The cryosphere comprises all the ice on Earth, from glaciers in Antarctica, icebergs floating in the ocean, to millimetric ice found in the soils. Soil can hold ice wedges and ice lenses, but there are small ice reservoirs that are usually overlooked: the pore ice. Pore ice is an unknown compartment whose role regarding matter degradation is yet to be determined… stay with us and you will see that ...[Read More]
Climate Change & Cryosphere – Can the smallest ice make the greatest impact?
Figure 1: Aerial view of permafrost peatlands of the Siberian Arctic [Credits: Sergei Loiko]