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Thawing permafrost is roiling the Arctic landscape, driven by a hidden world of changes beneath the surface as the climate warms

  • Written by Mark J. Lara, Assistant Professor in Plant Biology & Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imagePermafrost and ice wedges have built up over millennia in the Arctic. When they thaw, they destabilize the surrounding landscape.Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape.

Massive lakes, several square miles in size, have disappeared in the span of a few days....

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