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• New Satellite Study Identifies Ice-Marginal Lakes as Hidden Drivers of Rapid Glacier Thinning in Greenland

  Published: Apr 9, 2026

  Section: Environment

  A study led by the University of Leeds reveals that freshwater "ice-marginal lakes" (IMLs) forming at the edges of Greenland’s retreating glaciers are accelerating ice loss by up t...

• Arctic Permafrost Thaw Creates "Leaky" Soils, Increasing Gas Permeability up to 100-Fold

  Published: Apr 6, 2026

  Section: Environment

  A laboratory study from the University of Leeds has revealed that thawing permafrost becomes 25 to 100 times more permeable, allowing climate-forcing gases to escape into the atmos...

• University of Leeds Study Warns Thawing Permafrost Permeability Increases 100-Fold Accelerating Greenhouse Gas Escape

  Published: Mar 30, 2026

  Section: Research

  Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered that thawing permafrost becomes up to 100 times more permeable, allowing stored carbon and methane to leak into the atmospher...