active layer
Americannoun
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"A thicker active layer creates a bigger bucket for storing water," says Rawlins.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024
Over time, the active layer -- a layer of soil that freezes in winter and thaws in the summer -- thins.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023
Permafrost still covers 85 percent of the state, but “almost everywhere, the depth of the active layer is increasing over the last few decades,” said Thoman.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2015
Increased phase separation and crystallization have a profound effect on the photophysical and transport properties of the active layer.
From Nature • Aug. 15, 2012
Because the frozen permafrost was just a half meter beneath the active layer of soil, all the water on the tundra stayed near the surface.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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