A view of the Inuvialuit hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk. — ©2025 The New York Times Company
ON the shore of Lake Tiktalik in Canada’s Western Arctic, the thawing permafrost has triggered massive landslides into the water, leaving gaping craters in the tundra.
These “thaw slumps,” several hundred metres wide and just as deep, are visible scars of a warming climate.
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