The University of Alaska EPSCoR program, NASA IPY and NSF IPY, Thermal State of Permafrost programs are conducting an outreach effort in conjunction with it's research focus on permafrost and infrastructure. The outreach effort has been termed the "Permafrost Health" program and consists of installing permafrost temperature monitoring systems!
Tohru and Kenji visit Healy on Sep. 20. When we look at temperature data, we do not see permafrost indication at schoolyard site. There was permafrost in 70s-80s. this site is degradating permafrost last 20 years!