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  • noun Plural form of palsa.

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Examples

  • The researchers used red-tinged landforms called "palsas" -- small, lichen-covered hills that form over frozen peat bogs -- as an indicator of the state of the permafrost in an area along the southeast coast of James Bay.

    Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Canwest News Service: 2010

  • The researchers used red-tinged landforms called "palsas" -- small, lichen-covered hills that form over frozen peat bogs -- as an indicator of the state of the permafrost in an area along the southeast coast of James Bay.

    Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Canwest News Service: 2010

  • The researchers used red-tinged landforms called "palsas" -- small, lichen-covered hills that form over frozen peat bogs -- as an indicator of the state of the permafrost in an area along the southeast coast of James Bay.

    Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Canwest News Service: 2010

  • To track the retreat, Payette and his colleagues looked at distinctive plant-covered mounds called palsas that form naturally over ice in the soil of northern peat bogs.

    British Blogs optimum population trust news watch 2010

  • The researchers measured the retreat of the permafrost border by observing hummocks known as "palsas," which form naturally over ice contained in the soil of northern peat bogs.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • The researchers measured the retreat of the permafrost border by observing hummocks known as "palsas," which form naturally over ice contained in the soil of northern peat bogs.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • The researchers measured the retreat of the permafrost border by observing hummocks known as "palsas," which form naturally over ice contained in the soil of northern peat bogs.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The researchers measured the retreat of the permafrost border by observing hummocks known as "palsas," which form naturally over ice contained in the soil of northern peat bogs.

    innovations-report 2010

  • The researchers measured the retreat of the permafrost border by observing hummocks known as "palsas," which form naturally over ice contained in the soil of northern peat bogs.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • During the study, researchers measured the retreat of the permafrost border by observing hummocks known as "palsas," which form naturally over ice contained in the soil of northern peat bogs.

    Scientific Blogging News Account 2010

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