As a result of an online survey and a meeting attended by 88 early career researchers prior to EUCOP 2014 in Portugal, PYRN (with help from APECS members) has released a paper in Cryospheric discussions outlining the top five questions for future permafrost research as part of ICARP III. The five questions are:
1) How does permafrost degradation affect landscape dynamics at different spatial and temporal scales?
2) How can ground temperature models be improved to better reflect permafrost dynamics at high spatial resolution?
3) How can traditional environmental knowledge be integrated in permafrost research?
4) What is the spatial distribution of different ground ice types and how susceptible is ice-rich permafrost to future environmental change?
5) What is the influence of infrastructures on the thermal regime and stability of permafrost in different environmental settings?
You can read the full paper here.
