Study Finds Permafrost Thawing Quickly

Feb. 21, 2006

“This (projection) is definitely higher than other projections, both in area and depth,” said David Lawrence, a climate modeler with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate and Global Dynamics Division.

Lawrence and Andrew Slater of the University of Colorado in Boulder published their permafrost projection in the February issue of Geophysical Research Letters.