permafrost

Scientists Have Detected Something Migrating Under Arctic Ice. Now They’re Worried About What May Happen If It Escapes.

Scientists Have Detected Something Migrating Under Arctic Ice. Now They’re Worried About What May Happen If It Escapes.

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Deep beneath arctic permafrost on a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, scientists have detected the migration of natural gases that they ...

Deadly ‘Factor X’ virus may be lurking in Earth’s permafrost

Deadly ‘Factor X’ virus may be lurking in Earth’s permafrost

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Permafrost describes earth that’s been frozen for two or more consecutive years This frozen soil is filled with hundreds of thousands of ...