Collecting Cores in Thawing Permafrost, Alaska
By Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
2018 (approx.)
![Scientist extract a sediment core from the permafrost plateaus in Alaska](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/Mattaponi_Pamunkey%20Image%208.jpg?itok=ECcQKmZS)
Detailed Description
Cores were collected from various areas of thawing permafrost-peatlands in Alaska. Permafrost thaw results in ground subsidence and inundation that kills black spruce and other understory plants living on the permafrost plateau.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.