WeThaw project timeline

Online AGU Fall Meeting participation

Participation of 5 WeThaw members at the online AGU Fall Meeting: Monhonval et al., C012-0008 Hirst et al., B120-11 Mauclet et al., B123-03 Thomas et al., C018-07 Opfergelt et al., B028-10

Participation to the Permafrost Carbon Network (PCN)

Participation of 9 WeThaw members (including 3 PhD students and 4 MSc students) at the online meeting form the Permafrost Carbon Network (PCN)

WeThaw in Open Access Government

WeThaw in Open Access Government (p240)

The IPA Belgian Branch

The Belgian permafrost scientists meet in Ghent as a belgian branch of the International Permafrost Association (IPA) to share their research.

Arctic week in Paris

The WeThaw team participates to the Arctic week in Paris to explain the advances of the project to a broader audience, and to meet with the French scientific network INPEC (Interdisciplinary Network on Permafrost Ecosystems).

Mendeleïev : 150 ans du tableau périodique

C’est le 6 mars 1869 que le chimiste Dmitri Mendeleïev présente la première version du tableau périodique devant la Société chimique russe. Le tableau a connu quelques modifications depuis, et les 63 éléments du départ sont désormais 118. A l’occasion des 150 ans du tableau périodique des éléments, la Bibliothèque

RTBF TV emission “Quel temps” about permafrost

TV emission “Quel Temps!” on RTBF following up on the article in Daily Science to explain what is going on with permafrost and the link with the mission in Alaska.

Participation to “UCL to Mars”

Deux membres de WeThaw, Arthur Monhonval et Elisabeth Mauclet, se joignent au programme UCL to Mars ! UCL to Mars ? Mission scientifique de simulation de vie martienne en collaboration avec la Mars Society. Depuis 2010, des équipes de 8 étudiants de l’UCLouvain sont envoyées annuellement dans la station de recherche MDRS

UCLouvain Actu about the mission in Alaska

Actuality about the mission in Alaska on the website from UClouvain

Special IPCC Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

This last special IPCC report (SROOC) is important for the permafrost scientist community. It is recognized that widespread permafrost thaw is projected for this century (very high confidence), and that there is a potential to exacerbate climate change due to the release of CO2 and methane (medium confidence).