Past Events

In a two part webinar, work on detecting and projecting changes in extreme temperature events over Alaska will be paired with a presentation on attributing the role of anthropogenic climate change in extreme events in Alaska.

**Part 1: Detecting and Projecting Changes in Extreme Temperature

*COVID-19 UPDATE: Due to the international updates related to COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 15th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate (WAMC) and the 5th Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH) meeting in Hobart, Tasmania from July 29-31

UPDATE (June 11, 2020):

We are excited to announce that AGU20 will be mostly virtual. “Mostly” because if science and health professionals tell us it is safe for groups to convene, AGU would like to host a regional gathering in San Francisco. If we decide that is feasible, we will let you

The Sea Ice Prediction Network – Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces an open webinar entitled, Machine Learning—Challenges and Opportunities for Applications in Sea Ice Prediction.

This webinar will focus on the use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, on how such approaches can be applied in

Brett Veerhusen, founder of Ocean Strategies, will share case studies and lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic as he helped lead a coalition of U.S. fisheries, seafood and disease experts to develop rigorous health and safety standards to protect vulnerable Alaskan communities and essential

Christina Hulbe will present for the whole Aotearoa New Zealand RIS programme team.

Please register in advance for the seminars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar.

The seminar will also be available afterwards on the

The Juneau National Weather Service Forecast office remotely hosted two NOAA Hollings Scholars during the summer of 2020. This webinar will cover the work of those two scholars.

Speaker: Brennan Dettmann – Using R and python to analyze the relationship between sustained wind speed, wind

*Update from the organizers: The SCAR COMNAP 2020 Local Organising Committee, in consultation with the SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees have decided to cancel SCAR COMNAP 2020 in light of the global Coronavirus situation. The Committee has given due consideration to local Tasmanian and

The Caleb Lumen Pungowiyi Scholars Program announces a call for applications for the 2020 Fall semester. The Caleb Scholars Program is available to students from Norton Sound, Northwest Arctic, and Arctic Slope regions and applicants must be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) invites comments on the next Arctic Research Plan.

IARPC is initiating development of the next Arctic Research Plan, as called for in the Arctic Research Policy Act (ARPA) of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4108). The Plan aims to strengthen interagency

SCAR’s Open Science Conferences have been a focal point for the Antarctic research community for over fifteen years. Through SCAR 2020 Online we are excited to present many of the highlights of the science we had originally planned to bring to you at the Hobart OSC, which was sadly cancelled due to

The Arctic Policy Study Group meets weekly on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. (AKDT) throughout the summer and early fall. Please join to explore the issues critical to the region and to the state of Alaska.

The program is free of charge but please register to receive login details.

The International Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces a National Science Foundation Arctic Program Manager Chat presenting an August update of their COVID-19 response. This webinar will take place on 5 August 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. AKDT).

Join the National Science

The United Nations declared 2019 to be the International Year of Indigenous Languages, focusing the attention on the risks confronting languages, especially those significant for development, reconciliation, good governance and peace building. It aims to improve quality of life, wider international

Talks by the 2020 Graham Cogley Award winners. Carlo Licciulli "Full Stokes Ice-Flow Modeling of the High-Alpine Glacier Saddle Colle Gnifetti, Swiss/Italian Alps" and Paul Weber "Producing an ~1899 Glacier Inventory for Nordland, Northern Norway, From Historical Maps."

Please register in

You are invited to take place in the virtual mini-symposium on "Advances in Permafrost Modeling", originally scheduled to take place at the SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE20). You can join the talks via Zoom.

The synopsis:

Over the past decade, the Arctic has warmed

Scientific research into complex coastal systems and the interplay with coastal hazards is vital for predicting, responding to and mitigating threats in these regions. Understanding the risks associated with coastal hazards requires a holistic Earth Systems approach that integrates improved

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time): August 18, 2020.

The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human

The Migration in Harmony Research Coordination Network (MiH-RCN) announces a Whale Acoustics Webinar from the Gulf of Alaska. Presented by students from the Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, this webinar will highlight their important contributions to marine mammal research through the

Woods Hole Research Center is now Woodwell Climate Research Center

Climate change is the single greatest challenge of our lifetime, affecting every aspect of life on our planet. For 35 years, the Woods Hole Research Center has brought together renowned scientists and a worldwide network of