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Published February 7, 2019 | Version v1
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The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) is getting older: The past, present, and future of our evolving community

Creators

  • 1. Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Permafrost Research Unit, Potsdam, Germany & Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2. University Salzburg, Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS, Salzburg, Austria
  • 3. Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Government of British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
  • 4. Geography Department, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
  • 5. Géosciences Paris Sud (GEOPS), Université Paris Saclay, Orsay, France
  • 6. Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Permafrost Research Unit, Potsdam, Germany & Potsdam University, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Potsdam, Germany
  • 7. Université Laval, Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Québec, Canada
  • 8. Geography Institution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland & Geography Department, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany
  • 9. Texas A&M University, Department of Geography, Texas, USA
  • 10. Sandia National Laboratories, Applied Systems Analysis and Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
  • 11. Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Permafrost Research Unit, Potsdam, Germany
  • 12. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Geography, Moscow, Russia
  • 13. Department of Geography, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • 14. GEORESEARCH, Wals, Austria
  • 15. Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA & Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • 16. Vienna University of Technology, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna, Austria & Austrian Polar Research Institute c/o University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 17. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
  • 18. aculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Issues in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
  • 19. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Trondheim, Norway
  • 20. Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA & Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Permafrost Research Unit, Potsdam, Germany
  • 21. Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Issues in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
  • 22. Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  • 23. tockholm University, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden & Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 24. Centre of Geographical Studies, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 25. University of Barcelona, Department of Geography, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • 26. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, Library and Information Services, Potsdam, Germany
  • 27. Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
  • 28. ergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Permafrost Laboratory, Moscow, Russia
  • 29. Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
  • 30. Climate Science Lab, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
  • 31. Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Description

A lasting legacy of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008 was the promotion of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN), initially an IPY outreach and education activity by the International Permafrost Association (IPA). With the Momentum of IPY, PYRN developed into a thriving Network that still connects Young permafrost scientists, engineers, and researchers from other disciplines. This research note summarises (1) PYRN’s development since 2005 and theIPY’s role, (2) the first 2015 PYRN censusand survey results, and(3) PYRN’s future plans to improve international and interdisciplinary exchange between young researchers. The review concludes that PYRN is an established network within the polar research community that has continually developed since 2005. PYRN’s successful activities were largely fostered by IPY. With >200 of the 1200 registered members active and engaged, PYRN is capitalising on the availability of social media tools and rising to meet environmental challenges while maintaining its role as a successful network honouring the legacy of IPY.

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Funding

Nunataryuk – Permafrost thaw and the changing arctic coast: science for socio-economic adaptation 773421
European Commission