Stephan Gruber, Carleton University

Research

adaptation climate impacts climate services computer simulation permafrost thaw uncertainty climate change impacts cryoshphere

Latest papers

Permafrost landsystems define regional variability in climate change effects on northern environments.
Nature communications · 2026 · senior author
Single-year thermal regime and inferred permafrost occurrence in the upper Ganglass catchment of the cold-arid Himalaya, Ladakh, India.
The Science of the total environment · 2020
Rainfall as primary driver of discharge and solute export from rock glaciers: The Col d'Olen Rock Glacier in the NW Italian Alps.
The Science of the total environment · 2018

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Identifying and understanding key drivers and determinants future permafrost thaw
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$90,000
The Science Communication Toolbox for Researchers
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Identifying and understanding key drivers and determinants future permafrost thaw
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$216,000

All 14 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Permafrost landsystems define regional variability in climate change effects on northern environments.

Kokelj SV, Wolfe SA, Weiss N, Froese D, Baltzer JL, Lantz TC, O'Neill HB, Morse PD, Sniderhan A, Speetjens NJ, Van der Sluijs J, Alvarez A, Tank SE, Gruber S

Nature communications2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71216-2 PMID: 41932897

02

Single-year thermal regime and inferred permafrost occurrence in the upper Ganglass catchment of the cold-arid Himalaya, Ladakh, India.

Wani JM, Thayyen RJ, Gruber S, Ojha CSP, Stumm D

The Science of the total environment2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134631 PMID: 31726296

03

Rainfall as primary driver of discharge and solute export from rock glaciers: The Col d'Olen Rock Glacier in the NW Italian Alps.

Colombo N, Gruber S, Martin M, Malandrino M, Magnani A, Godone D, Freppaz M, Fratianni S, Salerno F

The Science of the total environment2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.098 PMID: 29791884

Identifying and understanding key drivers and determinants future permafrost thaw

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan

Keywords: permafrost thaw; climate services; computer simulation; climate impacts; adaptation; uncertainty

$90,000

The Science Communication Toolbox for Researchers

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Science Communication Skills Grant

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan

$20,000

Identifying and understanding key drivers and determinants future permafrost thaw

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan

Keywords: permafrost thaw; climate services; computer simulation; climate impacts; adaptation; uncertainty

$216,000

Funding for full application preparation- NSERC Permafrost Partnership Network for Canada

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Strategic Research Networks Program Letters of Intent

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan

$24,920

NSERC Permafrost Partnership Network for Canada

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Strategic Network Grants Program

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan SW

Keywords: adaptation; climate change impacts; cryoshphere; environmental modelling; monitoring; natural resources; northern development; northern engineering; permafrost; water

$5,497,226

Improved characterization of permafrost vulnerability to support decision makers, infrastructure, and community stewardship in the Northwest Territories_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Berg, Aaron

$577,020

Climate Change Impacts in the North

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan

Keywords: permafrost climate change monitoring prediction infrastructure

$225,000

Climate Change Impacts in the North

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan

$100,000

Climate Change Impacts in the North

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan

$175,000

Permafrost thaw: better understanding for better management

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan

$165,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Duane Froese

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: adaptation Dear Professor Gruber, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Permafrost landsystems define regional variability in climate change effects on northern environments." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Identifying and understanding key drivers and determinants future permafrost thaw" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]