US Permafrost Association Launches Family Care Program
The US Permafrost Association (USPA) is launching the Family Care Program that will provide resources, events (such as an upcoming panel discussion on balancing childcare and work responsibilities in permafrost research), and funding. Funds are open to USPA members doing permafrost-related work at any career stage and can be used to alleviate the burdens of additional expenses for caregivers to conduct travel-related work activities such as fieldwork and attending conferences.
Permafrost Impacts in the Arctic—a WCH Science Short Video
In this Witness Community Highlights video feature Sue Natali, Project Lead for Permafrost Pathways and Senior Scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center, shares insights from the work she and her team do on local-to-global impacts of climate change with a focus on permafrost thaw in the Arctic and related community adaptation efforts. She also shares her personal experience communicating science to the public.
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