A pair of photos, taken nearly six decades apart, reveals dramatic ice loss in the Arctic linked to climate change ...

A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska.

On August 6 one such flood raised a river in Juneau, Alaska, nearly five meters in a matter ... But the growing influx of ...

As Arctic permafrost melts ... New research reveals the extent to which permafrost melt affects Alaska's waterways, profoundly changing nearby ecosystems, utilities, and industries.

On Alaska’s Harding Icefield ... The biogeography of red snow microbiomes and their role in melting arctic glaciers. Nature Communications. Published online June 22, 2016.

Arctic permafrost isn’t thawing gradually ... A polar bear inspects a car near Kaktovik, Alaska. Melting sea ice is driving more bears onto land in search of food—just as thawing and flooding ...

Arctic ice melt is linked to melting permafrost ... Inpho An oil pipeline in Alaska. Melting permafrost threatens infrastructure across the northern hemisphere "The world needs to be warm to ...

Eastern Russia and Alaska, both within and outside ... which has also meant the sea ice has been melting at a fast rate. Canada's Arctic is also suffering. One large wildfire in the Northwest ...

An unnamed glacier in southeastern Alaska What's in the photo ... However, this is likely just an illusion caused by the ice below. On average, Arctic sea ice melt ponds are only around 9 inches (22 ...