# Northern permafrost greening masks declining plant resilience, study finds

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- Published: 2026-11-04T20:00:08+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-northern-permafrost-greening-masks-declining.html
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An international study jointly led by researchers from the Department of Geography and the Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality at the Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has revealed that vegetation resilience across Northern Hemisphere permafrost regions underwent a widespread reversal around 2008, declining broadly despite continued greening.

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