International Permafrost Association

Nominations for two Executive Committee members and for the Lifetime Achievement Award 📢 IPA Executive Committee Elections 2026 🏆 IPA Lifetime Achievement Award 2026 🗓️ Deadline: 15 February 2026 permafrost.org/newsitem/nomin…

PDG Webinar: Indigenous Knowledge Put to Work-Using Tundra Sod in Restoration Speaker: Lorene Lynn, Red Mountain Consulting The Permafrost Discovery Gateway (PDG) invites you to join our monthly webinar series on Thursday March 26, 2026 at 9:00 am AKT permafrost.org/newsitem/pdg-w…

Applications Open for ACOP 2026 Travel Grants and PermaCOST Training School PYRN-IPA ACOP Grants 📅March 20 at 23:59 GMT ACOP Organizing Committee Grants 📅March 10, 2026 PermaCOST Training School permafrost.org

📘 Frozen Ground 48 is now available online! Many thanks to all contributors for making this issue possible. Chen. L., Gärtner-Roer I., Vieira G., and Burn, C.R. (eds.) 2025. Frozen Ground 48 (2024). International Permafrost Association (IPA). DOI: 10.52381/IPA.FG482025.1.

🚨 Deadline extended! 🚨 Submit your poster abstracts, white papers, and short statements for the Arctic Observing Summit 2026 in Aarhus, Denmark. Don’t miss your chance to shape Arctic science with us! ❄️ 🔗arcticobservingsummit.org/summits/aos-20… #AOS2026 #ArcticScience

📢3rd Asian Conference on Permafrost (ACOP2026) the deadlines for conference registration and travel grant applications for ACOP 2026 have been extended to 15 February 2026. 🔗 More information: permafrost.org/newsitem/3rd-a…

IPA Action Group: Saline Permafrost A recent Science news feature highlights how buried salt layers along Arctic coasts thaw at subzero temperatures—deepening lakes, destabilizing shorelines, and threatening infrastructure. permafrost.org/newsitem/ipa-a…

How can #Arcticknowledge be shared more effectively with communities, policymakers, and industry? @ArcticScienceJ is looking for research that explores knowledge mobilization, from traditional methods to innovative, unconventional formats. More info ▶️ ow.ly/kqzl50VrAws

IPA Action Group 2026-2027 call IPA Action Groups are meant to fund targeted groups working on permafrost towards the production of well-defined products. Application deadline: 31 December 2025 (link). permafrost.org/newsitem/ipa-a…

The IPA Newsletters are available on the website: permafrost.org/ipa-newsletter/

The 9th Canadian Permafrost Conference was held in association with the 78th Canadian Geotechnical Conference at GeoManitoba 2025 in Winnipeg, 20 – 25 September, featuring over 250 presentations in total. permafrost.org/newsitem/9th-c…

Welcome new national representative for South Korea As of July 2025, Dr. Keunbo Park took over as South Korea’s national representative to the International Permafrost Association council. permafrost.org/newsitem/new-n…

We are thrilled to announce the Keynote Speaker, Dr. Ken Van Rees, for the 38th Annual CRRC Student Conference. Dr. Ken Van Rees is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Saskatchewan and will talk about his journey from scientist to artist and how he merges art and science.

New paper on the history of permafrost conferences and monitoring permafrost.org/uncategorized/…

Calling Arctic researchers working near Toolik Field Station! Submit to @ArcticScienceJ’s collection marking 50 years of @Toolik research before Oct 31, 2025. All topics from biosphere to atmosphere welcome! Submission instructions ▶️ ow.ly/BwMh50VMfV3

🌍 Transnational Access Call 2025 – OPEN! ❄️ The EU-funded project POLARIN invites the scientific community to submit proposals for access to 42 Research Infrastructures (RIs) across both polar regions. Deadline: 30th of October 2025, 4 pm CET. eu-polarin.eu/transnational-…

New Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering Lewkowicz, A.G., O’Neill, H.B., Wolfe, S.A., et al (2025). Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering. Canadian Permafrost Association. doi.org/10.3138/cpa-gp…

Applications are now open for the US Permafrost Association's (USPA) Fall 2025 Awards. Deadline: October 27, 2025 Application: uspa.memberclicks.net/2025_uspa_gran… More Information: uspa.memberclicks.net/grants-and-awa… Please share with your networks! @ipapermafrost

For additional PDG information: arcticdata.io/catalog/portal…

📢 10/16 Permafrost Discovery Gateway (PDG) Webinar 🌊 Interacting Sea-Level Rise, Sea-Ice Loss, Storm Flooding, Erosion, and Permafrost Thaw Threaten Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Communities on the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta 🎙️ Speaker: Torre Jorgenson, Alaska Ecoscience