Arctic Research Funders Meet & Greet Events
ARCUS and IARPC will be co-hosting an Arctic research funders networking event on Monday, 7 November from 9-10:30am AK/10-11:30am PT/11-12:30pm MT/12-1:30pm CT/1-2:30pm ET. This event provides an informal opportunity for Arctic researchers to connect with multiple funding organizations to gain insight into their Arctic research interests and funding opportunities. The event uses a speed networking format that allows small groups of researchers to rotate between multiple funders. Researchers will have the opportunity to meet with approximately 5-6 funding organizations over the course of the event.
Witness Community Highlights Publication
The September 2022 issue of Witness Community Highlights is now available online. This issue includes three articles: Arctic Observing Summit 2022: A Call to Action, a summary of recommendations from the summit; Infrastructure and Permafrost Degradation in Point Lay, Alaska, an overview a multi-disciplinary team’s study of the effects of thawing permafrost on village infrastructure; and ARCUS Member Profile of Gaurav Madan, Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oslo.
For questions, or to suggest topics for future articles, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS (betsy [at] arcus.org).
Arctic Indigenous Scholars Visit Washington, DC 26-30 September Announcement
Three Arctic Indigenous Scholars—Naidene Baechler, Kimberly Kivvaq Pikok, and Richard Slats—will spend the week of 26–30 September meeting with a variety of policy- and decision-makers engaged in Arctic issues, including NSF, NOAA, EPA, US Department of Education, Bureau of Indian Education, and Senators Sullivan and Murkowski. The Arctic Indigenous Scholars Program is led by ARCUS and the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Alaska, and supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Arctic Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution Arctic Studies Center.
Sea Ice Outlook September Report Report
The 2022 September Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Report is now available online. The Sea Ice Outlook, managed by the Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) Project Team, provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share predictions and ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. The Outlook is not an operational forecast.
For the 2022 September SIO Report, 22 contributions were received that included pan-Arctic predictions. Of those contributions, seven included predictions for the Alaska region, seven included predictions for pan-Antarctic, and 10 submitted September mean sea-ice extent anomalies. This report includes discussions of the contributed forecasts for the pan-Arctic, Alaska region, and pan-Antarctic; Arctic sea-ice extent anomalies; predictions from spatial fields; and current conditions.
The median September Outlook value for September 2022 pan-Arctic sea-ice extent is 4.90 million square kilometers, which is higher than that from August (4.83 million square kilometers), July (4.64 million square kilometers), and June (4.57 million square kilometers).
For questions, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS (betsy [at] arcus.org).
Arctic Research Seminar with Charlie Paull Webinar
ARCUS invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Charlie Paull, Senior Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Charlie’s presentation, titled “Decomposing Submarine Permafrost in the Canadian Beaufort Sea,” will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, 5 October 2022 at 9:00 a.m. AKDT (1:00 p.m. EDT). Registration is required for this event.
ARCUS 2022 Annual Meeting Meeting
Please join ARCUS for our 2022 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, 1 November 2022 from 9am-12pm AK. This virtual event brings the ARCUS membership community together to share news, exchange ideas, and explore Arctic research and education collaboration opportunities. This is an open event and we encourage anyone who might be interested in learning more about ARCUS and how to get more involved to attend.
ARCUS Early Career Conference Funding Award 2022 Call for Applications Announcement
The Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) Early Career Conference Funding Award supports US-based, early career researchers and students to participate in meetings and events relevant to Arctic research. Travel awards will cover airfare, lodging, registration fees, session/abstract submission costs, and other relevant expenses related to conference attendance for one conference or event occurring during the period of 15 October 2022 – 1 April 2023. Applications are due by 5:00 p.m., Friday, 16 September 2022.
New Curriculum Unit Available Education
ARCUS is pleased to share a new resource, a curriculum unit focused on the Arctic Ocean. This curriculum unit, funded by the North Pacific Research Board, updates lessons originally created by PolarTREC alumni teachers to create a unit that uses recent data, aligns with NGSS, polar, and ocean literacy principles, and encourages cultural relevancy. The entire unit can be downloaded through the resources section of the PolarTREC website.
Live Event with PolarTREC Teacher Rebecca Siegel Events
Please join us for a live event with teacher Rebecca Siegel on Thursday, 4 August 2022 at 9:00 AM Alaska (1 PM Eastern) time. She will be presenting while aboard the Norseman II somewhere in northern Arctic waters. Rebecca is assisting on a project focused on Harmful Algal Blooms in Arctic Waters. She will be discussing the research, what it’s like to live on a ship, and introduce us to part of the research team. The event will last for one hour with a Q&A session at the end. Tell your friends, colleagues, and family. This event is free and easy to join!
ARCUS Interdisciplinary Research Committee Report Publication
A proceedings report of the 2021-2022 ARCUS Interdisciplinary Research Committee (IRC) is now available for download. The report synthesizes the committee's discussions of Arctic interdisciplinary research collaboration as well as their efforts to both identify collaboration challenges and recommend specific actions that might be taken to increase the capacity of the wider Arctic research community to productively undertake collaborative, co-produced, and convergence research.
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