Now that all the ice from last week’s winter storm has melted away, one potentially dangerous and long-lasting effect will need to be monitored. We’re talking “ice wedging.” You may be wondering what ...

Permafrost — ground that has been permanently frozen for two or more years — makes up a large part of the Earth, around 15% of the Northern Hemisphere. Permafrost is important for our climate, ...

Ice wedges, a common subsurface feature in permafrost landscapes, appear to be rapidly melting throughout the Arctic, according to a new study published today in the journal Nature Geoscience. The ...

West Virginia’s old enemy “ice wedging” is back. Ice wedging occurs when water flows into a crack and freezes, swelling as it does so. As the ice melts and the water flows away, it leaves a gap that ...

Using deep learning and supercomputers, researchers have been able to identify and map 1.2 billion ice wedge polygons in the Arctic permafrost based on satellite imagery. The data helps establish a ...