Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

permafrost web Permafrost is recognized by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP/WMO) and Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) as a key element of the Earth System. Permafrost is present in ca. 25% of the Northern Hemisphere continental area and on all the ice-free areas of the Antarctic continent, including wide areas under the ice-sheet. Permafrost is central to the carbon cycle and hence to the climate system, especially due to methane and carbon dioxide release following permafrost degradation. This issue is especially sensitive in the Arctic, but detailed studies are lacking in the Antarctic. Therefore, especially in the ice-free areas, the warming of permafrost (climatic and human-induced) can generate problems to existing or planned research facilities, which can be potentially subject to risk. Permafrost monitoring is therefore also an important issue relating to environmental impact assessment and mitigation in ice-free terrain Antarctic facilities.

Permafrost Course

Introduction to Arctic System Science and and overview of permafrost & thermokarst

Permafrost Course Part 1 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speakers:
Breck Bowden (University of Vermont)
Torre Jorgenson (ABR, Inc Environmental Research and Services)
Andrew Balser (University of Alaska)
People and Permafrost

Permafrost Course Part 2 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speakers:
Gary Kofinas (University of Alaska)
Allison Woodword (University of Alaska)
Arctic Geomorphology: Causes and Consequences of Topographic Change

Permafrost Course Part 3 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speaker:
Ben Crosby (Idaho State University)
Permafrost degradation: ground thermal and hydrolic responses

Permafrost Course Part 4 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speaker:
Sarah Godsey (Idaho State University)
Permafrost carbon and climate feedbacks in a warmer world

Permafrost Course Part 5 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speaker:
Ted Schuur (University of Florida)
Soils, microbes, and landscape change

Permafrost Course Part 6 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speakers:
Josh Schimel (University of California Santa Barbara)
Kate Buckeridge (University of California Santa Barbara)
Arctic Vegetation, successional processes, and ecosystem function

Permafrost Course Part 7 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speakers:
Michelle Mack (University of Florida)
Andres Baron (University of Florida)
Biogeochemistry of the Arctic System

Permafrost Course Part 8 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speakers:
Jay Jones (University of Alaska)
Ben Abbott (University of Alaska)
Arctic Streams in a Changing Environment

Permafrost Course Part 9 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speakers:
Breck Bowden (University of Vermont)
Julia Larouche (University of Vermont)
Michael Flinn (Murray State University)
Jeff Kampman (Murray State University)
Arctic Lakes

Permafrost Course Part 10 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speaker:
George Kling (University of Michigan)
How to Build a Time Machine: Ecosystem Models, Thermokarst Dynamics, and Our Stewardship of the Arctic

Permafrost Course Part 11 from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Speaker:
Ed Rastetter (Marine Biological Laboratories)

Mentors

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APECS mentors in Glaciology include:

Hugues Lantuit, Alfred Wegener Institute This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Hanne Christiansen, UNIS, Svalbard This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Hans Hubberten, Alfred Wegener Institute This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Kenji Yoshikawa, University of Alaska Fairbanks This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vladimir Romanovsky, Univeristy of Alaska Fairbanks This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Margareta Johansson, Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Lund University, Sweden This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.