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Posted: Jun 19, 2017 4:31 PM ET | Last Updated: May 26
The water at Hunt Falls looks even more beautiful when it s framed by a rainbow, as seen here in @saskatchewanderer s amazing Instagram shot (Credit: Instagram/@saskatchewanderer)
From sprawling national parks packed with diverse wildlife, to stunning waterfronts and exquisite farmlands that are sprinkled across our nation, Canada s natural beauty cannot be ignored especially when you factor in the breathtaking waterfalls nestled in our parks and forests.
Canada s widest waterfall gets a lot of attention, but you may not know that there are hundreds of these striking landmarks tucked just a hike away from major cities all across the country!
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nearly one quarter of the land in the Northern Hemisphere, amounting to some 9 million square miles, is layered with permafrost – soil, sediment, and rocks that are frozen solid for years at a time. Vast stretches of permafrost can be found in Alaska, Siberia, and the Canadian Arctic, where persistently freezing temperatures have kept carbon, in the form of decayed bits of plants and animals, locked in the ground.
Scientists estimate that more than 1,400 gigatons of carbon is trapped in the Earth’s permafrost. As global temperatures climb, and permafrost thaws, this frozen reservoir could potentially escape into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and methane, significantly amplifying climate change. However, little is known about permafrost’s stability, today or in the past.
Credits: Courtesy of the researchers Terms of Use: Images for download on the MIT News office website are made available to non-commercial entities, press and the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license. You may not alter the images provided, other than to crop them to size. A credit line must be used when reproducing images; if one is not provided below, credit the images to MIT. Caption: Earth’s permafrost shifted to a more stable state in the last 400,000 years and has been less susceptible to thawing since then, according to a new study by MIT researchers and their colleagues, who are pictured here on a research expedition.