Permafrost, Periglacial ProcessesPermafrost, Periglacial Processes and Soils in the Southern and Soils in the Southern

HemispheresHemispheres

IPAIPA and SCAR Cooperation and SCAR Cooperation

IPA Antarctic Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (APPE)

Co-Chair: Bockheim and Boelhouwers

SCAR Expert Group on Permafrost and Periglacial Environments

(EGPPE)

Boelhouwers (Chief)Bockheim and Guglielmim (Deputies)

Balks (Sec’y)

APPE/ECPPE

1997 Bologna IAG1998 Yellowknife Southern Hemisphere WG (Kevin and Jan)1999 WG meeting INQUA Durban2000 Cambridge IASC (Walton/ Jerry)2000 Approach to SCAR and RiSCC (Bob Rutford/Hugh) 2001 Rome 1st European Permafrost Conference2001 RiSCC in Amsterdam (Jan)2001 IAG Conference in Tokyo2002 XXVII SCAR Shanghai (PAG Wayne)2003 Zurich (PAG/WG APPE) (Jan and Jim)2003 Potsdam (ISAES) (PAG Wayne)2004 Bremen (PAG) WG APPE (Walton/Wayne)2004 XVIII SCAR Bremenhaven (EGPPE) (Wayne)2004 Madison (Scott Borg and Jim)

History and Acknowledgements

APPE/EGPPE

•Antarctic Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (Bockheim, Boelhouwers)•Coastal and Offshore Permafrost - ACD (Hubberten)•Cryosol (Pfeiffer)•Isotope and Geochemistry of Permafrost (Sletten)•Periglacial Landforms, Processes and Climate (Matsuoka)•Mapping and Modeling of Mountain Permafrost•Permafrost and Climate – GTN-P/CALM (Nelson)•Permafrost Astrobiology (Gilichinsky, McKay)

•Standing Committee on Data, Information, andCommunication (Brown, Balks)

IPA Working Groups

• Coordination, communication and exchange of data• Collect and collate spatial on permafrost and cryosols• Develop monitoring protocols and networks• Promote international cooperation and field research• Address scientific questions related to permafrost, soils and periglacial processes

Expert Group on Permafrost and

Periglacial Environments

Address scientific questions related to permafrost, soils and periglacial processes:

• age of permafrost• impact of climate• physical and chemical weathering• processes along environmental gradients• role in biodiversity• research methods• impacts• astrobiology and planetary analogues

Expert Group on Permafrost and

Periglacial Environments

• SCAR review and presentations at IPA NICOP (2008)• White paper on State of Antarctic Permafrost Science• Prepare map of permafrost and ground ice of southern circumpolar region• Prepare soils map of southern circumpolar region• Prepare permafrost database (permafrost, active layer, ground ice)• Maintain online bibliography and research

EGPPE Plan (2004-2010)

Standing Scientific Group on GeosciencesEGPPE

Standing Scientific Group on Life SciencesRiSCC

Standing Scientific Group on Physical Sciences

Met Stations

SCAR SSG

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International Programmes and

ActivitiesInternational Polar Year (ICSU-WMO)IPA Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP)

Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)

(IPA-WMO-GCOS-GTOS)CALM and Boreholes (TSP)

WCRP Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) - Beijing

Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network

Regional Impact Sensitivity of Climate Change (RiSCC)

Macquarie Island

South Georgia

Signy Island

Shetlands

Subantarctic IBP Tundra Biome Sites

InvitationNinth International Conference on Permafrost

23-27 June 2008

InvitationNinth International Conference on Permafrost

23-27 June 2008

University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska U.S.A.

http://www.nicop.org/

University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska U.S.A.

http://www.nicop.org/

1997 IPA Map

Soil organic carbon content of Gelisols in the circumpolar area