Date
Resource Type
Article
Region
Arctic
Grade
Middle School and Up
Topic
Physical Science
Polar Science
Melting permafrost in a warming world could mean lots of greenhouses gasses, especially methane, released into the atmosphere. But it also means an unusual community of soil bacteria coming out of hibernation, so to speak. A new study looks at what those permafrost microbes do, exactly, as their environment warms up.
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