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Science 30 August 2002:
Vol. 297. no. 5586, pp. 1493 - 1494
DOI: 10.1126/science.297.5586.1493a
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Even in the High Arctic, Nothing Is Permanent

Erica Goldman

Rising temperatures are thawing vast swaths of northern land that had been frozen for millennia, creating headaches--and hazards--for communities perched above unstable ground: Roads are caving in, airport runways are fracturing, and buildings are cracking, tilting, and sometimes falling down. And the situation, it appears, will only become direr.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)