Conference focuses on European permafrost research

Abstract

The First European Permafrost Conference was convened to discuss European permafrost research in general and the results of the European Union's fourth framework project, Permafrost and Climate in Europe (PACE), in particular. The conference, which was held at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Rome, also helped promote future collaborative research initiatives. A major theme was the potential impact of global climate change on permafrost regions of the world and the importance of permafrost monitoring for detecting climate change within the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) of the World Meteorological Organisation.