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Permafrost

Deep Trouble for Arctic and Beyond: NOAA Climate Report Warns of Feedback Loop That 'May Already Be Underway'

coastal communities

'This Is Truly Terrifying': Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean 'Boiling With Methane Bubbles'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

methane seep

The lead researcher said that "this is the most powerful" methane seep he has ever seen. "No one has ever recorded anything similar."

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Report Shows 'Stunning and Dramatic' Scenes of Thawing Permafrost in Siberia That 'Leaves Millions on Unstable Ground'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

thawing permafrost in Siberia

"Rivers are rising and running faster, and entire neighborhoods are falling...

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'Canary in the Coal Mine': Experts Warn of Climate Tipping Point as Scientists Find Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Ahead of Schedule

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

A collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost along Drew Point, Alaska.

"It's very likely that this phenomenon is affecting a much more extensive...

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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

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

Point Barrow

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

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

Dusk at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

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

glacier

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

solar panels

Keeping Global Warming Below 1.5°C May Still Be Possible With Immediate Action, New Study Shows

Here's the Dire Climate Report the Trump White House Didn't Want You to See

In Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, an exceptionally warm summer in 2004 triggered this 300m long slump associated with thawing permafrost.

Melting Permafrost Projections Reveal Paris Climate Goals at Risk: Study

'We Are Climbing Rapidly Out of Humankind's Safe Zone': Report Warns Dire Climate Warnings Not Dire Enough

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Earth's CO2 Concentrations Have Soared to Levels Not Seen in 800,000 Years

As World Busts Heat Records, Study Warns Global Warming Could Be Twice as Bad Climate Models Project

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Greenpeace

Increased Extreme Weather Events Predicted Due to Effect of Climate Change on the Arctic

Worldwatch Institute

Arctic Peoples Overlooked as GLACIER Conference Thaws Climate Discussions

Green Groups:

The Public Eye Awards 2014: Gap and Gazprom Receive “Awards of Shame”

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)

No Climate Change Worries in Alaska

Youth Climate Activist Coalition

Youth Plaintiffs Have One Wish for the New Year: Climate Recovery Plans

Earthjustice

Complementary Action to Curb ‘Soot’ & ‘Smog’ Pollution Could Help Limit Global Temperature Rise

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Meena Miriam Yust, Arshad M. Khan

Warming Ocean Currents Affect Weather and Environment

David Suzuki

Failure to Address Climate Crisis Puts Children at Risk

Andy Rowell

Arctic Warming & Climate Change 'Should Be the Number One Urgent Conversation Right Now'

Bill McKibben

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

Mark Matthews, Merry Dickinson

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

Andy Rowell

Climate Crisis: Now Will the Older Generation Step Up?

Greta Thunberg, Alexandria Villasenor

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

Ralph Nader

Who Will Displace the Omniciders?

Greta Thunberg

My Message to Davos Elites: Act As If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is.

Chris Hedges

Confronting the Culture of Death