25 January 2017 / KBBI Homer / Shahal Farzan
Event

Kenai Peninsula permafrost thawing rapidly

Ridgeway, Alaska, United States

A recent study estimates permafrost coverage on the peninsula has decreased by 60 percent since 1950. Permafrost is usually associated with Northern and Interior Alaska, but it also occurs in isolated pockets in wetlands on the Kenai Peninsula.


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Ben Jones, USGS. Photo M. Brubaker