WeThaw project timeline

1 February 2018 – A new team member

Welcome to Catherine Hirst as a team member in WeThaw

22 January 2018 – Ongoing thawing experiment
22 January 2018 – Ongoing thawing experiment

Frozen permafrost material is exposed to progressive thaw

January 2018 – How do metal stable isotope signatures characterize weathering processes?

Participation at the International Conference on Metal Stable Isotope Geochemistry in Sorèze, France, 8-11 January 2018

1 January 2018 – A new team member

Welcome to Helene Dailly as a team member in WeThaw

30 November 2017 – First set of data for Arthur and Nathan
30 November 2017 – First set of data for Arthur and Nathan

End of the first serie of XRF measurements on permafrost by Arthur and Nathan

23 October 17 – Seminar of Dr. Melissa Lafrenière
23 October 17 – Seminar of Dr. Melissa Lafrenière

Visiting scientist Dr. Melissa Lafrenière, co-director of Cape Bounty Arctic Watershed Observatory at UCL to give a seminar

20 October 2017 – Symposium Earth and Life Interactions

Presentation of the first results of WeThaw by Sophie at the symposium Earth and Life Interactions, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (with as guest speaker Liane Benning)

10 October 2017 – Climatic chamber
10 October 2017 – Climatic chamber

Delivery, installation and tutorial on the climatic chamber

5 & 6 October 2017 – VU Amsterdam
5 & 6 October 2017 – VU Amsterdam

Visit to VU Amsterdam to collect permafrost samples (collaboration with the project THAWSOME led by Jorien Vonk)

3 October 2017 – UCL Press release

Louvain[S] interview from the PI about the motivation behind the WeThaw project