Thawing permafrost is triggering thousands of landslides across the Arctic

The increase in landslides has been dramatic.

By Dave Petley, University of Sheffield April 18, 2019
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Early spring temperatures in the town of Deadhorse, on the north coast of Alaska, average minus 17 degrees Celsius. But with global warming affecting the Arctic more than anywhere, things are changing fast. At the end of March 2019, temperatures in Deadhorse hit 3 degrees C, a whole 20 degrees C warmer than the long-term seasonal average.

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