RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL OF EARTH CRYOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL PERMAFROST ASSOCIATION
THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CRYOGENIC RESOURCES OF POLAR AND ALPINE REGIONS Pushchino, RUSSIA April, 21-24, 2008 http://permafrost2008.ru CONFERENCE THEMES o Thermal State of Permafrost (Monitoring and Prognosis) o Polar Coasts and Shelf o Snow Cover, Glaciers and Buried Ice of Polar and Alpine Regions o Water Resources o Gas-Hydrates and Green House Gases in the Cryosphere o Cryogenic Physicochemical and Mechanical processes o Geophysical Studies and Remote Sensing of Cryosphere o Soil and Vegetation of Polar and Alpine Ecosystems o Ecology of High-Latitude and Alpine Areas and Effect of Environmental Conditions on Human Life o Life Below Freezing Point: o How and How Long the Life Might be Preserved? o From Siberia to Mars o GIS Technologies for Objects Designing in Cryolithozone o Modern Engineering Approaches and Technologies for the Construction on Permanently Frozen Ground Geocryologists, glaciologists, soil scientists, climatologists, biologists, medics, engineers and all other interested specialists are hereby invited to participate in the Conference. This is an excellent opportunity for scientific first-hand interaction and discussion of actual problems. Two official languages of the Conference are Russian and English. Simultaneous translation will be available.
