ICOP 2024 wins BRAVO Award

The organizing committee of the 12th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP), held in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada in June 2024, was the winner of the 2024 Bravo Award, handed out by the … Read more

IASC Medal 2025 Winner: Prof. Vladimir Romanovsky

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) awards the 2025 IASC Medal to Professor Vladimir Romanovsky (University of Alaska Fairbanks, US) for his exceptional and sustained contributions to Arctic science, particularly in the field of permafrost research. Over … Read more

International Mountain Conference 2025 (#IMC25)

The International Mountain Conference 2025 (#IMC25) will take place from 14 – 18 September 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria. #IMC25 builds upon the previous mountain conferences and aims to continue this scientific … Read more

New IPA Review Article 

Developments in Permafrost Science and Engineering in Response to Climate Warming in Circumpolar and High Mountain Regions, 2019–2024 Research in geocryology is currently principally concerned with the effects of climate … Read more

New IPA member: Czechia

Czech permafrost research activities cover a wide range of research topics, including long-term monitoring of active layer and permafrost thermal regimes, periglacial geomorphology microbiology, and the ecology of the periglacial … Read more