Bubbling Methane; Melting Permafrost
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What do permafrost and methane have to do with each other? In this video, Torre Jorgenson, a landscape ecologist at Alaska Biological Research, explains the connection. Watch methane bubble up as Jorgenson stirs up a melted permafrost pond. Want to learn more about climate change in the Arctic? Listen to Science Friday's broadcast from Fairbanks, AK. Produced by Flora Lichtman. Viewed 1990 times.
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