Past Events

The Sea Ice Prediction Network – Phase 2 (SIPN2) invites registration for an open webinar entitled An Overview of European Union-Funded Project APPLICATE featuring Pablo Ortega, Earth Science Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

This webinar will be presented by Pablo Ortega, who is currently co-leading the Climate Prediction Group of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. His research is focused on climate variability and predictability in the North Atlantic region, and he’s particularly interested in the role that both the ocean and sea ice play on climate prediction at seasonal-to-decadal timescales.

Ortega's presentation will provide an overview on the European Union-Funded Horizon 2020 project APPLICATE, whose main goal is to advance capabilities to predict the weather and climate in the Arctic and beyond. It will present a few examples on the seasonal prediction activities carried out within the project. These include an analysis on how the different forecast errors are developed in the EC-Earth system, a multi-model comparison of predictive skill in all the seasonal forecast systems participating to the Consortium, results from empirical statistical models used for benchmarking, and experiments exploring the added-value of increasing both the atmospheric and oceanic resolution on seasonal prediction.

This presentation is designed for the sea ice research community and others interested in information about weather and climate prediction in the Arctic and beyond. While this is an open event, attendees should be aware that the discussions will largely be of a technical nature.

Time for participant questions will follow the presentation.

The University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, VA is hosting a conference and workshop entitled “Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic”, sponsored by the NSF Navigating the New Arctic program, with additional support from UVA’s Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures, and Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation. The UVA Environmental Resilience Institute’s Arctic CoLab is organizing the event, with assistance from the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS).

The first day (Monday, September 23rd) of the event will feature a symposium with invited speakers on arctic environmental sciences, social sciences, art, and architecture followed by an evening arctic-themed musical performance. The following two days of the event will be half-day workshops on four interdisciplinary themes (encompassing ecosystem science, art, built-environment, design, social sciences), with participation from established practitioners, student researchers, and Arctic Youth Ambassadors. The evening of Day 2 (Tuesday, September 24th) will feature an art exhibition at an on-grounds gallery. Additional art will be exhibited throughout the symposium and workshop, at and nearby the meeting venue. A poster session will occur on the third evening (Wednesday, September 25th), with posters available for viewing throughout the event.

Registration is free and open to the public. Drinks and snacks will be provided during conference events. Travel, lodging, and meals are at attendees expense.

For questions, contact:
Howard Epstein
Email: hee2b [at] virginia.edu

The Helmholtz Climate Initiative 'Regionale Climate Change' (REKLIM) takes the pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd International Conference "Our Climate - Our Future: Regional Perspectives on a Global Challenge“.

REKLIM warmly welcomes researchers over the globe to take part in the conference which incorporates keynote speeches, oral talks, poster presentations, networking opportunities, and many more. We are looking forward to receive your abstracts for oral and/or poster presentations in due time.

Deadlines:
Deadline for travel grant applications: 31 May 2019
Deadline for submitting abstracts (extended): 17 June 2019
Letter of acceptance: 17 June 2019
Deadline for Early Bird registration (online): 30 June 2019
Deadline for online registration: 8 September 2019

More information about the host REKLIM are available at www.reklim.de. Keep up on information on the conference: info [at] reklim.de

Registration and abstract submission is now open for a workshop on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment, Ice Sheets, and Sea-level Change – Observations, Analysis, and Modelling.

Conveners: Thomas James, Natalya Gomez, Matt King, Shawn Marshall, Glenn Milne, and Pippa Whitehouse.

The workshop will emphasize recent developments in GIA and ice sheet modelling:

• Coupled ice-sheet/GIA models to explore interactions, including those that may accelerate or impede rapid delivery of ice to the oceans.
  • GIA modelling with complex Earth models that may incorporate lateral heterogeneity (i.e., three-dimensional Earth models) and non-linear rheologies.

