A series of studies on the National Institute of Health's Arctic Health website documents how
the widespread thaw of permafrost is already having direct impacts on people.
A series of studies on the National Institute of Health's Arctic Health website documents how
the widespread thaw of permafrost is already having direct impacts on people.
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Climate change is causing the
widespread thawing and degradation
of permafrost, subsurface soil or rock that remains frozen for two or more consecutive years.
Losses
of glacial ice and permanent snowpack as well as
thawing permafrost are
widespread and complex; they affect key aspects
of alpine lakes and streams that include temperature, water discharge, and nutrient supply.
Climate change is causing
widespread thawing and degradation
of permafrost, which has associated impacts on infrastructure, ecosystems, and the global carbon cycle.