As part of the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), NASA scientists have been flying over Alaska & Canada measuring the elevation of rivers and lakes to study how thawing permafrost affects hydrology in the view of the Kuskokwim River near McGrath, Alaska, was taken from NASA's DC-8 'flying laboratory' as part of the Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days and Seasons (ASCENDS) in water levels will have effects on Arctic life plants, animals, and humans in the near future. Credit: NASA/PGriffith

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