Call for Abstracts
Polar Geography and Cryosphere Specialty Group Sessions
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
21-25 April 2015
Chicago, Illinois
Abstract submission deadline: 5 November 2014
For more information, please go to: http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting
The Polar Geography and Cryosphere Specialty Groups of the Association
of American Geographers (AAG) announce a call for abstracts for the 2015
Annual Meeting of the AAG. The meeting will convene 21-25 April 2015 in
Chicago, Illinois.
Note: To be included in the following sessions, please register on the
AAG website then submit abstract and PIN to the session organizers.
Organizers of the following sessions invite presentations. Other sessions
will be considered if there are sufficient submissions. Graduate
students and young scholars are encouraged to apply.
Polar Geography Sessions:
- Current Topics in Human-Environment Interactions.
- Issues pertaining to sustainable Arctic environments, cultures and
economies amid climate change and globalization.
- Observed and anticipated impacts of a warming climate on natural and
human systems in high latitude regions.
- Current Topics in Politics, Resource Geographies, and Extractive
Industries.
- Recent developments in the political landscape and governance of polar
regions.
- Examinations of development trends in and between Arctic communities.
- Exploring the past, present and future of resource extraction in the
Arctic and sub-Arctic regions and its role in local and global economies.
- Current Topics in Antarctic Research.
- Dynamics of Antarctic atmospheric and oceanic systems.
- Mechanisms and implications of Antarctic ice sheet recession.
For Polar Geography sessions: send abstract and PIN to Scott Stephenson
(stephenson [at] uconn.edu).
Cryosphere Sessions:
- Advances in Cryosphere Research.
- Recent developments in remote sensing and modeling methodologies for
any aspect of the Cryosphere.
2.High Latitude Environments in a Changing Climate.
- Impacts of climate change on high latitude hydrologic, atmospheric,
and terrestrial systems, including polar ice sheets
- Mountain Ice and Snow.
- Glacier environmental change and impacts on water resources
For the Cryosphere sessions: send abstract and PIN to Vena Chu
(venachu [at] ucla.edu).
Poster Session: R.S. Tarr Illustrated Paper Session
The annual R.S. Tarr Award for Student Research is sponsored by the
Polar Geography and Cryosphere Specialty Groups. The award is for
student research on any aspect of polar or cryospheric research and is
given to the undergraduate or graduate student presenting the
illustrated paper judged best in this special session. The recipient of
the R.S. Tarr award will receive a cash prize.
The illustrated paper must be completed and presented by the student.
However, the student's advisor can coauthor the paper. Illustrated
papers will be judged on their originality and contribution to polar or
cryospheric research.
To participate in the R.S. Tarr session: submit an abstract for an
illustrated paper through the AAG webiste and send PIN to Vena Chu
(venachu [at] ucla.edu).
Abstract submission deadline: 5 November 2014.
For more information, meeting registration, and abstract submission
guidelines, please go to the AAG website:
http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting.
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