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About a quarter of the land area of the northern hemisphere is underlain by permafrost. But the frozen ground is increasingly warming and thawing due to global warming, which is particularly pronounced in arctic and subarctic regions. Local activities of residents also contribute to disturbing the thermal equilibrium of permafrost. What significanc...
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