"In some areas, permafrost thaw can destabilize soils to the point of mass failure leading to landslides. The amount of ground movement from permafrost thaw, and thus the potential damage, is generally greater where there's more ground ice available to melt. At local scales, permafrost thaw can lead to unstable or shifting ground that can damage building foundations, roads, pipelines and other infrastructure. There is a range of negative impacts from permafrost thaw, Kimball said. A lot of places experience subsidence, opening up roads, affecting airports, train tracks, oil pipelines, or even buildings," Morlighem said. "When permafrost thaws, the ground becomes unstable. Kimball, a systems ecologist at the University of Montana, told Newsweek. "A major concern is that permafrost has become unstable and is thawing nearly everywhere in response to the rapidly warming climate, which is rising at more than 3-times the global average warming rate across high northern latitudes," John S. It is thought that with the effects of climate change increasing global temperatures, permafrost around the globe is beginning to thaw out at a rapid rate. The Himalayan plateau's permafrost is thawing at a rapid rate, leading to damage to infrastructure on the plateau and further global warming. This stock image shows hikers making their way up to the summit of Mount Everest.
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