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🧊 Permafrost Ice Lens Cutaway: Stefan Thaw Front, Ground Settlement and Thermokarst Pond

A cutaway of Arctic permafrost with an ice-rich lens. Warm the air, add or remove snow, and watch the summer thaw front reach the ice, the ground settle and a thermokarst pond form.

Cryosphere & Polar Ice3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender

⚙ Under the hood

A cutaway of Arctic permafrost with an ice-rich lens. Warm the air, change the snow cover and the lens depth, and watch the seasonal thaw front reach the ice, the ground settle and a thermokarst pond form, with a live temperature profile and checks against the Neumann and Stefan solutions.

PermafrostThermokarstStefan ProblemHeat ConductionClimate ChangeThree.jsBlender

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install