Alaskas
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Earth
Alaska’s lakes and ponds reveal the effects of permafrost thawing
Summit Lake in central Alaska is fed by the Gulcana Glacier, which can be seen in the background. Credit: Eric Levenson As climate change warms the Arctic, permafrost is thawed and carbon trapped in the soil is transporting into the atmosphere. Permafrost stores twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, but the extent to which this frozen carbon thaws and…
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Environment
Earthquake raises concerns under volcano near Alaska’s largest city
This image provided by the Alaska Volcano Observatory shows the summit of Spur Mountain in Alaska on October 24, 2024. Credit: Wyatt Mayo/Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey (via AP) Geologists are noticing an increase in the number of earthquakes occurring beneath a volcano near Alaska’s largest city this year. Spur Mountain, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage,…
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