We also seek contributions on:

• Observations constraining ice sheet history and refinements or syntheses of paleo-sea-level histories.
• Glacial isostatic adjustment modeling to explain aspects of the paleo record (ice-sheet extent, sea-level history) and present-day measured crustal motion and gravitational changes.
• Geophysical and geodetic constraints on Earth structure and mantle rheology beneath present-day and ancient ice sheets.
• Ice sheet and glacier measurements and modelling of past, present, and future extent and volume.

Registration is free, but we need to know your name and contact information. Please register at the link above.

Registration will be first come, first served, and will end when we reach capacity, or on April 30, 2019.

Submit your abstract here: GIA Workshop Abstract Submission

Attendees may submit more than one abstract. The preference is for oral presentations, but limited poster space will be available. Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be provided by email after abstract submission is closed on April 30.

On Tremendous success of our Climate Change 2018, 2nd World Congress on Climate Change will take place in the gorgeous city of Berlin, Germany during Septmber 26-28, 2019 and the theme of the conference is “Today’s Progress and Tomorrow’s Climate Challenges.”

A special invitation is extended to international colleagues to attend and contribute to the conference. Mark your calendars now and for more details, please contact us at climatechange [at] innovinc.org

Euroscicon Ltd. offers all the participants from all over the Globe to attend the 13th International Conference on Oceanography & Marine Biology. It includes prompt Keynote presentations, Speaker presentations (Academic and Young research forum), Poster presentations and Exhibitions. This is going to be one of the most notable events of the year. It will bring all the Scientists, Professors and Delegates together for a remarkable success.

The Theme of the Conference is "Mastering the Marine Science through Technology". The main objective is to bring all the leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars together to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all the aspects of Marine Science.

The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for October 2019 and the early winter season. Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Available online or in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks.

We strongly encourage pre-registration for webinars. The audio portion of the call is through a toll-free phone line and the slide presentation is streamed via computer. Follow the link above to register.

Ice drills are crucial to access ice for climate research and other studies of the water and basal conditions under glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets. The ice related research especially related to understand the past and present climate will improve our ability to predict the impacts under future climate changes. New techniques are rapidly evolving within ice drills and include rapid access drills, replicate drilling and thermal and hot water drilling. This symposium presents a timely opportunity to show recent advances in our knowledge and technological capabilities in ice drilling technology. In addition, the symposium will include the ice drill related themes like ice core handling, borehole logging and ice camp logistics.

Suggested Topics:

• Ice drilling: Development within shallow, intermediate, deep drills
• Hot water drilling: Development within shallow, intermediate, deep systems
• Thermal ice drilling: Hot points techniques and coring abilities
• Rapid access ice drilling: Development of technologies for rapid access drilling
• Sampling and clean technologies: Methods for exploration of subglacial environment
• Probes: Use of ice drills in extraterrestrial investigations
• Complicated conditions: Conditions like high altitude drilling, warm ice, firn aquifer layers, brittle ice, ice streams complicate ice drilling
• Special aspects: Ice drilling technology include drilling fluids, control systems, surface and auxiliary equipment and drill cables and hoses
• Directional drilling: There is a need for replicate sampling in many ice drill projects
• Ice core handling: Logging and handling ice cores
• Borehole logging: For drill support and science
• Logistics: Drill camp operations and future projects
• New challenges: Future development of ice drilling technology

Other relevant topic suggestions are welcome. If you have such a suggestion please contact icedrillsymposium [at] nbi.ku.dk

Deadlines:

• 16 June 2019: Abstract submission closed
• 1 September 2019: Registration closed
• 1 November 2019: Submission of manuscripts will open (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/AOG)
• 1 May 2020: Deadline for submitting a manuscript for publication in Annals of Glaciology
• 1 September 2020: Deadline for submitting a final version of final accepted paper

Organizers invite abstracts for poster and an oral presentations for the Greenland Science Week. The theme of the conference will be Connecting Science and Communities, and will convene 1-5 December 2019 in Nuuk, Greenland.

Greenland Science Week builds bridges between science and the Greenlandic society, business community and government, and creates a networking and cooperation platform for the Greenlandic and international science community around research in the Arctic. We hope to welcome participants from a wide range of fields to this multi-disciplinary Arctic science conference and networking platform.

