The temperature in the permafrost is rising in Alaska, northwest Canada, Siberia and Northern Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sea Ice Melting As Arctic Temperature Rises] Reference

"Subsea permafrost is losing its ability to be an impermeable cap," Natalia Shakhova, a scientist at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska, said in a statement.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Confession] Reference

The permanently frozen subsoil, known as permafrost, upon which.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Gov. Palin Forgot] Reference

It lies above the uppermost part of the permafrost called the permafrost table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ammann at AGU: If You Had One Question.. « Climate Audit] Reference

In the Rocky Mountains, there are patches of frozen ground called permafrost that never thaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watts Up With That?] Reference

A layer of permanently frozen subsoil called permafrost exists, consisting mostly of gravel and finer material.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Though you should also worry that the methane might be coming the underwater permafrost, which is also thawing and releasing methane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Progress] Reference

Though you should also worry that the methane might be coming the underwater permafrost, which is also thawing and releasing methane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joseph Romm: The Top 10 Global Warming Stories of 2008] Reference

All this leads to the preservation of permafrost, which is a major factor for the distribution of vegetation and many environmental processes.    From Wordnik.com.  [East Siberian taiga] Reference

Within some areas, the permafrost temperatures are very close to 0°C (Figure 4) and at some sites long-term permafrost degradation has already started (Fedorov, 1996.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

She only says, It's tempting to romanticize our neighbors to the north and ironically to see the grass as greener even though most of the ground is covered in permafrost.    From Wordnik.com.  [sarcasm from a very red state] Reference

In shallow marine sediments such as those along the Siberian Shelf, hydrates are covered by a layer of frozen soil, called permafrost, that further protects them from melting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference

If the ground is frozen all year long, we call it "permafrost," or permanently frozen ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cryosphere] Reference

Alaska's highways are buckling from melting 'permafrost' (oxymoron) while Sarah shouts 'Boycott Copenhagen!'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palin fires back at Schwarzenegger] Reference

Much of the river valley sits on permafrost which is unsuitable for agriculture, construction or other industrial activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mackenzie River, Canada] Reference

We speak of "permafrost" if a soil is frozen throughout the year, and the upper layer thaws only during the summer.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

During warming, the gas burped into the atmosphere from natural reservoirs, or "carbon sinks", such as permafrost and the oceans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference

"permafrost," where relatively accessible ice could be trapped below the surface, even in warmer spots that see the sun occasionally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

I emerged from that permafrost week with a squint.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luxembourg Run]

And global warming may be taking the perma out of permafrost.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2005] Reference

Was there a position for a senior investigator out on the permafrost?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolves Eat Dogs]

Greenland: continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference

The permafrost would melt, releasing carbon and causing sea levels to rise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 90 Percent Solution] Reference

Natural hazards: continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Erosion, melting permafrost, and flooding threaten more than 100 native communities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tale Of Two Alaskan Villages] Reference

The manse had a stone fl oor, and she was sure the permafrost was creeping up her legs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of a Scriptwriter]

Another problem is that as glaciers and permafrost melt, rivers wash away more loose topsoil.    From Wordnik.com.  [BEWARE OF FALLING ICE] Reference

But estimates of how much carbon is locked into Arctic permafrost were, it turns out, woefully off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate-Change Calculus] Reference

That will, in turn, liberate methane from melting permafrost, which will trap even more heat -- and so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Here's Dr. Doom] Reference

California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

OTTER: Right now there are these awful pictures of these houses sinking, because the permafrost is no longer permanent.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2007] Reference

Benches of earth along the sides were made into warm beds, and storage areas were dug down to the cold permafrost level.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

Natural hazards: continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

And something that can be frozen for 30,000 years or more in the permafrost in Alaska can come right back to life when it is thawed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005] Reference

Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island international agreements: NA.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference