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"Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse."

While climate change is the primary driver of permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaska, a new analysis of 70 years of data reveals that tundra fires are

Permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaska is primarily caused by climate change, but 70 years of data reveal that tundra fires are speeding up this decline, contributing to a phenomenon referred to as "thermokarst," the sudden collapse of ice-rich permafrost due to melting.

While climate change is the primary driver of permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaska, a new analysis of 70 years of data reveals that tundra fires are accelerating that decline, contributing disproportionately to a phenomenon known as "thermokarst," the abrupt collapse of ice-rich permafrost as a result of thawing.

Permafrost degradation in northern Alaska. Photos by Christian Andresen, left, and Mark J. Lara The process of permafrost collapse, called

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