Exposed Former Lake Bottom (IMAGE)

McGill University

Exposed Former Lake Bottom

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As Twelvemile Lake recedes willow shrubs have planted themselves, permitting the soil beneath them to develop new permafrost. But researchers believe that this new permafrost will not last beyond the end of this century.

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Martin Briggs, US Geological Survey

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