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 Translation for 'permafrost' from English to Russian
NOUN   permafrost | -
геол.
вечная мерзлота {ж}
permafrost
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Translation for 'permafrost' from English to Russian

permafrost
вечная мерзлота {ж}геол.
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Usage Examples English
  • Permafrost is typically in disequilibrium with climate, and much of the permafrost that remains is in a relict state.
  • Permafrost (permanent frozen ground) and seasonal thaw-activity are the main indicators of climate change.
  • Approximately 80% of Alaska is covered in permafrost, with 29% of this continuous permafrost, 35% discontinuous permafrost and the rest sporadic or isolated permafrost.
  • Permafrost is common around the village albeit this low altitude permafrost is disappearing because of global warming and increased snowfall.
  • Permafrost is common in the land around the lake. This low elevation permafrost is disappearing because of global warming and increased snowfall.

  • Permafrost is common. The northern part of Yukon has continuous permafrost, while it is widespread in the central part. Even the southern Yukon has scattered patches of permafrost.
  • She is a founding member of the Permafrost Carbon Network (PCN), a group of permafrost scientists who share findings inform policy on permafrost.
  • Continuous permafrost is prevalent in the East Siberian Lowlands, and permafrost-related formations such as alas thermokarst depressions and baydzharakh mounds are common throughout the region.
  • Syngenetic permafrost growth is a mode of the growth of permafrost whereby additional material is deposited to a permafrost site during freezing conditions, causing the permafrost layer to build upwards.
  • The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) governance structure aims to coordinate, manage, support and promote the GCOS and IPA initiative to monitor the thermal state of permafrost, which currently includes the active layer thickness and ground temperature in all permafrost regions of the Earth.

  • Permafrost is defined as ground, soil or rock, including ice or organic material that remains at or below zero degrees Celsius for at least two consecutive years.
  • Carbon is not produced by permafrost. Organic carbon derived from terrestrial vegetation must be incorporated into the soil column and subsequently be incorporated into permafrost to be effectively stored.
  • Permafrost in summer thaws 0.3 – 2 metres deep. Thickness of permafrost here is approximately 200 metres.
  • Permafrost contains almost twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, with ~20 Gt of permafrost-associated methane trapped in methane clathrates.
  • The work is fascinating to read, because both Baer's observations on permafrost distribution and his periglacial morphological descriptions are largely still correct today.

  • The area has rugged mountain terrain with altitudes of up to [...]. Permafrost was as of 1985 only known from bogs, and in a few places this permafrost had originated thermokarst depressions.
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