COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Canada's permafrost retreats amid warming trend
Description: The permanently frozen ground known as permafrost is retreating northward in the area around Canada's James Bay, a sign of a decades-long regional warming trend. The southern edge of permafrost in the James Bay area has moved about 80 miles north of where it was 50 years ago. [Source: Reuters]
URL: http://in.reuters.com/article/idINTRE61G5BG20100217
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Source: Reuters
Publish Date: 2/18/2010
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