Scientists have discovered Earth's soil moisture has declined so dramatically that changes may be irreversible in human ...

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Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the ...

Some climate models have predicted that most permafrost could melt by the end of the century. Jorgenson thinks it will take longer, since soil layers above the frozen ground are good insulators ...

Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the southwestern village of Blatten, the river running through it and the ...

The soil in Kane's community is usually moist clay. But now, it's bone dry, she said. After multiple years of drought, she worries the ground has no moisture left, making it unstable.

And Giant Mine is not the only example of melting permafrost unleashing potentially poisonous chemicals. It is, according to environmentalists, a "warning" for those who "want to mine the riches ...

The melting of Greenland's ice sheet is recognised as the largest single contributor to the rise in global sea levels, adding approximately 0.8mm annually.

Permafrost under the layer of soil (Getty Images/Stasz D Sirotkin) While Yarzábal is at work in the Southern hemisphere, in the far North, Dr. Emilie Andersen-Ranberg, senior veterinarian at the ...

Earth’s soil is drying up. It could be irreversible. The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But new research ...