<p>The state is warming nearly twice as fast as the rest of the United States. The permafrost, a layer
of frozen soil beneath 85 percent of it, is thawing, causing homes to sink and roads to buckle.</p>| <p>The state is warming nearly twice as fast as the rest of the United States. The permafrost, a layer
of frozen soil beneath 85 percent of it, is thawing, causing homes to sink and roads to buckle.</p> |