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permafrost

[pur-muh-frawst, -frost] / ˈpɜr məˌfrɔst, -ˌfrɒst /


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Shortly afterward, lawmakers amended the country's glacier protection law to relax restrictions on mining in areas of permafrost, despite fears the new law could endanger crucial water supplies.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

A new study offers one of the clearest pictures yet of what happens as Arctic permafrost thaws.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Those who think history is by its nature a sort of settled permafrost will be surprised to see how the discipline has changed over the past half century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

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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