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  • 'Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape'

    Apr 12, 2022 2:15 pm by The ConversationIllinois in the News
    An illustration shows some of the ways permafrost affects the Arctic landscape. Illustration by Victor O. Leshyk

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    • An illustration shows some of the ways permafrost affects the Arctic landscape. Illustration by Victor O. Leshyk

    The Conversation (April 12) U of I Professor Mark Lara writes about 'evidence that permafrost, the long-frozen soil below the surface, is thawing. That’s bad news for the communities built above it – and for the global climate.'