In a Thompson Reuters citation database of 10,801 institutions the University of Alaska was ranked 11 in the category "Journal citations in climate change topics". An average citation per paper of 23.34 was achieved for the 347 papers in this category by University of Alaska for the period 1999-2009.
This week the AGU journal EOS published a FORUM article discussing the wording that is used when permafrost warms above 0 degree Celsius. Currently both 'permafrost melting' and 'permafrost thawing' are widely used. In this article we describe the implications that either term has for understanding permafrost and permafrost degradation processes. Our conclusion is supporting that of earlier permafrost researchers: permafrost thaws, ice melts. A considerable portion of permafrost contains no ground ice, and therefore can hardly melt.
On January 26 through 29, Reginald Muskett, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Geophysical Institute and Permafrost Laboratory attended the International Workshop for Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space -6 and the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) Principal Investigator Meeting in Kyoto, Japan. The workshop and meeting were held consecutively in the International Conference Center, site of the 1997 UN Kyoto Protocol meetings. Dr.
An article on methane from thawing Permafrost was recently (December 2009) published in the Scientific American by our colleague Dr. K. Walter Anthony. It features fieldwork on thermokarst lakes in the Arctic and several projects in which GI Permafrost Lab members are involved.
In a Thompson Reuters citation database of 10,801 institutions the University of Alaska was ranked 11 in the category "Journal citations in climate change topics". An average citation per paper of 23.34 was achieved for the 347 papers in this category by University of Alaska for the period 1999-2009.
On January 26 through 29, Reginald Muskett, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Geophysical Institute and Permafrost Laboratory attended the International Workshop for Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space -6 and the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) Principal Investigator Meeting in Kyoto, Japan. The workshop and meeting were held consecutively in the International Conference Center, site of the 1997 UN Kyoto Protocol meetings. Dr.
