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I don't think this is specific to Alaska - there's something similar going on in Siberia and other places where melting permafrost has the potential to do serio

• Jtsummers 9y ago
  Correct, and included in the article: Alaska is only one area of the Arctic where permafrost soils could be emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Permafrost regions in Canada and Siberia are even vaster. But the new study’s lessons could also apply to those areas, researchers say.
• chrononaut 9y ago
  For those looking around these sources wondering how woolly mammoth populations can save us, from The Verge article: So these Russian scientists, the Zimovs, roped up a huge section of the permafrost starting in the ‘80s and are repopulating it with these large animals: reindeer, horses, bison. They’ve been able to lower the temperature of the permafrost by as much as 15 degrees [Fahrenheit] by reintroducing large herbivores. The mammoth project is all about this. If we can introduce a mammoth herd to the tundra, we can maybe save the environment for another 100 years, because they’ll help put into place these very natural processes to keep the environment colder.
• pfarnsworth 9y ago
  Aren't there reports of methane-induced explosions because of all of the melting of the permafrost in Siberia?