Permafrost Monthly Alerts (PMAs)

The U.S. Permafrost Association, together with the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), is pleased to provide our members with the Permafrost Monthly Alerts (PMAs).

What is the PMA Program?

The PMA Program is an online library of permafrost-related references reviewed by experts in permafrost sciences and compiled monthly by the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). The AGI GeoRef service regularly scans the contents of over 3,500 journals in 40 languages from the global geosciences literature, comprised of approximately 345 different sources. In addition to journals, special publications such as papers in proceedings, and hard-to-find publications are provided.

This Month's Permafrost Alert

Find this month's permafrost alert (along with all previous monthly alerts) on the USPA website at the link below. This month's alert will provide you with the most recent permafrost references found by AGI. To search through all references found since 2012, see the instructions below on searching AGI's COLD Database.

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Search the COLD Database

The PMA citations are added to the searchable Cold Regions Bibliography www.coldregions.org (COLD). Click the button below to access COLD and search for publications (please note that this link will take you to an external website). Once you arrive on the COLD Database webpage, click the "Advanced" link near the search bar. This will bring you to an advanced search page. Scroll down to the "Limit To" section of the page, under "Source" select USPA Permafrost Alert", and finally click on the "Find" button to search through all permafrost-related content in the database provided by the PMA Program Monthly Alerts.

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Please join our 2021 PMA Sponsors!

The PMA program in 2021 is made possible by the following sponsors. Thank you for your support!

PMA Background

Want to find out more about the PMA program? Please see this 2019 AGU Poster to find out more.