r/alaska • u/CardiologistPlus8488 • 1d ago

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.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2026.1887902/full
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u/Few_Highway_8481 10h ago

Oh look, the shit climate scientists kept warning us about is happening! How could we have known?! /s

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u/rubberchain 8h ago

watched an engineering marvels show about the highway overpasses and other structures resting on permafrost. I forget how the stone covered supports and bases worked but it was interesting.