Leading up to the conference are GSW Events, organized by the research community. These science-based events varies from workshops, seminars and outreach activities, and have different themes, duration etc.

Abstracts must be submitted via email to carc [at] sermersooq.gl

Abstract submission deadline: 30 September 2019.
Registration deadline: 15 November 2019.

The next SnowHydro Conference will be held in Bolzano, Italy from 28th to 31st January, 2020.

Snow is an important component of the hydrologic cycle. The seasonal storage of water in the snowpack may last over months, and its delayed release is a major factor in guaranteeing a reliable water supply for ecosystems and human needs during dry periods. On the other hand, rapid snowmelt can cause destruction through sudden floods, mostly in combination with rainfall.

The spatial heterogeneity of snow accumulation and ablation in complex terrain is as a result of multiple processes, and accurate snow cover estimations remain a challenge. Increasing air temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, driven by climate change, will modify snow conditions and thus lead to changing water supplies. The consequences of reduced snow duration and the fact that rain will make up an increasing share of overall precipitation will completely change the hydrology of many regions and may lead to severe water problems.

Traditional snow measuring methods provide accurate information at the point scale, but they lack spatial coverage. Latest remote sensing techniques on the other hand are able to monitor the snowpack over large spatial domains, but may be limited by temporal resolution and are often biased. Hydrological models require reliable input data, but the availability of such data is particularly limited for mountainous regions. The simulation of snowmelt often lacks sufficient spatial and temporal detail, so that the forecasting of snowmelt runoff for operational purposes is still a challenging task.

The SnowHydro conference will address a range of topics relevant to snow and its particular significance for hydrology. It seeks to bring together experience from experimental research, hydrological modelling and remote sensing, in order to facilitate joint research on snow science. We welcome contributions on all aspects of snow and hydrology, with an emphasis on the following specific topics:

• Snow cover dynamics in mountains
• Snow in semi-arid environments
• Spatial variability of snow
• Snow-vegetation interaction
• Remote sensing of snow properties
• Experimental research and new measurement techniques
• Simulation models of snow, model comparisons
• Snow data assimilation for modelling purposes
• The prediction of snow melt and runoff
• Climate change, snow conditions and water supply
• Teaching concepts in snow hydrology

Important dates:

30 September 2019: Deadline for abstract submission
8 November 2019: Notification to authors of abstract acceptance
30 November 2019: Deadline for early bird registration and presenters
6 December 2019: Preliminary program available online

The 9th Workshop on Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) will be held at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland, from 03 - 05 February 2020.

The cryosphere of the Earth is undergoing dramatic changes. Glaciers are retreating at accelerated rate and snow cover distribution and duration is changing with many significant side-effects (run-off, permafrost, albedo, etc.). Remote Sensing can provide the required data to study these changes of the cryosphere.

This workshop will focus on the latest developments in remote sensing of land ice and snow. Presentations are encouraged on all fields of research and applications with the focus on snow and ice as proxy for a changing cryosphere, methods for retrieving cryospheric parameters from various types of remote sensing data, theoretical basis of inversion methods and their application, state of the art of retrieval algorithms, data assimilation of remote sensing data and in situ observations in process models, and current and planned sensors for snow and ice. Half of a day will be dedicated to the activities from ESA (CCI+) and EUMETSAT.

Papers will be presented orally and as posters. Contributions must comply with one of the workshop topics specified below. Please indicate under which session topic your contribution shall be presented.

Preliminary session topics:

• Glaciers and Ice Caps
• Snow cover (regional to global scale)
• Snow hydrology
• Snow on sea ice and glaciers
• Albedo of the cryosphere
• Cryosphere and climate
• Cryospheric modelling and data assimilation
• New technologies (sensors/methods)
• ESA CCI+ snow
• EUMETSAT operational services

Important Dates:

• Due date for abstracts submission: 1 October 2019
• Authors notification and instructions: 15 November 2019
• Preliminary workshop programme: 15 December 2019
• Registration (presenting authors): before 15 December 2019

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the leading global body on climate science. On September 25, it will release its first-ever Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. More than 100 scientists from 80 countries assessed the latest scientific knowledge about how climate change is impacting the ocean, coastal, polar, and mountain ecosystems, and the communities that depend on them.

