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Permafrost

The Sawyer Glacier in Alaska, July 2016. The Arctic is enduring unprecedented warming this year, affecting Alaska and Greenland specifically.

'The Changes Are Really Accelerating': Alaska at Record Warm While Greenland Sees Major Ice Melt

"The numbers needing relocation will grow, the costs are going up, and people's lives and cultural practices will be impacted."

Eoin Higgins, staff writer ·

'We Are Not Moving Fast Enough': Study Shows Cost of Melting Permafrost Could Total $70 Trillion

"The most important thing to remember about our study is the greater the warming, the stronger the feedbacks and the higher the costs to society."

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Point Barrow

Thawing Permafrost Emitting Higher Levels of Potent Greenhouse Gas Than Previously Thought: Study

Nitrous oxide is nearly 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Greta Thunberg, they are what’s left of our fighting chance.(Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images)

Glaciers and Arctic Ice Are Vanishing. Time to Get Radical Before It's Too Late

No one should be annoyed when schoolkids start leaving class en masse or surprised that Green New Deal advocates call for dramatic overhaul of American society. We should be grateful.

Bill McKibben ·

The Yukon River winds through western interior Alaska in early April. (Photo: UAF/Todd Paris)

Researchers Warn Arctic Has Entered 'Unprecedented State' That Threatens Global Climate Stability

"Never have so many Arctic indicators been brought together in a single paper." And the findings spell trouble for the entire planet.

Jon Queally, staff writer ·

Dusk at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

'We Can't Trust the Permafrost Anymore': Doomsday Vault at Risk in Norway

"Not good."

Eoin Higgins, staff writer ·

Extinction Rebellion York members march through York demanding the council declare a climate emergency. (Photo: Golam Rabbani)

‘We’re Only Getting Started on our Climate Campaign’

Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a environmental direct action network that has been actively engaging in civil disobedience since October 2018

Mark Matthews ·

climate strike

Climate Crisis: Now Will the Older Generation Step Up?

To many who have worked on this for years, it is continually baffling that climate change is not seen as an emergency. To the young, it is a complete and utter disgrace

Andy Rowell ·

This movement had to happen, we didn’t have a choice.’ (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Think We Should Be at School? Today’s Climate Strike Is the Biggest Lesson of All

We are among the young people striking against climate change in every corner of the globe—adults should join us too

Greta Thunberg ·

glacier

UN Report Warns 'Locked In' Arctic Temperature Spikes Will Unleash Global Sea Level Rise

"We have the science; now more urgent climate action is needed to steer away from tipping points that could be even worse for our planet than we first thought."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·