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Scotty Creek Researchers Track Thawing Permafrost Behind Drunken Forests
Scientists are testing cheaper thermosyphons to stabilize thawing ground as permafrost loss could erase 40% of current frozen soil by century’s end.
- Across the Arctic, "drunken forests" are emerging where black spruce trees tilt and sink into expanding wetlands as permafrost thaws beneath them.
- Up to 80 per cent of Arctic land contains permafrost, and the Far North is warming four times faster than the world, destabilizing shallow root systems of black spruce.
- William Quinton, a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, heads the Scotty Creek Research Station, the country's first Indigenous-led research facility partnering with the local First Nation.
- Researchers are testing thermosyphons—passive heat-exchange tubes—that "develop a big ice bulb" to stabilize ground, with Quinton developing affordable versions for wider Arctic use.
- As these forests die, decomposing trees release carbon and mercury into water bodies; the world could lose up to 40 per cent of permafrost by century's end.
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