permafrost
IPA: pɝmʌfrˈɔst
noun
- Permanently frozen ground, or a specific layer thereof.
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Examples of "permafrost" in Sentences
- Most of the ground in Nome is permafrost.
- Crosses stand askew on the shifting permafrost.
- Permafrost is widespread, especially in the north.
- The extent of permafrost can vary as the climate changes.
- Large stores of carbon are locked in the frozen permafrost.
- The article has a sentence with the single word Permafrost.
- Much of the Canadian Arctic is covered by ice and permafrost.
- Carbon storage in permafrost is the result of two primary processes.
- This warm air carries heat to the permafrost around the Arctic, and melts it.
- The rising tempurature would cause the permafrost to melt and water would rise.
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