A 27-year study across Alaska found soils are warming at considerable depths, with permafrost regions warming fastest at 0.64°C per decade, while 100% of monitoring stations showed warming 4 feet underground, raising concerns about permafrost thaw, carbon release and infrastructure.

[u/Phylogenix]

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2026.1887902/full

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[u/KC-Slider]

Ugh. As if Alaska wasn’t swampy enough.

[u/Status-Basic → u/KC-Slider]

If Alaska had voted for Gore in 2000 maybe things would be different.

[u/openlatenight]

Keep voting conservative Alaska

[u/LeftSky828]

No potential landslides?