold: while digging in the permafrost in Canada’s Yukon on...