Permafrost is melting rapidly and causing the ground to sink noticeably across the Interior, according to new research findings from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Permafrost — the permanently frozen layer on or under the earth’s surface made up of soil, gravel, and sand usually bound together by ice — is melting rapidly and causing the ground to sink noticeably across the Interior, according to new research findings from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
“If we compare the overall subsidy that we saw, over the four years that we’ve been monitoring, it’s about 20 centimeters of overall kind of suppressor trends in the four years that receive,” Sakhalkar said.“For Fairbanks for sure, we can definitely see that happening almost every year,” Sakhalkar said. “Seeing how much wetness it gets in the summer, it kind of just shows you. You really don’t have to read the data for it, you know.
“And these melt ponds have created a lake, which are kind of essential for animals — migrating animals like caribou, moose, and even for the birds as well, which migrate all the way to Alaska every summer. So we’ve seen quite a lot of changes in these animal, birds habitats as well.”
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