MISSION
The Polar and Mountain Research team integrates ZEPHYRUS - the CEG Research Group on Climate Change and Environmental Systems. It's mission is researching the impacts of climate change on the dynamics of Polar and mountain environments, with a main focus on permafrost and periglacial environments. Our expertise on high-resolution remote sensing, both using satellite imagery and Unmanned-Aerial Vehicles, has also lead us to extend our research to other environments where these technologies are needed.
The main topics of our research team are:
We conduct research in Western Antarctic Peninsula, the Beaufort Sea Coast, Eastern Hudson Bay, Greenland, Svalbard, the Andes, High and Middle Atlas, Cape Verde and in the mountains of the Iberian Peninsula (Estrela, Sierra Nevada, Picos de Europa and Pyrenées) on different aspects related to present and past cold environment processes,
The main topics of our research team are:
- Permafrost environments and their climate sensitivity,
- Remote sensing of the cryosphere and terrestrial ecosystems,
- Geomorphodynamics of Polar and mountain environments,
- Mountain climatology,
- Paleoenvironmental reconstruction,
- Geoheritage.
We conduct research in Western Antarctic Peninsula, the Beaufort Sea Coast, Eastern Hudson Bay, Greenland, Svalbard, the Andes, High and Middle Atlas, Cape Verde and in the mountains of the Iberian Peninsula (Estrela, Sierra Nevada, Picos de Europa and Pyrenées) on different aspects related to present and past cold environment processes,
PERMANTAR - Western Antarctic Peninsula Permafrost Observatories
ZEPHYRUS P&M maintains PERMANTAR, a network of permafrost observatories along the Western Antarctic Peninsula, which is part of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost. The PERMANTAR roots started in 2000 in Livingston Island in a collaboration with the University of Alcalá de Henares, with the program being implemented in 2007. PERMANTAR currently manages monitoring sites in Dundee Island, King George Island, Livingston Island, Deception Island, Cierva Point (Antarctic Peninsula) and Amsler Island (Palmer).
Visit the PERMANTAR website
Visit the PERMANTAR website