Arctic Research Seminar with Carolina Behe Webinar
ARCUS invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Carolina Behe, the Indigenous Knowledge/Science Advisor for the Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska (ICC Alaska). Carolina’s presentation, titled “Circumpolar Inuit Protocols for Equitable and Ethical Engagement (EEE): Sharing the EEE Protocols - Publication to Implementation,” will be held via Zoom on Thursday, 18 August 2022 at 9:00 a.m. AKDT (1:00 p.m. EDT). Registration is required for this event.
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!
Call for Sea Ice Outlook Contributions Call for Input
The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) Project Team announces an open Call for Contributions to the 2022 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) August Report and invites predictions for pan-Arctic, pan-Antarctic, and Alaskan regional September monthly mean sea-ice extent (based on May, June, and July data). Submissions for the Alaska region (i.e., Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas) are particularly encouraged. The SIO 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.
August Submission Deadline: 6:00 p.m. (AKDT) Monday, 15 August 2022 (firm).
Sea Ice Outlook July Report Report
The 2022 July 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 July report, 30 contributions were received that included pan-Arctic predictions. Of those contributions, eight included predictions for the Alaska region, nine included predictions for pan-Antarctic, and 12 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 condition.
The median July Outlook value for September 2022 pan-Arctic sea-ice extent is 4.64 million square kilometers, which is slightly higher than the median cited in the June report of 4.57 million square kilometers.
For questions, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS (betsy [at] arcus.org).
Witness Community Highlights Publication
The July 2022 issue of Witness Community Highlights is now available online. This issue includes two articles: "Satellite Observations Indicate a Boreal Forest Biome Shift is Underway," a summary of emerging evidence that climate change dynamics could lead to a gradual northward shift of boreal trees and shrubs across the circumboreal forest; and "A Community Level and Strength-Based Approach to Suicide Prevention," an overview of work by the Alaska Native Collaborative Hub for Research on Resilience to change the narrative on suicide prevention and re-imagine Indigenous research partnership within an academic environment.
For questions, or to suggest topics for future articles, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS (betsy [at] arcus.org).
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.
Arctic Research Community Survey Call for Input
The Arctic Data Center, the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC), and ARCUS are jointly conducting a survey of the Arctic research community to develop a better understanding of the networks, forums, resources, tools, workshops, and trainings that support Arctic research collaboration and data management. The survey will be open until 15 June and all individuals who engage in Arctic research activities are invited to participate. The survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Responses will be anonymized and available to the public after collection.
Live Event with PolarTREC Teacher Erin Towns Education
Please join us for a PolarConnect event with teacher Erin Towns from Ilulissat, Greenland! This live event will happen on Tuesday, 10 May at 6 a.m. Alaska (7 a.m. Pacific, 8 a.m. Mountain, 9 a.m. Central, 10 a.m. Eastern). Erin is working on the Greenland Subglacial Tremor Project which will improve our understanding of how increases in surface runoff will influence ice flow and subsequent loss of water mass from the Greenland ice sheet to the oceans. You can read more about her experiences in the field on her expedition page. 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!
Polar Technology Community Forum Meeting Meeting
The Polar Technology Community Forum will have their first self-forming team meeting on Friday, 6 May 2022, 9:00-10:00 a.m. AKDT/10:00–11:00 a.m. PDT/1:00 –2:00 p.m. EDT. This open meeting will include information about the intentions for this team, outcomes from the 2020 Polar Technology Conference, and a presentation from Mike Prior-Jones (Cardiff University) entitled, "Solar regulators: how to stop them sucking the life out of your polar instrumentation". Login information will be sent to all IARPC Polar Technology Community Forum members prior to the event. Joining the IARPC Collaborations forum is free and membership can be requested through the IARPC webpage. The meeting and team membership are open to all who are interested in Arctic and Antarctic polar technology.
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A view of base camp looking north towards Múlajökul glacier from the top of its last end moraine. It has been melting back from this end moraine since the end of the Little Ice Age, with an abrupt increase in melting over the last 20 years. At Múlajökul glacier in Central Iceland.
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