Team pioneers new way to survey thawing Arctic
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 08:31
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org)—In the snow of Alaska, a Stanford-led team of researchers has found a new way to determine if the soil beneath lakes, normally frozen, is thawing as a result of climate change. If so, the lakes could become a new source of methane, a global warming gas.