Mission
The Antarctic Peninsula is one of Earth’s regions with strongest air temperature increase, at least since the 1950’s. However, the climate signal is more complex than previously accounted and recent studies report a cooling in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula since 2000. The complexity of the reaction of the region to climate change is poorly understood and in order to evaluate the consequences in the terrestrial environments, dominated by the presence of permafrost, monitoring and modelling are essential.
PERMANTAR is the University of Lisbon network of permafrost observatories in the Western Antarctic Peninsula and a contributor to the Global Terrestrial Network on Permafrost. It was implemented in 2007 and currently manages monitoring sites in Dundee Island, Livingston Island, Deception Island, Cierva Point and Amsler Island (Palmer).
PERMANTAR is the University of Lisbon network of permafrost observatories in the Western Antarctic Peninsula and a contributor to the Global Terrestrial Network on Permafrost. It was implemented in 2007 and currently manages monitoring sites in Dundee Island, Livingston Island, Deception Island, Cierva Point and Amsler Island (Palmer).
International Networks
- Antarctic Permafrost, Soils and Periglacial Environments - ANTPAS (SCAR and IPA).
- Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost - GTN-P.
- Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring - CALM.