Permafrost (from perma- 'permanent', and frost) is soil or underwater sediment which continuously remains below 0 °C (32 °F) for two years or more: the...
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Look up permafrost in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Permafrost is permanently frozen ground found in periglacial zones. Permafrost may also refer to:...
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Permafrost Kingdom (Russian: Ца́рство ве́чной мерзлоты́) is a tourist complex in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia. Established in 2005, the complex is located...
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Thermokarst (category Permafrost)
irregular surfaces of marshy hollows and small hummocks formed as ice-rich permafrost thaws. The land surface type occurs in Arctic areas, and on a smaller...
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dioxide in the permafrost, making the tundra soil a carbon sink. As global warming heats the ecosystem and causes soil thawing, the permafrost carbon cycle...
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Beyond the Permafrost is the second full-length album by American metal band Skeletonwitch. The album blends thrash metal and influence from the NWOBHM...
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Utsjoki (section Permafrost)
the ground and the development of permafrost. Palsas are a typical permafrost feature in northern Finland. Permafrost formation in palsas is dictated by...
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Cryosphere (section Frozen ground and permafrost)
cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground (which includes permafrost). Thus, there is a wide overlap with the hydrosphere. The cryosphere is...
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The permafrost carbon cycle or Arctic carbon cycle is a sub-cycle of the larger global carbon cycle. Permafrost is defined as subsurface material that...
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Karl Ernst von Baer (section Permafrost research)
expeditions, the scientific investigation of permafrost began in Russia. Baer recorded the importance of permafrost research even before 1837 when observing...
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