ACOP Organizing Committee Grants
The Organizing Committee may award travel grants of up to $1,000 USD to selected delegates to assist with travel expenses for the conference. Only those who submit an abstract will … Read more
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PYRN-IPA ACOP Grants Now Open
The application form for the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) early career researcher (ECR)* financial support for ACOP 2026 is now live. PYRN is only able to support registration fees for … Read more
3rd Asian Conference on Permafrost (ACOP2026)
The abstract submission process for the Third Asian Permafrost Conference (ACOP 2026), to be held in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, from June 28 to July 2, 2026, has now … Read more
Nominations for two Executive Committee members and for the Lifetime Achievement Award
As discussed at the 32nd IPA Council Meeting, two important items of IPA business will require attention in the coming months. IPA member countries are encouraged to inform their communities … Read more
EU-funded networking project on permafrost monitoring PermaCOST launched!
The European permafrost monitoring COST Network, named PermaCOST (standing for COordinated and STandardized Monitoring of Permafrost Response to Climate Change), was launched in October 2025. The official kickoff meeting of the Management Committee … Read more
IPA Action Group: Saline Permafrost responds to growing global attention
A recent Science news feature brought unprecedented visibility to saline permafrost, highlighting how buried salt layers across Arctic coastlines are thawing at subzero temperatures, deepening lakes, destabilizing coasts, and undermining … Read more
Nominations for two Executive Committee members and for the Lifetime Achievement Award
As discussed at the 32nd IPA Council Meeting, two important items of IPA business will require attention in the coming months. IPA member countries are encouraged to inform their communities … Read more
IPA Action Group: PermHg
Over the past several months, the Permafrost–Mercury (PermHg) Action Group has made substantial progress toward completing a harmonized, open-access database of mercury (Hg) observations from permafrost-affected regions. We compiled 117,802 … Read more
Dr. Christopher Burn, Former President of IPA, Conducts Academic Exchange in NIEER, China
Dr. Christopher Burn, Past-President of the IPA, was invited in November 2025 by the State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering (SKL-CSFSE), Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and … Read more
NSERC PermafrostNet Finale Event
In November 2025, the NSERC PermafrostNet network concluded its transformative six-year journey with a celebration at Carleton University’s Advanced Research and Innovation in Smart Environments (ARISE) Building in Ottawa, bringing … Read more