A seemingly minor trickle of groundwater beneath Alaska’s tundra is quietly releasing vast amounts of carbon into the ocean.

In some areas, the landscape resembles a mosaic, as if countless polygons had been painstakingly laid together. This structure is created from the depths during the cold Arctic winter, when the frozen ...

By 2002 beavers had moved in and flooded the landscape. By 2012 some ground had collapsed and become wetlands. Permafrost was on its way out. A few hundred beavers won’t reengineer the Arctic.

In some areas, the landscape resembles a mosaic, as if countless polygons had been painstakingly laid together. This structure is created from the depths during the cold Arctic winter, when the ...

UMHB Art Department Chair Stephanie Chambers captures the spirit of her visit to the Arctic Circle with paintings capturing the solidarity of the landscape.