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Surface geophysical methods for characterising frozen ground in transitional permafrost landscapes

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PubTalk 10/2004 — Hot Oil, Frozen Ground, and Earthquakes
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Permafrost

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Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska

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Rapid movement of frozen debris-lobes: implications for permafrost degradation and slope instability in the south-central Brooks Range, Alaska

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Permafrost hydrogeology

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Peeking into Permafrost
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Microbial survival strategies in ancient permafrost: insights from metagenomics

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Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release

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Application of ground-penetrating radar imagery for three-dimensional visualisation of near-surface structures in ice-rich permafrost, Barrow, Alaska

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Coastal erosion along Alaska’s Arctic coastline near the village of Kaktovik

Permafrost Change and Impacts on Infrastructure and Resources in Alaska: A Synthesis of Past Work

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Arctic Biogeochemical Response to Permafrost Thaw (ABRUPT)

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Drilling into permafrost on Alaska's Arctic coast
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A chronology of Late-Pleistocene permafrost events in southern New Jersey, eastern USA

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Bruce Wylie with graphic for USGS EROS podcast Eyes on Earth

Eyes on Earth Episode 20 - Mapping Alaska's Permafrost
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Soil data from fire and permafrost-thaw chronosequences in upland Picea mariana stands near Hess Creek and Tok, interior Alaska

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A promising tool for subsurface permafrost mapping-An application of airborne geophysics from the Yukon River Basin, Alaska

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South Cascade Glacier, northwestern Washington State

Glaciers and Landscape Change

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Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources; Alaska

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Climate change and landslides in subpolar Alaska: Less ice, more water
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Methane bubbles trapped in thermokarst lake ice
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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Active Layer Data from the Yukon River Basin in Alaska and Canada

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Stream and River Chemistry in Watersheds of Northwestern Alaska, 2015-2019

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Improving Characterizations of Future Wildfire Risk in Alaska

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Hydrochemistry and Age Date Tracers from Springs, Streams, and Rivers in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 2019-2022

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Water Level, Temperature, and Discharge in West Twin Creek, Alaska, 2010 to 2012

Featured Films and Shorts
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Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Mike Carey, Research Fish Ecologist
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Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Mike Carey, Research Fish Ecologist (AD)
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Descriptions, Depth to Refusal, and Field-Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Soils on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, 2012-2016

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Chemistry of Orange and Reference Streams in Northwestern Alaska

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