PolarTREC Alumni Returns to the Field After 10 Years Education
Teacher Mark Goldner is returning to the field with researcher Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette 10 years after his first PolarTREC expedition in 2011. The research, funded through National Geographic, will return to the Svalbard Archipelago and continue to look at ice-ocean interactions and processes at the faces of tidewater glaciers. The team will be mapping bathymetry of the ice margin area to compare with earlier surveys, and recording oceanographic data (including temperature, salinity, and turbidity of the water column) to track the inflow of North Atlantic water at the ice face.
SIPN2 Webinar: Call for Registration Webinar
The Sea Ice Prediction Network-Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces an upcoming webinar, entitled "Prospects for Improved Regional Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice" that will be presented by Mitch Bushuk at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). This webinar will provide an overview of a newly developed dynamical seasonal prediction system and its performance in predicting regional Arctic sea-ice conditions. The one-hour webinar will be held on Tuesday, 13 July 2021, starting at 9:00 a.m. (AKDT).
Join PolarTREC for an Upcoming PolarConnect Live Event Webinar
Register today for the PolarConnect event with PolarTREC teacher Liza Backman! The live event takes place 15 June 2021 and starts at 10:00 am AKDT. Liza is working with researchers studying environmental variability and increased temperature on tundra plant phenology in Alaska as part of the Phenology and Vegetation in the Warming Arctic expedition.
Arctic Research Seminar with Don Anderson Webinar
ARCUS invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Don Anderson, a Senior Scientist in the Biology Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Anderson’s presentation, titled “Evidence for Massive and Recurrent Toxic Blooms of Alexandrium catenella in the Alaskan Arctic,” will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, 22 June 2021 at 9:00 a.m. AKDT (1:00 p.m. EDT). Registration is required for this event.
Witness Community Highlights Publication
The May 2021 issue of Witness Community Highlights is now available online. This issue features two articles: Studying the Potential for Changing Global Seaborne Trade Flows as a Consequence of a Thawing Arctic Ocean, an overview of efforts to forecast conditions along Arctic passageways to understand related risks to vessels, infrastructure, and communities; and Circumpolar Collaboration: An Arctic Youth Perspective, which includes news about a recent Arctic youth symposium and a perspective on the cultural shifts needed to address systemic problems like climate change and racism.
For questions, or to suggest topics for future articles, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS (betsy [at] arcus.org).
Call for Sea Ice Outlook Contributions Call for Input
The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) Project Team announces the Call for Contributions to the 2021 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) June Report (based on May data). The SIO provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. Post-Season reports focus on performance of the Outlooks, analysis and discussion of factors driving sea ice extent, and scientific methods for predicting seasonal conditions.
Submission Deadline: 6:00 p.m. (AKDT) Friday, 11 June 2021 (firm).
Position Open: Information Archivist and Data Advisor Job Opening
ARCUS and the Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska (ICC AK) are partnering on the creation of an Information Archivist and Data Advisor position to serve the needs of both organizations. This will be a year-long ARCUS staff position detailed to ICC AK and based in Anchorage, AK, or as a home-based position elsewhere in Alaska.
This position will support ICC in fulfilling its objectives by understanding and addressing the information needs of ICC and those for whom we advocate. Primary focus of this work will include: (1) developing a culturally appropriate archiving system; (2) developing and implementing a program of diverse platforms to enhance networking capabilities among the ICC offices; and (3) sharing new techniques developed, as appropriate and under direction of ICC AK.
Applications will be reviewed beginning Monday, 7 June 2021, but the position will remain open until filled.
2021 ARCUS Early Career Conference Funding Award Opportunity
ARCUS is pleased to announce another cycle of our Early Career Conference Funding Award to support attendance of virtual conferences. This award program aims to increase accessibility of Arctic research for early career researchers and students, especially Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The application period is open until 23 May 2021 for conferences occurring between 1 June – 31 December 2021.
Virtual Arctic Research Funders Meet & Greet Event Events
ARCUS, IARPC Collaborations, and UC Irvine invite registration for a virtual Arctic Research Funders Meet and Greet networking event on Friday, 7 May 2021 from 9-11am AK/10-12pm PT/11-1pm MT/12-2pm CT/1-3pm ET. The event will provide an informal opportunity for Arctic researchers to connect with multiple agency program officers and gain insight into each organization’s Arctic research interests.
Representatives from the following U.S. funding agencies will be in attendance:
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- NOAA's Arctic Research Program
- NASA's Cryosphere Program
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Arctic Research Commission
- North Pacific Research Board
- U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Educator Liza Backman Heading to Toolik Field Station, Alaska Education
Teacher Liza Backman from Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy in Brooklyn, New York, will be traveling to Fairbanks, Alaska in mid-May to prepare for field work before heading to Toolik Field Station, north of the Brooks Range. She’ll be joining researchers Dr. Steve Oberbauer and Dr. Jeremy May as part of the Phenology and Vegetation in the Warming Arctic 2021 expedition. The team will study environmental variability and increased temperature on tundra plant phenology, growth, species composition and ecosystem function. Follow Liza's expedition to the Arctic by learning more about the expedition and following her journals!
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The Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra team ride on dog sleds near Healy, Alaska.
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