It is not so much that permafrost is good, as losing permafrost
is bad. Permafrost keeps gases like carbon dioxide trapped within
its frozen depths; when permafrost thaws, that gas is released,
exacerbating global warming. Further, permafrost develops its own
ecosystem which is destroyed when the permafrost is destroyed
through thawing. The loss of all permafrost would mean the
extinction of a lot of species.