Thawing permafrost can shift erosion rates, vegetation growth, and soil permeability, which can cause lakes to form, grow, and drain. To examine how the relationship between lake area and the ...

The permafrost beneath certain lakes is thawing rapidly, which will release a significant amount of methane into the atmosphere.

Rapidly thawing permafrost in the Arctic has scientists worried. According to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, the ice that holds the soil together is melting ...

Life Did you see this iconic cliff before it tumbled into Lake Superior? Pictured Rocks looks back at the Munising formation. Published: Apr. 14, 2025, 11:35 a.m.

On the shore of Lake Tiktalik in Canada’s Western Arctic, the thawing permafrost had set off two huge landslides into the water, leaving yawning craters on the tundra.

Weather Blog Lake Erie icing up amidst cold spell It took a while to get started, but widespread lake ice formation is underway. This is yet another impact of our deep freeze.

Approximately 56 percent of Lake Michigan was covered in ice over the winter, according to Today — and experts say the lake is thawing at a rapid pace.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Conditions on the lake, and really, all local bodies of water, will only get more dangerous over the course of the next several days, as we experience a slow thaw. Our ...