Markey bill makes permafrost a national weather forecasting priority

photo by Sue Natali / Woodwell Climate Research Center

New legislation proposed in the U.S. Senate would for the first time consider the importance of monitoring permafrost thaw as part of a broader effort to improve U.S. weather forecasting and modeling, and support cutting-edge tools and resources to better track this serious environmental hazard in the North.

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