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- noun Plural form of
permafrost .
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Thawing of the tundra permafrosts releases methane, increases greenhouse gas and increases global heating.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Thawing of the tundra permafrosts releases methane, increases greenhouse gas and increases global heating.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Thawing of the tundra permafrosts releases methane, increases greenhouse gas and increases global heating.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Thawing of the tundra permafrosts releases methane, increases greenhouse gas and increases global heating.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Similarly, the permafrosts of Siberia and Canada are beginning to thaw and release huge quantities of greenhouse gases that could further heat our planet.
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Thawing of the tundra permafrosts releases methane, increases greenhouse gas and increases global heating.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Similarly, a melting of the permafrosts in Siberia could release enough methane to catapult us past the worst IPCC projections.
Mike Sandler: Copenhagen Meets 2012 With Purple Oceans and Green Skies 2009
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BTW, even though albedo feedbacks from diminishing ice/snow in general can clearly not be anywhere near as important as at the end of a glacial, it is not absent; the arctic sea and arctic permafrosts are still connected to the climate.
Hansen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past? « Climate Audit 2006
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Similarly, the permafrosts of Siberia and Canada are beginning to thaw and release huge quantities of greenhouse gases that could further heat our planet.
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk Robin McKie 2010
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Similarly, a melting of the permafrosts in Siberia could release enough methane to catapult us past the worst IPCC projections.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mike Sandler 2009
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