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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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- Le pergélisol est un sol qui se maintient constamment à une température égale ou inférieure à 0°C durant au moins deux ans. Encyclopédie canadienne Historica - by Anne-Marie Courtemanche
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- Permafrost é um solo formado por terra, rochas e gelo que permanece congelado em toda a faixa do Ártico. Este tipo de solo ocorre em altas latitudes e em grandes altitudes também, com variação na quantidade de gelo no solo. Grande parte desse tipo de solo permanece congelada há milhares de anos, absorvendo carbono e armazenando-o como matéria orgânica http://www.brasilescola.com/geografia/pe - by Isabel Vidigal
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O aquecimento global vai prejudicar a cultura de povos caçadores do Ártico, derreter o gelo polar e talvez liberar o lixo tóxico que hoje está depositado no permafrost, a camada de terra congelada, mostrou um estudo da Organização das Nações Unidas.
- http://www.ecoeacao.com.br/index.php?opt by Isabel Vidigal
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- Вечная мерзлота - устойчивое сочетание в русском языке Own research - by Igor Moshkin
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- Районы вечной мерзлоты — верхняя часть земной коры, температура которой долгое время (от 2—3 лет до тысячелетий) не поднимается выше 0 °C. В зоне вечной мерзлоты грунтовые воды находятся в виде льда, её глубина иногда превышает 1000 метров. - Wikipedia by Igor Moshkin
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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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