Tag: permafrost

Wolverines use deep fissures in the Arctic permafrost as dens, photos have revealed. “After we found three of them, it seemed like enough of a pattern to start sharing it,”...

Beavers are expanding their ranges deeper into Alaska, and their ecosystem engineering may be speeding up the melting of Alaska’s permafrost. “One major take home from our paper is that,...

Humans may not be the only culprits in climate change. The New York Times reports that as the arctic warms, beavers (Castor canadensis) are expanding their range north. The dams...