Research Looks at How Permafrost Thawing Affects Vegetation, Carbon Cycle

Friday, March 4, 2016 - 18:00 in Earth & Climate

Neil Sturchio, professor and chair of UD's Department of Geological Sciences, is exploring how the thawing of permafrost, a subsurface layer of soil that remains mostly frozen throughout the year, affects vegetation and the carbon cycle in the Toolik Lake area of the Alaska's North Slope.

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