Permafrost

This collection gathers a wide-ranging body of recent work on permafrost, drawn from researchers across the world. Its 230 papers show how varied the study of frozen ground has become, from the scientific and engineering questions raised by ground that is frozen today or was frozen in the past, to the processes at work on other planets.

The papers cover polar and mountain regions alike. Their findings come from numerical modelling and field experiments, and many are applied to real construction and engineering projects. The range of methods and results on display reflects growing interest in understanding permafrost and the phenomena connected to it.