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The Life of Permafrost

Pey-Yi Chu

2020University of Toronto Press eBooks14 citationsDOI

Abstract

By tracing the English word permafrost back to its Russian roots, this unique intellectual history uncovers the multiple, contested meanings of permafrost as a scientific idea and environmental phenomenon.

Topics & Concepts

PermafrostGeologyEnvironmental sciencePhysical geographyGeographyOceanographyClimate change and permafrost