According to researchers at the University of Ottawa, as global temperatures rise, so too has the amount of permafrost melt contributing to massive ice landslides called retrogressive thaw slumps. According to the report, 85 percent of new landslides observed on Banks Island are caused by those summers alone. Permafrost is a permanently frozen layer below the Earth's surface found in Arctic regions such as Alaska, Siberia and Canada. If global warming were to melt the world's permafrost, it could release thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. Ancient remains found in permafrost are among the most complete ever found because the ice stops organic matter from decomposing.

Source: Daily Mail April 02, 2019 18:45 UTC