The Cryosphere
The cryosphere is a fundamental and integral part of the climate system, and it has important linkage and feedback with the major components of the … Read more
permafrost
What is Permafrost
Permafrost is an important aspect of the cryosphere, a fundamental and integral part of the climate system in periglacial landscapes. Here, we present the general … Read more
Methane Explosions Strike the Frozen Ground in Siberia Sparking Wild Theories About their Origins
Massive craters in the frozen ground of Siberia strike the Russian landscape of Yamal and Gydan Peninsula. The origin of such incredible morphologies is due … Read more
Ice on Mars, Pluto, the Moon, Mercury, and Jupiter’s Moon Europa Reveals Extraordinary Frozen Worlds Out of the Earth in Our Solar System
Glacier-like forms, polar ice caps, and permafrost on Mars, farfetched ice caps of frozen nitrogen on Pluto, unexpected thick ice deposits on the Moon and … Read more
In Siberia, Giant Craters Sparked Dozens of Wild Theories About their Origins. Thawing Permafrost has Shaped the Largest of its Kind, The Batagaika Crater
A dramatic hole in the ground dominates the landscape of Yakutia, North-East Siberia, and keep growing at an accelerated rate. The Batagaika Crater is the … Read more
*EXTREME* Siberian #heatwave – Verhojansk hits +38.0 °C = 100.4 °F and shatters all-time heat record of the Arctic Circle
A northeastern Siberian town Verkhojansk likely set a record for the highest temperature ever documented in the Arctic Circle. A historic heatwave has developed over … Read more