Nowadays, there are plenty of media reports about the impacts of climate change around the world. Glaciers are disappearing, gigantic craters form in Siberia as the previously frozen ground thaws, the sea is threatening to swallow entire islands, floods cause large damages to people and economy, heat waves periodically destroy crops and can reach dangerous levels for people’s health. And this is o ...[Read More]
Feeling the Heat: The Grilled Earth
Figure 1: Permafrost wall in Herschel Island. Permafrost thawing is a potential contributor to climate change and a risk for northern communities. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Photo: Boris Radosavljevic.