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- A layer of soil at varying depths below the surface in which the temperature has remained below freezing continuously from a few to several thousands of years. weatherdudes.com - by Enrique Cavalitto
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- ecent warming has degraded large sections of permafrost, with pockets of soil collapsing as the ice within it melts. The results include buckled highways, destabilized houses, and "drunken forests" of trees that lean at wild angles. - National Center for Atmospheric Research by Enrique Cavalitto
- The different climatic conditions determinate the cryogenic asymmetry of the Antarctic Peninsula with respect the continuous permafrost on north-east side and the discontinuous permafrost on the west sector. - tierradelfuego.gov.ar by Enrique Cavalitto
- Understanding permafrost is not only important to civil engineering and architecture, it is also a crucial part of studying global change and protecting the environment in cold regions. - The National Snow and Ice Data Center by Enrique Cavalitto
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- Pamantul vesnic inghetat sau “permafrost”, reprezinta aproape un sfert din suprafata uscatului emisferei nordice. Adancimea de inghet variaza de la un metru pana la cateva sute de metri. Blog - by Ilinca Florea
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- Cercetari Atmosferice avertizeaza asupra topirii solului inghetat, cunoscut sub numele de permafrost, din zona Canada, Alaska, Rusia. - Softpedia by Ilinca Florea
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- (ή μόνιμα παγωμένο έδαφος) Έδαφος στο οποίο η θερμοκρασία παραμένει κάτω από 0 C συνέχεια για δύο ή περισσότερα χρόνια. Το πέρμαφροστ εκτιμάται ότι καλύπτει το 20% της χερσαίας επιφάνειας της Γης και φθάνει σε βάθος 1.525 μέτρων, στη βόρεια Σιβηρία. [ΠΑΠΥΡΟΣ LAROUSSE BRITANNICA] Own research - by Stavros Pantermalis
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- ... εκφράζει τη βαθειά ανησυχία του για τις επιπτώσεις της κλιματικής αλλαγής στην αειφόρο διαβίωση των αυτοχθόνων λαών στην περιοχή τόσο από πλευράς του γενικού περιβάλλοντος (τήξη των πολικών πάγων και του πέρμαφροστ, αύξηση της στάθμης της θάλασσας, πλημμύρες)... - ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟ ΚΟΙΝΟΒΟΥΛΙ� by Stavros Pantermalis
- Επιπλέον, καθώς το αρκτικό πέρμαφροστ (το μονίμως παγωμένο έδαφος, σκληρό σαν τσιμέντο) θα συρρικνώνεται, ο άνθρακας που περιέχει, και ο οποίος υπολογίζεται στο 14% του συνόλου του παγκοσμίως, θα επιδείνωνε το φαινόμενο του θερμοκηπίου. - SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN by Stavros Pantermalis
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