COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Melting permafrost is about to push this lake off a cliff perched nearly 200 metres above a N.W.T. valley
Description: Melting permafrost caused by climate change is causing changes in the northern landscape on a scale not seen since the end of the last ice age. Some time in the future, a small Canadian lake will burst through the shrinking earthen rampart holding it back and fall off a cliff. The lake happens to be perched about 600 feet above the Mackenzie Valley. It will be spectacular, but it won't be unique. [Source: National Post (Canada)]
URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/melting-permafrost-is-about-to-push-this-lake-off-a-cliff-perched-nearly-200-metres-above-a-nwt-valley
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Source: National Post (Canada)
Publish Date: 7/24/2015
Reading Level: Basic
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