But it's not the water that's flammable, it's actually what's bubbling up from the lake floor. These aren't your average lakes. They're called thermokarst lakes and they're filled with highly ...

Right: Methane bubbles trapped in thermokarst lake ice. When ice-rich permafrost thaws, former tundra and forest turns into a thermokarst lake as the ground subsides. The carbon stored in the ...

Their goal was to understand the critical role of Thermokarst lakes in the carbon cycle, particularly in permafrost thawing. By examining how lake sediments produce greenhouse gases, this study ...