Newsletter n. 22– 06/08/2007 – A very short summer newsletter

By Hugues Lantuit - Posted on 06 August 2007

PYRN –Permafrost Young Researchers Network
http://www.pyrn.org
PYRN - Newsletter n. 22– 06/08/2007 – A very short summer newsletter

1. NICOP! Register now!
2. Events
3. Permafrost in the news

1. NICOP! Register now!
The deadline for registration to NICOP is approaching. You now have until the end of August to prepare an abstract for the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Remember that this conference is happening once every five years only. It’s a unique opportunity to meet your peers in permafrost research. You can get a good look at the themes of the conference right here: http://www.nicop.org/abstracts.html.
Microbiologists, geomorphologists, geologists, engineers, hydrologists and others are expected to attend massively. Check out the themes of the conference and ask the US national representatives of PYRN if you need more info.
We plan on a series of outstanding events for young scientists for the conference and hope that we will soon be able to report on travel funding for young researchers.
Go ahead! Sign up! http://www.nicop.org

2. Events
Several events providing travel funding were recently added to the PYRN database: Check the cryosphere meeting happening in Kathmandu in October, as well as the meeting “Global Environmental Change in the Arctic taking place in Sweden this month. Check it right here: http://www.pyrn.org

3. Permafrost in the news (a busy July month for permafrost journalists!)
Difficult to miss the mammoth story this past month, but in case you haven’t heard of it, here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6284214.stm
Erosion of permafrost coasts in Alaska:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19957221/
Futuristic permafrost museum in Yakutsk:
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3092241&c=...
Permafrost drilling on Mars? Yes it’s possible (or planned at least):
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070730/NEWS02/7...
Ice-rich permafrost features on Ellesmere Island
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/2007/707/70727/news/nunavut/70727_360....
A look at the Alaska pipeline history:
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=6829433
Mackenzie pipeline potential impacts on permafrost
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/11/nwt-permafrost.html