permafrost
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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
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 • 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
Geological changes unrelated to climate change also played a role, he concedes - but he points out that glaciers and permafrost are key stabilising factors across the alps.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025
Her words were ordinary but her face was a Siberian permafrost.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
Vocabulary lists containing permafrost
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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