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We have kind of a double whammy, said Bill Quinton, a permafrost researcher at Wilfred Laurier University, who has been studying permafrost in the N.W.T. since the 1980s, mostly in the southwestern Dehcho region. We started off the summer with lots of moisture and now we have the heat wave. So we anticipate this is going to be one of our large permafrost [thawing] years.
These are the highest record-breaking temperatures seen in N.W.T. and Yukon communities as of Monday, June 28.(CBC )
Permafrost is ground that remains below zero degrees for two years or more. Scientists are still trying to understand just how much carbon dioxide thawing permafrost will release into the atmosphere, and nearby water.
Potholes in Packard Avenue, Ipswich
- Credit: Charlotte Bond/Archant
Residents in the Nacton Road area of Ipswich are frustrated over waiting for potholes to be mended.
Ipswich borough councillor Sarah Barber is concerned over potholes
One pothole in the area was first reported to Suffolk County Council six months ago, but has not yet been fixed.
A deep pothole in Packard Avenue, Ipswich
- Credit: Charlotte Bond/Archant
Ipswich borough councillor for Priory Heath Sarah Barber said: A resident in Packard Avenue first reported one of the potholes there in October. It has now been six months, and we are waiting and waiting.
Potholes in Packard Avenue, Ipswich
- Credit: Charlotte Bond/Archant
Residents in the Nacton Road area of Ipswich are frustrated over waiting for potholes to be mended.
Ipswich borough councillor Sarah Barber is concerned over potholes
One pothole in the area was first reported to Suffolk County Council six months ago, but has not yet been fixed.
A deep pothole in Packard Avenue, Ipswich
- Credit: Charlotte Bond/Archant
Ipswich borough councillor for Priory Heath Sarah Barber said: A resident in Packard Avenue first reported one of the potholes there in October. It has now been six months, and we are waiting and waiting.