Zugspitze, Germany. Credits: Benjamin Jacobs, TUM (2025).
News and Announcements
News
Launch of the new GTN-P Data Platform and the new GTN-P Website
2026-01-19 – The new GTN-P Data Platform and the new GTN-P Website have been launched to provide improved access to permafrost data and information. These platforms aim to support researchers, policymakers, and the public in understanding permafrost dynamics and their implications for the global climate system. Both were launched on Monday, 19 January 2026. [read more ...]
ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2025, Calgary, Canada
2025-12-22 – In Canada, the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) is a key event for the Arctic research community, bringing together scientists, policymakers, and Indigenous Peoples from across the North. The meeting provides an important platform for intercultural exchange, united by a shared commitment to understanding and sustaining northern environments. [read more ...]
GTN-P General Assembly 2025, online
2025-12-01 – On 20 November 2025, the GTN-P Office hosted its annual virtual General Assembly, bringing together GTN-P Young National Representatives, National Representatives, the Advisory Board, and the Steering Committee. The meeting was attended by more than 40 participants from 15 countries and was very well received. [read more ...]
Publication of the Permafrost Best Practices
2025-05-20 – A new chapter on Measurement of Permafrost has been approved for Volume II of the WMO Guide to Instruments and Methods of Observation, providing the first internationally coordinated guidance for observing permafrost Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). Developed by the GCW Task Team on Permafrost in collaboration with GCOS, GTN-P, and the IPA, the chapter defines standardized methods for measuring permafrost temperature, active layer thickness, and rock glacier velocity. [read more ...]
EGU 2025, Vienna, Austria
2025-05-12 – In April and May 2025, the scientific permafrost community gathered in Vienna for the annual European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Owing to the conference location, the high-mountain permafrost community — particularly researchers working in the Alps — was strongly represented, offering valuable insights into topics such as mountain stability and related processes. [read more ...]
Permafrost DACH conference 2025, Davos, Switzerland
2025-02-10 – The Permafrost DACH Conference is an annual event originally established to serve the German-speaking permafrost research community in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (D-A-CH). Although the conference transitioned to English as its working language two years ago, its core focus remains on permafrost research conducted by researchers from the DACH countries. [read more ...]
Announcements
GTN-P at the DACH Permafrost conference 2026
Don’t miss the GTN-P workshop focussing at the upcomimg DACH conference on the new GTN-P data platform (Wednesday, 21 January 2026 - 13:00-15:30) as well as the GTN-P Key note talk (Friday, 24 Jan 2026). [read more ...]
GTN-P at Arctic Frontiers 2026
The new GTN-P Data Platform will be presented at the 2026 Arctic Frontiers Conference “Turn on the Tide” on Monday, 2 February 2026 (09:35) in a session on monitoring, modeling, and mitigating the consequences of Arctic permafrost change. [read more ...]
GTN-P at the ACOP Permafrost conference 2026
Don’t miss the GTN-P workshop focussing on the importance of Asian Permafrost, the GTN-P session “GTN-P: Local Observations to Global Assessments” as well as a GTN-P poster presentation. [read more ...]