There’s another piece to the climate change puzzle that Canadians must confront.

Few countries in the world have permafrost, but Canada has four million square kilometres of it.

Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing permafrost - which accounts for 40 per cent of this country’s surface.

And that big melt is releasing carbon that has been locked away for centuries. Not only that - life is being disrupted in these remote northern communities.

Eric Sorensen explains more.

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