Arctic wildfires ‘rapidly’ burning permafrost, causing more intense wildfires

A destructive cycle is worsening throughout the world’s arctic regions. Numerous areas throughout Earth have “permafrost,” or layers of soil and sediment beneath the surface that remain frozen no matter the season. Humans, in their hubris, believed the frost to be “permanent,” but human-driven climate change, through the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, … Continue reading Arctic wildfires ‘rapidly’ burning permafrost, causing more intense wildfires