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.