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Patterns of thaw
There is continually frozen ground (permafrost) sitting beneath the Arctic, but each summer, endless sunshine and warming air temperatures heat the soils from above. A fraction of the near surface soil thaws and refreezes every year. This is called the active layer.…
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Science Underway
It has been an incredible experience to witness the Arctic environmental system that I have studied for the past couple years, from my mosquito-free classroom in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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