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The life of permafrost : a history of frozen earth in Russian and Soviet science /

"In the Anthropocene, the thawing of frozen earth due to global warming has drawn worldwide attention to permafrost. Contemporary scientists define permafrost as ground that maintains a negative temperature for at least two years. But where did this particular conception of permafrost originate...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chu, Pey-Yi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction: historicizing permafrost -- Mapping -- Building -- Defining -- Adapting -- Translating -- Epilogue: resurrecting. 
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