By  Stu Winters Permafrost is permanently frozen ground that remains at or below 0°C (32°F), the temperature at which water freezes, and which covers large sections of the earth’s polar and some high-altitude mountain regions. Its presence in the earth’s biological cycles serves to keep ancient carbon deposits, largely consisting of frozen vegetation and physical remains of other biological life forms, below the surface and … Continue reading Study Finds Thawing Permafrost Releases Greenhouse Gases Faster Than Previously Thought

By Stu Winters An international team of scientists recently warned that “Earth’s climate is now departing from the stable conditions that supported human civilization for millennia.” Leading climate scientists have confirmed that 2025 was among the hottest years on record, and January 2026 continued that trend. A “hothouse trajectory,” they wrote, is “a pathway in which self-reinforcing feedbacks push the climate system past a point … Continue reading Earth Moving Toward ‘Hothouse Trajectory’, Scientists Warn in Tipping Points Analysis