permafrost
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It also protected what's known as the periglacial environment, which includes things like permafrost - water trapped in frozen soil.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Geological and fossil evidence shows that the area was once covered in temperate forest, very different from today's cold, dry permafrost landscape.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
It stretches northward into desolate permafrost regions flush with “oil sands” that produce about nine times as much crude as Alaska.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Canada and Russia, where large amounts of ice and permafrost are melting, are losing the most fresh water.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
Because the frozen permafrost was just a half meter beneath the active layer of soil, all the water on the tundra stayed near the surface.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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