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\u201cPermafrost active layer\u201d is the title of the article by Dr. hab. Wojciech Dobi\u0144ski<\/a>, prof. University of Silesia. which was recently published in the renowned Earth-Science Reviews. In this extensive work, the author revises the existing knowledge about the seasonally thawing layer of permafrost. As a result, he redefines its properties, not limiting the classification only to its freezing and thawing, but extending the definition to the thermal variability that occurs seasonally in the lithosphere. This brings the definition of the active layer into line with that of permafrost for the first time. This position resolves a number of issues related to the study and understanding of perennial permafrost in the world.<\/p>\n prof. Dobi\u0144ski for the first time applies this term also to the glacial environment, which allows for the first time in the history of cryosphere research to relate these separately studied areas of the cryosphere.<\/p>\n It is the fourth independent work of prof. Dobi\u0144ski, published in this journal, which in the Web of Sciences category in geosciences – multidisciplinary has the 2nd place in the world.<\/p>\n Dobi\u0144ski W., 2020. Permafrost active layer. Earth-Sciences Reviews, 208, 1-20, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2020.103301<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2996″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”zoom”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2996″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”zoom”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row] […]<\/p>\n