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Damage from permafrost melting in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation may exceed 10 trillion rubles

Erosion continues along Noatak River

River erosion threatening community water supply

Small Sinkhole in the Village

Climate change causing Siberia's Batagay crater expansion amid environmental concerns

Spring bank erosion and icicle formation

Monitoring underway at N.W.T. archaeological sites threatened by climate change

Dozens of Newtok students attend classes in a school that’s coming apart

Little Diomede city building slides off its foundation, leaving community vulnerable for more damage

Storm erodes shoreline at Shishmaref

Storm erodes shoreline at Shishmaref

Later frosts could make new crops possible in Alaska, but climate change brings challenges, too

Permafrost slump near Alaska Highway in Yukon eats up 13 more metres of land

A year after the Merbok Storm: Impacts on Cemetery

Protecting roads and water infrastructure from erosion

Rain continues to impact Noatak River

DOT to evaluate cracks on Kivalina evacuation road

July was Utqiaġvik’s warmest month in the past century

Huge landslide misses Swiss mountain village of Brienz ‘by a hair’

Erosion Impacting Vegetation and Roads

Legacy industrial contamination in the Arctic permafrost: When permafrost thaws, the Arctic could face massive problems from legacy industrial contamination and pollutants

Sinking in

Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange

Thawing causing cemetery to sink

After September storm, Newtok residents are desperate to relocate

Slide buries highway, strands residents

Severe Erosion in Newtok

Alaska's newest lakes are belching methane

Storm Merbok causes erosion to cemetary

Up river effect from Typhoon Merbok

Storm unearths ancient tusks

Along Utqiaġvik’s eroding coast, hope that a seawall can help keep the community safe

Over 24 hours, Harry Potter Lake pulls a disappearing act on Alaska’s North Slope

Sudden lake draining event

30,000-year-old mummified baby mammoth found in Canada’s Yukon permafrost

River erosion threatening old dump site

Huge section of river bank collapses in Noatak

River erosion threatens road

In the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation due to the melting of permafrost, from 22 to 100 percent of buildings are deformed

Bank erosion exposing old landfill contents

Point Lay declares climate emergency

Dangerous sink hole on winter trail - an aftermath of extreme rains

Erosion at Cape Blossom

Summer thawing impacts on utility poles and shoreline

How floor repair of 'igloo church' in Arctic Canada could offer deeper look into North's permafrost

Permafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region

Southwest Alaska community on Bering Sea coast experiences severe flooding

Tiny worm comes back to life after 24,000 years in Siberian deep freeze

Rapid permafrost thaw expected in N.W.T., Yukon after heat wave, experts warn

Thawing Permafrost and Subsidence Causing On-going Water System Challenges

Building breaks in middle and collapses 10 meters as thawing permafrost no longer supports stilts

Sewage Lagoon Project Finally Completed

Sinkhole opens under Chefornak home, forcing family to evacuate

Preserved carcass of Ice Age woolly rhino found in Siberian permafrost

The permafrost in Jotunheimen is thawing – We do not know the consequences

Record November warmth in Svalbard

Minor to Severe Erosion Across the Region Caused by Strong Bering Sea Storm

A large new ‘hole’ appears in Gydan tundra, following record-warm Arctic summer

Well-Preserved Cave Bear Discovered in Russia’s Melting Arctic Permafrost

Meet Nunavut's newest arrival: the beaver

Soybeans flourish in thawing permafrost

As Arctic warming accelerates, permafrost thaw hits Alaska mine

Record heat in Svalbard is causing problems – Mine 7 inundated with meltwater

Huge explosion leaves crater 165ft deep in Arctic tundra

Exposed Permafrost in Tundra

Yakutia has a MASSIVE hole in the ground... and it’s growing

Sunken Earth

Cloudberry bogs are collapsing - climate change is to blame

Climate change hits back, Svalbard coal mine flooded by melting glacier

Major Coastal Erosion near Kotzebue

Tuktoyaktuk working with feds to address climate change and eroding shoreline

Arctic fires worsen and threaten world famous park set up to recreate flora of woolly mammoth era

Siberian Wildfires Swell Amid Historic Heatwave

Permafrost melting is causing above and below ground tanks to shift

Record-breaking heatwave in Siberia

Next ‘stop’ Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean?

'Unprecedented' Siberian Oil Spill Reaches Arctic Glacial Lake

State of emergency in Norilsk after 20,000 tons of diesel leaks into Arctic river system

‘Zombie fires’ are erupting in Siberia and Alaska, signaling a severe northern wildfire season may lie ahead

New Ground Rising from First Lake