The cliff face at the top of the formation, or headwall, stands 180 feet (55 m) high. Related: Methane 'kitchens' in Siberia's permafrost form mounds that can erupt, creating giant craters When it ...

The slump’s headwall, the cliff at the top end of the formation, is 180 feet (55 meters) high. Permafrost is ground that has been permanently frozen for at least two years. Studying it provides ...

During the summertime, the sound of water pouring over the cliff sides is interrupted every ... or a widening chasm caused by permafrost thaw and rapid land subsidence–basically a slow motion ...

The dramatic Batagaika crater formation – which has earned it the nicknames of 'gateway to the underworld' and 'gateway to Hell' – has steep cliff-like edges revealing permafrost estimated to ...

A new study suggests its cliff face, or headwall, is retreating at a rate of 12 metres (40 feet) per year due to permafrost thaw. The collapsed section of the hillside, which fell to 55 metres ...

That means the world’s permafrost will disappear almost entirely by 2100 or earlier, releasing “hundreds of gigatonnes” of the 800-1,000 gigatonnes of primordial CO₂ trapped in the ice ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. The melting of permafrost in the Arctic could result in toxic mercury leaching into the waters of Alaskan rivers, putting ...

“Within one week we just probably lost about 20 feet.” Foss is the liaison for the Permafrost Pathways project in her hometown of Akiak. Scientists from the nonprofit joined Foss last month to ...

Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when. The Great Read Canada is losing its permafrost to ...

The cliff face at the top of the formation, or headwall, stands 180 feet (55 m) high. The headwall of the gateway is also retreating at a rate of 40 feet (12 m) per year due to permafrost thaw ...