​The high mountain environments of Morocco are still poorly known in what concerns to climate and to periglacial activity. In a collaboration with Ali Faleh (Univ Sidi Mohammed Ben Adbellah, Fès) and Carla Mora (CEG/IGOT - ULisboa), in 2015, we have installed a number of air and ground surface temperature dataloggers in the Middle and High Atlas, with the objective to obtain a first characterization of the ground thermal regime and temperature lapse rates. We have published the first results in 2017 showing that there is a high probability of permafrost presence in the highest parts of the range.

Vieira G, Mora C, Faleh A. 2017. New observations indicate the possible presence of permafrost in North Africa (Djebel Toubkal, High Atlas, Morocco). The Cryosphere 11(4):1691-1705, doi: 10.5194/tc-11-1691-2017.