permafrost

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permafrost

permanently frozen ground on which only a thin layer thaws in the summer, as in the high Arctic and Antarctic.

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Additional support by the National Science Foundation allowed scientists from UAF and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys to collect data on permafrost location, thaw and associated greenhouse gas release from lakes in Interior Alaska's Goldstream Valley.

'Abrupt Thaw' of Permafrost Beneath Lakes

The findings, published in the Russian science journal Doklady Biological Sciences , represent the first evidence of multicellular organisms returning to life after spending a long period in Arctic permafrost.

WORMS FROZEN FOR 42,000 YEARS COME BACK TO LIFE IN SCIENCE LAB

"I wouldn't lose sleep over the microbes that are now thawing from the permafrost," says Greguske.

Can Zombie Pathogens Affect World Health?

A review of available scientific literature on organic matter stocks held in soils and permafrost underlying the circumpolar region shown that the majority of this research has been carried in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Russia and northern America, and main research objects were tundra and forest tundra [6-15].

Quantitative and Qualitative Composition of Soil Organic Matter in Samples of Ice Complex from Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia

Permafrost is very sensitive to climate change, and its strength decreases dramatically with rising temperature.

Investigation of Thermal Cooling Effectiveness of RRVCS for Permafrost Protection under Wide Expressway Embankment

Permafrost is the permanently frozen layer below the Earths surface in frigid areas.

Report: Arctic thawing at a faster pace

Nearly a century before, a reindeer had been trapped under the permafrost together with the bacteria that killed it.

The killing joke: Geographical's regular look at the world of climate change. This month

In one recent explosion, permafrost soil was thrown around 1 kilometre from the epicentre of the blast, highlighting the huge force, scientists discovered.

Gas Pipelines Supplying Europe in Real Danger from Exploding Tundra

It seeks to safeguard seeds from cataclysms such as nuclear war or disease in natural permafrost.

'Doomsday' seed vault entrance repaired after thaw of Arctic ice

The cup had probably been in the permafrost for a millennium, but the piercing wind in an area where the permafrost is now melting exposed it when a researcher doing work on the permafrost, not an archaeologist, happened by.

Melting permafrost reveals Persian cup in cold Arctic

Siberia experienced record heat this summer, which melted permafrost in the region.

The thawing dead

New research finds that as Arctic regions warm up, previously frozen ancient carbon, known as permafrost, is thawing and being released to inland streams and rivers.