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Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Forest Service's proposed rule, Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation. As a scientific research organization dedicated to understanding risk and promoting r

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Choking global trade Low rainfall and shrinking rivers are causing shipping bottlenecks, and higher prices, around the world. To get from Minnesota to China, a load of soybeans might meander down the Mississippi River on a barge, transferring around New O

Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis? In the first project of its kind, scientists are trying to answer if the future of Alaska's streams and tundra may depend not on survival of the fittest but on how species adapt togethe

A message from President & CEO Dr. Max Holmes As I write this at the end of a week spent in Alaska with Woodwell colleagues, board members, and supporters learning about our permafrost work, I keep returning to one thought: how fortunate we are to have Ed

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Disappearing lakes and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near-real time Florida gets a lot of attention for its sinkholes, especially when they swallow cars and entire houses. But its sinkhole risk has nothing on Alaska's. Much of Al

A global gathering to tackle the planet's soil crisis is underway in Mongolia This year's Convention to Combat Desertification focuses on rangelands and attempts to address an overlooked solution to climate change. In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, policy makers,

Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) notice of the NSF Guidance on Financial Assistance. For more than 40 years, Woodwell has dedicated itself to objective scientific