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Report from the International Permafrost Association: state of permafrost in the first decade of the 21 st century
Author(s) -
Brown Jerry,
Romanovsky Vladimir E.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
permafrost and periglacial processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-1530
pISSN - 1045-6740
DOI - 10.1002/ppp.618
Subject(s) - permafrost , geology , physical geography , earth science , geography , oceanography
The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) is an appropriate occasion to take note of the current state of permafrost on planet Earth. This is particularly relevant as we celebrate the Fourth International Polar Year (IPY) and the International Year of Planet Earth and begin to compile thesnapshot of permafrost temperature and active layer measure- ments.