/channels/taxonomy/term/13859/all en /channels/news/new-permafrost-forming-around-shrinking-arctic-lakes-237010 <p><strong>By Katherine Gombay - News - June 10</strong></p> <p>Researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and the U.S. Geological Survey, more used to measuring thawing permafrost than its expansion, have made a surprising discovery. There is new permafrost forming around Twelvemile Lake in the interior of Alaska. But they have also quickly concluded that, given the current rate of climate change, it won’t last beyond the end of this century. Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:30:10 +0000 webfull 103171 at /channels