Great challenges of and innovative solutions to the unstable permafrost in Central and High Asia under a warming climate —the first Asian Conference on Permafrost

摘要

The first Asian Conference on Permafrost (ACOP) was co-sponsored by the State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering (SKLFSE) of the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI), the Geographical Society of China (GSA), and the International Permafrost Association (IPA), and co-chaired by Academician Guodong Cheng, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou Branch, and Professor Jerry Brown, President, International Permafrost Association.