permafrost

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Well-preserved brain tissue has been recorded under some well-studied circumstances: mummification, freezing in permafrost, being tanned and preserved by acidic peat bogs.

From Science Magazine

"There is a tremendous store of carbon in permafrost, which, if all released to the atmosphere, would have a devastating climate impact," Hansen said.

From Salon

Another amplified feedback loop is the thawing of Arctic and sub-Arctic permafrost, which also releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and raises climate temperature, leading to more melted permafrost.

From Science Daily

The Arctic is defined by the presence of permafrost -- the permanently frozen layer on or under the Earth's surface.

From Science Daily

Some of their practices were canceled by colonialism; others, preserved in ice as Ötzi was, are dissolving with the melting permafrost, taking the visual keys to ancient cosmologies and with them.

From Los Angeles Times