Permafrost4Life ¨C Permafrost ecosystems entangled with human life in Mongolia ¨C evaluating the impact of land use change in a warming climate

Permafrost can for example provide water from melting ground ice in the dry summer season, but it can also preventing rainwater from infiltrating deep in the ground so that it remains accessible for plants. We rely on the community model CryoGrid to simulate future permafrost dynamics in forest and grassland areas. Our goal is to make the new knowledge created in the project available to improve policy-making and land use management in both Mongolia and Central Asia.