Is Permafrost Actually, Well, Everlasting?
But while snow’s an impediment, peat is a boon. Widespread in and across the southern Arctic, peat is a kind of substrate that’s manufactured from partially decayed natural matter (e.g. mosses and swamp plants). By and enormous, the bottom beneath it is stored cool, shielded from photo voltaic heat. Thus, peat safeguards permafrost. The V-1 …