33rd IPA Council Meeting

The 33rd Council Meeting of the International Permafrost Association (IPA) was held online on 20 May 2026, bringing together representatives from IPA’s adhering bodies (link), Executive Committee (EC) members (link), … Read more

PYRN Workshop at ACOP2026

PYRN, with support from the International Permafrost Association, will host an all-day workshop to include guest speakers, seminars, breakout sessions, and networking events relevant to permafrost science and engineering, academic … Read more

Saline Permafrost Action Group Update

The Saline Permafrost Action Group has had an active and productive year thus far, advancing collaborative research on the distribution, evolution, and impacts of saline permafrost across the Arctic. A … Read more

IPY-5 Planning Group meeting

The Fifth International Polar Year (IPY-5) Planning Group successfully held a productive series of meetings in April, bringing together members and representatives involved in planning future IPY-5 activities. During the … Read more

Pre-Conference Workshops at ACOP 2026

3rd Asian Conference on Permafrost (ACOP) 2026: ACOP2026, hosted by Institute of Geography and Geoecology of Mongolian Academy of Sciences and Mongolian Permafrost Association, will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from June … Read more

Applications Now Open for Hosting ICOP2032

The applications for the IPA International Conference on Permafrost 2032 (ICOP2032) now is open. The deadline for submitting proposals to host ICOP2032 is March 31, 2027. If any countries are … Read more

IPA Standing Committee: ANTPAS updates

The ANTPAS (Antarctic Permafrost,Soils and Periglacial Environments) Expert Group of SCAR prepared a questionnaire for all the researchers active in Antarctica or that would like to start their work in … Read more