Examples of permafrost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The state’s permafrost prevents water from draining, which means the Arctic is full of small pools, where mosquitoes live as larvae. — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2022 That’s always been an issue for maintaining roads through permafrost. — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022 The new study outlines several new sinkholes in the Arctic seafloor’s ancient permafrost. — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 30 Mar. 2022 A few feet below its surface, much of the soil is frozen permafrost, but the top layer blooms with grasses and low shrubs during the short summer months. — Donatella Zona, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2022 On land, permafrost is thawing because temperatures are rising. — Matt Simon, Wired, 21 Mar. 2022 In the far north, wildfires have become more common, fish stocks have moved, and permafrost has thawed beneath roads, buildings and pipelines — causing buckling and destruction. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2022 The area also provides the company with some of the world’s best mineral deposits, which are mined up to 5,000 feet below the permafrost. — Alistair Macdonald, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022 This can change how organic matter decomposes and degrade the permafrost, per the Guardian. — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2022 See More

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