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The Download: preserving the Arctic permafrost, and playful AI agents

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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.



Inside the quest to combat Arctic fires and save the planet’s frozen carbon



—James Temple



In July 2021, a wildfire burned through a forest on the University of Alaska, Fairbanks campus, stripping away the moss and organic-rich soil insulating the permafrost below. 



Five years later, I followed researchers into the forest to investi

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