The International Permafrost Association promotes research in permafrost and permafrost-related fields within the global scientific and engineering communities
IPA News
New national representative for South Korea
As of July 2025, Dr. Keunbo Park took over as South Korea’s national…
9th Canadian Permafrost Conference
The 9th Canadian Permafrost Conference was held in association with…
Busan IAMAS–IACS–IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025 (BACO-25)
The International Association for Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) held its General…
New paper on the history of permafrost conferences and monitoring
Brown, J., 2025. Permafrost Conferences and Observing Networks: Contributions to…
POLARIN call for Transnational Access to polar infrastructure
The EU-funded project POLARIN invites the scientific community to submit…
New Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering
Lewkowicz, A.G., O’Neill, H.B., Wolfe, S.A., Roy-Léveillée, P., Roujanski V.E.,…
Membership
“I encourage all those associated with permafrost science and engineering to become individual members of the IPA.”
A.G. Lewkowicz (IPA President, 2012-2016)
