North Slope permafrost thawing sooner than expected

North Slope permafrost thawing sooner than expected Fairbanks AK (SPX) Dec 19, 2015 - New projections of permafrost change in northern Alaska suggest far-reaching effects will come sooner than expected, scientists reported this week at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. "The temperature of permafrost is rapidly changing," said Vladimir Romanovsky, head of the Permafrost Laboratory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. "For the last 30 ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/North_Slope_permafrost_thawing_sooner_than_expected_999.html