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.

Permafrost Monthly Alerts

Where available, a direct link to the publication is included in the PMA, which provides access to the full document if you or your institution have a current online subscription. We hope this is a valuable resource to USPA membership, general public, and K-12 educators. Please find the individual PMAs and Conference Alerts below.

2022: Dec |Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan 

2021: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2020: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2019: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2018: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2017: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2016:  Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2015:  Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2014:  Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2013:  Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

2012:  Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan

Search the Entire 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 PMA Sponsors!

The PMA program in 2021 was 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.