permafrost

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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

These RNA sequences are the oldest ever recovered and come from mammoth tissue preserved in the Siberian permafrost for nearly 40,000 years.

From Science Daily

Canada and Russia, where large amounts of ice and permafrost are melting, are losing the most fresh water.

From Los Angeles Times

"The thawing of permafrost at very high elevation led to the collapse of the summit," he explains.

From BBC

Climate change is causing the glaciers - frozen rivers of ice - to melt faster and faster, and the permafrost, often described as the glue that holds the high mountains together, is also thawing.

From BBC