The ground is swallowing homes in this Native village in Alaska. Residents have no choice but to move

When the permafrost under Nunapitchuk melts, it mixes with the soil, creating an unstable, muck-like substance that local people call "Alaskan quicksand". The phenomenon, along with rapid erosion from the coastline, has dangerously damaged key infrastructure in the village...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/03/alaska-nunapitchuk-climate-melting-permafrost

 

A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals

Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows…

https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/7652103633459993609 

 

The Arctic’s thawing permafrost is releasing a shocking amount of dangerous gases

This “abrupt thaw” affects 5 percent of Arctic permafrost, but it could double the amount of warming it contributes.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/arctic-thawing-ground-releasing-shocking-amount-dangerous-gases/

Sea 'Boiling' with Methane in Siberia is Unlike Anything Seen Before - Newsweek

Scientists in Siberia have discovered an area of sea that is "boiling" with methane, with bubbles that can be scooped from the water with buckets. Researchers on an expedition to the East Siberian Sea said the "methane fountain" was unlike anything they had seen before, with concentrations of the gas in the region to be six to seven times higher than the global average. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/methane-boiling-sea-discovered-siberia-1463766

In Siberia, climate change is warping the Earth beneath the feet of millions - The Washington Post

Extreme climate change is pushing people out of their watery farms and sinking villages into new jobs in the city or on the lucrative mammoth-tusk trail.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/in-fast-thawing-siberia-radical-climate-change-is-warping-the-earth-beneath-the-feet-of-millions/2019/10/03/5b090d7c-af04-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html

Melting permafrost in Arctic will have $70tn climate impact – study

Study shows how destabilised natural systems will worsen man-made problem ....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/23/melting-permafrost-in-arctic-will-have-70tn-climate-impact-study

A warming Arctic could cost the world trillions of dollars - National Geographic

New science warns that melting ice and permafrost could set off feedback loops that make climate change worse....
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/arctic-climate-change-feedback-loops-cost-trillions/

This Should Freak Everyone Out: The Arctic Will Never Be Frozen Again

Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of polar scientists made a startling declaration: The Arctic as we once knew it is no more....
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/12/this-should-freak-everyone-out-the-arctic-will-never-be-frozen-again/

5 Scary Diseases Climate Change May Awaken from the Melting Permafrost | Alternet

Each layer that melts exposes germs dating back thousands of years....
https://www.alternet.org/environment/5-scary-diseases-climate-change-may-awaken-melting-permafrost

Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing - The New York Times

Alaska’s permafrost, shown here in 2010, is no longer permanent. It is starting to thaw.....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/23/climate/alaska-permafrost-thawing.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&_r=0

Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts -- the guardian

No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts

7,000 massive methane gas bubbles under the Russian permafrost could explode anytime

Russian scientists have recently discovered some 7,000 underground methane bubbles in Siberia that could explode anytime.

‘Their appearance at such high latitudes is most likely linked to thawing permafrost,” explained a Russian Academy of Science spokesperson, “which is in turn linked to overall rise of temperature on the north of Eurasia during last several decades.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/methane-bubbles-arctic-769bf3f1b099