UAF researchers mapping permafrost melt impact on Alaska

A map of sites of interest from the website of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geophysical Institute’s Permafrost Laboratory
As average temperatures rise, two University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers are mapping permafrost’s impact on Alaska. Vladimir Romanovsky and David McGuire are members of a team working to identify worldwide regions susceptible to thermokarst.
Romanovsky said the natural process is the result of what happens when ice-rich permafrost begins to melt.
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