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
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
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, 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
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
IPA Action Groups (link) are meant to fund targeted groups working on permafrost towards the production of well-defined products. Action Groups are funded on a competitive basis at up to €3000 per … Read more
The IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology (RCG) was a great success. The conference took place from 16 to 18 September 2025 in Timișoara, Romania under the theme Geomorphology for society: … Read more
As of July 2025, Dr. Keunbo Park took over as South Korea’s national representative to the International Permafrost Association council. Dr. Keunbo Park is currently serving as a researcher at the Korea Polar Research Institute in South … Read more
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. … Read more
The International Association for Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) held its General Assembly in collaboration with the International Association of Meteorological and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) and the International Association for the Physical … Read more