With knowledge that the layers of permafrost and ice layers are melting, there is nothing we can do to turn back in time. That being said, researchers and companies are acknowledging this and finding ways to do precautionary research with more ice cores around the world to get a kickstart on disease research, and getting vaccinations/medications.

Monitoring not only the field site in which ice cores and other layers of permafrost exist, but also the ice cores that have been obtained is vital! This helps limit it’s exposure to the environment, also for additional research.

Although, again, there is inevitable permafrost melting, it is still important that actions are still being taken for future mitigation of permafrost melting. Greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) are big contributors to climate change, so mitigation of their high emissions are very impactful.

Thermosiphons are a type of mechanism that can be implemented into ice research in Antarctica and Greenland. It has a relatively simple process behind it; a pole is inserted into the ground with a hole at the surface level, the ground is filled with compressed gases that work to remove heat from the deep layers of ice. It’s goal is to decrease melting of permafrost layers as much as possible

Reforestation is a magnificent idea in general, however for climate change and ice core research in general, it aims at cooling the ground - ground shading and evapotranspiration

These are organizations that aim to decrease pollutants through legislation:

- Alaska Community Action of Toxics (ACAT)

- Stockholm Convention on Persist Organic Pollutants (SCPOP)

This is a method in which gravel or some sort of rock can be placed on top of a layer of permafrost or ice and it can allow heat to escape from the ice from air that moves back and forth through these piles of rocks. It is quite a common practice