A French scientist is searching Siberian permafrost for “zombie viruses” and testing their abilities. Viruses and chemical waste currently locked in permafrost could pose danger to humans if thaw ...

New research from a group of international climate scientists shows that so-called “zombie viruses” once revived, can infect amoeba cells. The study, published in the open journal Viruses, looked at ...

WASHINGTON — Deadly pathogens lying dormant in centuries-old Arctic permafrost could become the latest threat from global climate change. The potential release of the pathogens has seized the ...

But that's only one possible future for the vast stores of carbon locked in the formerly perennially frozen but now-thawing ground in the Arctic. Using over a decade of synthesis science and ...

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities. Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent ...

Tiffany Windholz and Maamcuk Foss walking along the bank of the Kuskokwim River mapping the ongoing erosion in Akiak. (Darcy Peter) Maamcuk Foss walked along the edge of the Kuskokwim River in Akiak.

Over the past 43 years, the Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the world. Orchidpoet via Getty Images As climate change accelerates the melting of ice in the Arctic, carbon ...

Alaska’s Yukon River may be shuttling much more than just water as it traverses the state and empties into the Bering Sea. A California-led research team has now found evidence that climate ...