Length1h 53m
About this audiobook
Beneath a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere's land lies ground that has stayed frozen for two years, or two centuries, or since before human history began. Permafrost is the quiet half of the cryosphere: invisible from the air, measured in boreholes, and taken for granted by every road, pipeline, and town built above it. This book explains what that frozen ground is, why it is thawing, and what its thaw means for the climate, the Arctic's people, and the world.
The early chapters build the picture: how permafrost is defined and mapped into continuous, discontinuous, and sporadic zones; how buried ice and frost heave build pingos, ice wedges, and patterned ground; how the frozen carbon archive accumulated over tens of thousands of years; and how a century of research, from the Great Northern Expedition to the International Permafrost Association, uncovered it.
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GenreEducation and Learning
Length1 hr 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1: What Permafrost Is and Where It Lies
3Chapter 2: Mapping the Frozen Ground: Zones, Extent, and Deep History
4Chapter 3: Ice, Landforms, and Life at the Frozen Edge
5Chapter 4: Thaw Underway: Warming Rates, Foundations, and Feedbacks
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6Chapter 5: The Carbon Question: What the Frozen Ground Holds
7Chapter 6: When the Ground Fails: Slopes, Settlements, and the Shifting Tundra
8Chapter 7: Permafrost and People: Livelihoods, Hazards, and a Century of Research
9Chapter 8: Reading the Ground: Tunnels, Networks, and Field Observations
10Chapter 9: Fire and Shipping: The Changing Arctic Economy
11Chapter 10: The Carbon Engine: Storage, Movement, and Release
12Chapter 11: Feedbacks and Communities: Estimating the Uncertain Release
13Chapter 12: Estimates, Debates, and the Watchers of the North
14Chapter 13: The Verdict: Permafrost in the Climate Balance
15Conclusion
16References: Permafrost
17Glossary
18About the Author
19Series Info
20Copyright
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