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How Is Melting Permafrost Affecting Arctic Communities?

Sam Heller Arctic, melt, melting, permafrost, tundra

In the Arctic, a great change is taking place. Permafrost, which covers around 25 percent of exposed land in the Northern Hemisphere, is melting.

Permafrost terraces

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Is Our Tundra In Trouble?

Thomas Brunt Arctic, climate change, global warming, permafrost, tundra

Rising global temperatures mean that the abundance of permafrost is decreasing at unprecedented levels.

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