IPY 2007-2008

Registration: 1st October 2009 – 15th February 2010

The conference will focus on both arctic and alpine permafrost research and recent
achievements like the permafrost related IPY campaigns. Issues related to CO2-storage in
permafrost areas will also be covered. The conference will also host official IPA Executive
Committee and Council meetings.

Topics:
• Permafrost modeling
• Permafrost monitoring
• Periglacial processes and landforms
• Gashydrates and CO2 deposition in permafrost areas
• Thermal state of permafrost and seasonally frozen ground
• Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of permafrost
• Trace gasses and soils in permafrost environments
• Isotopes in permafrost
• Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM)
• Coastal and offshore permafrost• Permafrost in the Antarctic
• Permafrost glacier interactions
• Permafrost sensitivity to climate change
• Extra terrestrial permafrost
• Remote sensing in permafrost studies
• Geohazards
• Infrastructure and climate change in permafrost area
• Challenges with infrastructure in permafrost areas
• Mining in permafrost areas
• Challenges in exploration/drilling in permafrost areas
• Microbiology in permafrost environments

For more information please go on http://www.eucop2010.no/