Tundra Permafrost Landscape in Alaska, USA (IMAGE)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Tundra Permafrost Landscape in Alaska, USA

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Permafrost underlies much of this tundra landscape in Alaska, as well as similar areas in the circumpolar North. Permafrost contains substantial stores of carbon that are vulnerable to release as climate warms.

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Christina Schädel

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