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Permafrost scientist's viral Bluesky post spotlights Alaska's thawing bogs
Long-term researchers and residents corroborate decades of thaw
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Sep 12 12:14 AM
· 12d ago · 4 comments · 1 source · development 6 of 6
Commenters share personal and institutional evidence of long-running thaw, including a 40-year thaw-depth record at Toolik Lake Field Station and accounts of homes and a hospital in Bethel, Alaska requiring engineering to counter sinking ground.
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“Confirmed. We've got at least a 40 year record of thaw depth at Toolik [Lake] Field Station (north of Brooks Range along the Dalton Highway.”
jhatman.bsky.social
queenofpeat.bsky.social Permafrost scientist and author of 'Bogland' International research team Authors of the earthquake-permafrost study covered by Phys.org
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Peak 15 pieces in 4h at Sep 11, 6 PM; 30 pieces over 17 days (1 article · 1 post · 28 comments)
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R
Another contributing factor to methane release.
J
Confirmed. We've got at least a 40 year record of thaw depth at Toolik [Lake] Field Station (north of Brooks Range along the Dalton Highway.
R
Unbelievably helpful — what else can we that probe? I have a few ideas on how it might help climate change deniers.
B
And finding more diseases that were inactive until now, than we won't know how to handle.
S
Is there also a danger of anthrax bacteria ?
E
I noted this in articles about a decade ago - worries about the methane gas releases were the issues.....
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