Join us to hear Ko Barrett, Vice Chair of the IPCC, present the key findings of the report. Following her remarks, speakers will explore the future of ice loss, sea-level rise and its cascading impacts, coral bleaching, and how the international policy community can meaningfully respond to the Special Report.

For more information and to RSVP, please follow the link above.

Dr. Perovich's research interest is understanding the Arctic system and its role in global climate change. The central focus of his research is simple to state: where does all the sunlight go? More precisely, how does the incident solar radiation interact with sea ice and snow? This simple statement belies the rich complexity and importance of the topic. The interaction of solar radiation with snow and sea ice is intimately interrelated with the physical and morphological properties of snow and ice and forcing from the atmosphere and ocean. Through the positive ice-albedo feedback, solar partitioning affects not only the Arctic system, but global climate as well.

Sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Studies at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding.

For more information, contact:
Sharon Tribou-St. Martin
sharon.m.tribou-st.martin [at] dartmouth.edu

The Inuit Studies Conference (ISC) is a multidisciplinary and international conference that brings together university researchers and students, as well as professionals, directors, teachers, decision-makers, etc. from Inuit organizations, institutions, and governments. It is the largest academic conference in the world about Inuit peoples and territories. The conference also includes cultural and artistic activities of interest to the general public.

We invite Elders, knowledge-bearers, community advocates, teachers, researchers, artists, policy-makers, students and others to submit proposals for individual or group presentations. In addition, we invite proposals for thematic sessions, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and seminars on specific topics of interest, as well as for cultural activities, exhibits, and performances. The Inuit Studies Conference is an international and multidisciplinary conference showcasing both Inuit traditional knowledge and expertise as well as academic research from a wide variety of disciplines on topics relating to Inuit peoples and the Inuit homeland. This year’s conference theme is Tukisiqattautiniq “Understanding Each Other”. The organizing committee particularly welcomes proposals that encourage understanding and dialogue between peoples and generations. This year’s conference logo extends the theme of understanding to the natural world. Anyone interested in submitting an abstract for a presentation or in organizing a thematic session, roundtable, panel discussion, workshop, seminar, exhibit, or performance, should send their proposal to the organizers of the Conference no later than March 1, 2019. The programme committee will select the papers to be presented at the conference. The selections will be made public by April 1st.

For additional details on proposal submission visit:
https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites/inuitstudies2019/en/isc2019/about…

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2019.

The European Commission, the European External Action Service, and the Government of Sweden will jointly organize a high-level EU Arctic Forum in Umeå, Sweden.

High Representative/Vice President Federica Mogherini, Commissioner Karmenu Vella, and the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström will host the event.

The EU Arctic Forum will bring together key Arctic players and stakeholders to assess recent developments in the region and to discuss the new challenges ahead.

The EU Arctic Forum will include several keynote addresses and two high-level panel sessions on the morning of 3 October. Foreign ministers from EU member states as well as the Arctic Council will be invited to participate.

Arctic Stakeholder panel sessions will take place in the afternoon of 3 October. The Annual Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue with interactive panel discussions will be held on 4 October.

We cordially invite you to save these dates. Invitations will follow later. Please disseminate this announcement as widely as possible.

We invite you to join us to share your recent results, discuss current ideas, and build future collaborations within the broader world of glaciological research. The College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science at Oregon State University comprises a breadth of scientists working in polar and high mountain environments and this meeting will offer an opportunity to see how glaciers interact interact with other landscape processes.

We will have a packed schedule of world-wide research being led by glaciologists from across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska as well as studies on Pacific Northwest and Alaska glaciers and their environments.

This conference has a tradition of being a warm and inviting conference to ask questions, learn about the process of science, and find mentors. We highly encourage student presentations. Undergraduates, graduate students, and other early career scientists will receive priority in the presentation schedule.

