Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking, warming the planet
Methane, a potent heat-trapping gas, is leaking from thawing permafrost in Alaska. This process, caused by rising temperatures, releases gases previously trapped in the frozen ground.
The Arctic has reached one of climate change's scary tipping points as heat-trapping gases escape into the atmosphere, warming the Earth.
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