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Aug. 02, 2007
Melting Permafrost and Wildlife

The permafrost in Alaksa is melting, transforming forests into lakes and ponds. In this video, Torre Jorgenson, a landscape ecologist at Alaska Biological Research, shows us how the wildlife has responded to the melting permafrost.
Produced by Flora Lichtman. Photos by Charles Bergquist and Annette Heist

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