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Thirty Years on Semi-Solid Ground

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jan 28, 2022 Featured, Interior Alaska, The Arctic and Alaska Science

At the end of this month, Vladimir Romanovsky will retire after 30 years as a professor and permafrost scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute. This comes at a time when people — finally — no longer squint at him with a puzzled look when he mentions what he studies. Permafrost is ground […]

New Permafrost Map Shows Regions Vulnerable to Thaw, Carbon Release

By Marmian Grimes | UAF on Oct 26, 2016 Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, The Arctic and Alaska Science

A new mapping project has identified regions worldwide that are most susceptible to dramatic permafrost thaw formations, known as thermokarst, and the resulting release of greenhouse gases. University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers David McGuire and Vladimir Romanovsky were part of the project, which was led by University of Alberta researcher David Olefeldt. They found […]