There will be a social gathering on Friday night within walking distance of campus, details will be provided at the meeting.

Please register for the 2019 Polar CORDEX meeting by September 1st, 2019, here.

To be considered for travel support, please register by August 1st, 2019.

Travel Information:

The meeting will be hosted at DMI, on the outskirts of Copenhagen but easily accessible by bus or s-train to neighbouring Ryparken station. Or do as the Copenhageners do and borrow a bicycle! Travel around the city by public transport is easy to organize using the website and app Rejseplanen.dk

Copenhagen is served by a major airport with fast metro and rail connection to the city centre and also has rail links to Germany and Sweden. To accommodate those trying to reduce their travel CO2 footprint, the meeting will start late on Monday and finish early on Wednesday to enable those on the sleeper train to Hamburg to make their connections.

The Arctic Data Center invites registration for their Arctic data science training workshop.

The Arctic Data Center provides training in data science and data management, as these are critical skills for the stewardship of the data, software, and other research products that are preserved in the Arctic Data Center. A goal of the Arctic Data Center is to advance data archiving and promote reproducible science and data reuse.

This five-day workshop will provide researchers with an overview of best data management practices, data science tools, and concrete steps and methods for more easily documenting and uploading their data to the Arctic Data Center.

Workshop topics will include:

• Arctic Data Center and National Science Foundation standards and policies
• Data management plans
• Effective data management for data preservation
• Publishing data at the Arctic Data Center
• Data and metadata quality
• Provenance for data and software

Registration deadline: 15 August 2019.

STEM at the Poles! PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from both educators and researchers for educator research experiences. For 2020-2021, the program will be accepting applications from both U.S. informal science educators as well as formal U.S. classroom teachers (teaching in grades 6-12).

Teachers and informal educators are required to be working with middle and high school students and/or their teachers. Applications will be to participate in field research learning experiences during the 2020 (usually Arctic) or 2020-2021 (usually Antarctic) field seasons.

About PolarTREC:

STEM at the Poles! Research Experiences for Formal and Informal Educators in the Polar Regions is the newest iteration of PolarTREC. The educators (formal and informal) come from the United States and spend three to six weeks participating in hands-on field research experiences in the Arctic or Antarctica, working side by side with scientists. STEM at the Poles is professional development for educators across all Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, connecting them to the polar regions and the research community; developing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) resources; and changing how they teach STEM in both informal and formal learning environments. PolarTREC is funded through awards from the National Science Foundation and administered by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS).

Additional Information:

Further information about PolarTREC, including program goals, requirements, and frequently asked questions, is available at on the PolarTREC website or contact PolarTREC at info [at] polartrec.com.

Arctic Frontiers Science 2020 takes place 26-30 January 2020 in Tromsø, Norway.

Arctic Frontiers Science 2020 will address the following themes:

• Arctic Food Security
• Knowledge-based development in the Arctic
• Disruptive technologies
• Local or Global Arctic? Multi-scaled considerations of connections and remoteness in climate-impacted communities

On behalf of the Arctic Frontiers Science Committees, we have great pleasure in inviting you to submit one or more abstracts to any of the four themes.

The abstract submission system will be available shortly. All abstracts are reviewed by scientific experts for rating of abstract quality and presentation content.

Deadline for conference abstract submission has been extended to Tuesday 8 October 2019.

In addition, presenters and attendees of Arctic Frontiers 2020 conference are encouraged to contribute to the Springer book volume “BUILDING COMMON INTERESTS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN WITH GLOBAL INCLUSION” edited by Paul Arthur Berkman, Oran R. Young, Alexander Vylegzhanin, Ole Øvretveit and David A. Balton. The book volume is developed as a part of the collaboration between the Arctic Frontiers and the Science Diplomacy Center, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Further details can be found below. We expect that book contributors will give an oral presentation at Arctic Frontiers 2020. Please note that abstract submission deadline for book contributions is on 9 August 2019.