Ground water and cotton grass in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is...
Groundwater hydrologist pulls a stake, used to gather water samples, from a Beaufort Sea lagoon in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025....
Researchers measure the depth of soil at a sample site in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast...
Researchers take a soil sample at the edge of a Beaufort Sea lagoon in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Researchers are racing to...
Groundwater hydrologist takes water samples from a river in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast...
Water and soil sample site at the edge of the Beaufort Sea lagoon in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Researchers are racing to study...
Oil rigs in Deadhorse, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is transitioning from carbon sink to...
Thaw gullies in the tundra form as permafrost thaws and the ground erodes in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Researchers are racing...
Caribou walks across tundra near oil field infrastructure in Deadhorse, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast...
Freezethaw cycles form ice wedges that create polygonal patterns across the tundra near Deadhorse, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Researchers are...
Researcher inputs data on a laptop collected from machines that measure carbon output from the tundra in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2,...
Researchers take water samples from a river in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is...
Researchers move to another soil sample site at the Beaufort Sea lagoon in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Researchers are racing to...
Groundwater hydrologist records data from soil samples in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast...
Tracked all-terrain vehicles used for oil field transport and exploration parked in Deadhorse, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Researchers are...
Researchers take a soil sample at the edge of a Beaufort Sea lagoon in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Researchers are racing to...
Tanker trucks parked in Deadhorse, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is transitioning from carbon...
Scientist and groundwater hydrologist collect a soil sample in an area where saltwater intrusion is saturating the ground and melting permafrost in...
Steam rises from oil field facilities in Deadhorse, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is...
Gas flare burns at an oil facility in Deadhorse, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is...
Oil drilling rigs and support equipment stand on the tundra in Deadhorse, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast...
Machine measures the carbon output of the soil in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost...
Ground water in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is transitioning from carbon...
Drilling rigs in Deadhorse, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is transitioning from carbon sink...
