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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

Managing heat from a data center built on permafrost requires specialized engineering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

"We gained access to exceptionally well-preserved mammoth tissues unearthed from the Siberian permafrost, which we hoped would still contain RNA molecules frozen in time," adds Emilio Mármol.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 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

It was that warmer temperatures all around the world were melting the permafrost in the Arctic, and tiny microbes were feasting on the newly unfrozen plant material in the ground.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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