The 33rd International Geological Congress will be held in Olso, Norway,
August 5-14. The following Symposium is planned. Please consider
submitting an abstract prior to the February 29, 2008 deadline. Any
co-author can present if registered for the Congress. See web for
details http://www.33igc.org/  or contact the convenor at <jerrybrown@igc.org>.
AAA-08: Permafrost on Warming  Planet
Convener: Jerry Brown, International Permafrost  Association
Permafrost regions cover 24% of the ice-free land in  both hemispheres
and major portions of the inner continental shelves. This  symposium
focuses on the present state of global permafrost and the responses  of
permafrost terrains to a warming climate. Topics include soil and
active  layer dynamics, thermal state of permafrost, thermokarst
development, surface  instabilities and hazards, coastal and subsea
processes, carbon storage and  fluxes, mountain permafrost in non polar
regions, and engineering designs to  mitigate for warming. Both invited
and unsolicited reports are included.