Past Events

In November 2020, we held an international panel discussion in order to identify the priority areas for joint actions of the government, science, research and business sectors in the field of cryosphere and construction in the Arctic.

The meeting was attended by more than 60 representatives of scientific and research community, Yamal-Nenets government, fuel and energy companies operating in Yamal. This highlighted the demand for such interdisciplinary discussion platforms and resulted in the decision to hold an international conference. The conference will be held in a combined in-person / online format. The conference will be overseen by the International Permafrost Association.

Goals

1. To set up a framework for interdisciplinary dialogue to identify short-term and long-term priorities for government, science and business.
2. To work out the new concept of human-cryosphere interaction that unites the Arctic regions, where environment and climate components permeate the entire process of studying cold phenomena, features of engineering surveys, design, construction and operation of facilities to ensure the reliability and durability of structures.
3. To create the 2-year action plan to adapt the Arctic region to major challenges.

Objectives

1. To outline the trends, risks and vulnerabilities associated with permafrost, both fundamental and applied.
2. To gather materials on recent developments, innovations and research.
3. To determine the list of activities that will allow solving the outlined tasks.
4. To identify tasks that require monitoring, solutions, and changes for the next 2, 5, 10 years.

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The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from intensive campaigns that took place in Svalbard during the 2019-2020 period and those involved in the MOSAiC campaign. The workshop will focus on the topic of snow/sea-ice-aerosol interactions. A full understanding of these processes requires an interdisciplinary approach and can be enhanced by taking into account data from different locations across the Arctic. With this in mind, this workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers to work together on this topic with those from different fields and different campaigns.

The workshop is online.

The conference is co-funded through the IASC cross-cutting funds with contributions from the IASC Atmosphere WG and the Cryosphere WG.

As part of the Greenland Science Week Research Festival, IARPC (Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee) will review accomplishments of the 2017-2021 plan, with a panel of speakers from selected projects providing perspectives on how coordinated policy improves Arctic research within the United States and internationally. This webinar will highlight ways in which IARPC has helped “make science matter” by facilitating collaboration across government agencies, academic researchers, Arctic communities, and international partners to amplify the value of scientific research.

This conference is a step towards empowering decision-makers and energy stakeholders to join forces and proactively address the challenges of climate change so that actual progress can be achieved. By bringing together researchers who are working on topics relevant to climate change and environmental sustainability to share their latest accomplishments and research findings, voices can be amplified and actions towards a more resilient, liveable, sustainable future taken. This conference will serve as an important resource to inform people and provide them with a comprehensive understanding of the possible opportunities for environmental sustainability to address climate change.

The motivation behind this conference is to contribute to international and national goals of addressing climate change challenges by:

• Measuring climate change and assessing environmental, economic and social impacts
• Exploring mechanisms for effective environmental planning and sustainable resource management
• Advancing strategies and techniques for climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Enhancing the involvement and integration of different stakeholders across international, national, state, city, and community level for environmental sustainability
• Reporting pilot cases and exemplars that can help address climate change issues

High Arctic Polynyas in a Changing Climate will be a 2-day international hybrid workshop held in Copenhagen, Denmark and online, 22-24 November, 2021.

Polynyas provide biological oases in the polar regions and their formation is influenced by the complex interplay between atmospheric and oceanographic forcing, as well as geographical setting. Reconstructions and observations demonstrate these phenomena were and are vulnerable to the impacts of changing climate in the Arctic; the question remains as to their viability (and how to predict this) in the future.

The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop is to bring together researchers from the paleo-community (working with e.g., marine and lacustrine proxies) and the modelling community to consolidate existing knowledge through a combination of short talks and poster presentations. Open format panel discussions will aim to identify emerging perspectives and challenges in arctic polynya research as well as areas for synthesis, collaboration, and opportunities for data-model assimilation.

Please indicate your interest in attending via email to Rebecca Jackson rjac at geus.dk indicting 1) whether you will be attending in person/online, 2) preference of poster/short talk and 3) a brief abstract (350 words max.).

The extended deadline for abstracts is 9 November 2021, after which the workshop schedule and details will be announced.

Participation in the workshop is free of charge and there is limited financial support for travel for early career researchers from abroad wishing to attend in person.

The European Commission and the European External Action Service will organise a high-level EU Arctic Forum and the Annual Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue.

The High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell and Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius will host the events.

The EU Arctic Forum will bring together key Arctic players and stakeholders to assess recent developments in the region and discuss challenges ahead. The event will provide a strategic outlook for the updated EU Arctic policy and delve into topics that are of particular significance for the Arctic’s inhabitants.

The EU Arctic Forum will include several keynote addresses and one high-level panel session on the morning of 10 November 2021. Ministers from EU/Arctic Council States will be invited to participate. Arctic stakeholder panel sessions will subsequently take place for the remainder of the day.

The Annual Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue with interactive panel discussions will be held in the morning of 11 November.

We cordially invite you to save these dates. Invitations will follow later. Registration for the event will open early September. Further information will shortly be available at the link above.

Join the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) to learn more about the upcoming February 2022 proposal deadline for the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program​. The Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) provide opportunities for early career scientists, including social scientists, to accomplish one or more of the following goals:

• Expand their work across traditional disciplinary lines
• Develop new partnerships connecting the polar regions and/or non-polar research communities
• Provide entry to researchers who have traditionally had limited access to polar research resources, sites and facilities

The fellowship program encourages the integration of new investigators who have not previously worked in polar regions and/or innovative techniques that have not previously been applied to polar science into polar research.

USNORTHCOM and the Command’s “The Watch” Magazine, United States European Command (USEUCOM), United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), and the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), would like to invite you to the November 2021 Arctic Academic eTalks presentation on “Order, Security, and Hybrid Threats to the Arctic” with Dr. Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen and Dr. Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv.

Dr. Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Professor of Northern Studies and Barents Chair in Politics at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø) and Dr. Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Professor in Security, Peace and Conflict Studies at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø) will each provide a 15-minute presentation which will be followed by a 60-minute moderated Q&A session (non-attribution).

Please register by following the link above.

The Arctic Academic eTalks is an academically-focused bimonthly forum for open discussion (non-attribution) on key issues affecting the Circumpolar Arctic for scholars and practitioners from Canada, Finland, Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and Germany.

This seminar is part of NOAA's EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources.

Remote Access

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/891851101
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (872) 240-3311
Access Code: 891-851-101

Abstract

Ocean Acidification (OA) is an important manifestation of global climate change, a result of anthropogenically increased carbon dioxide in the oceans. OA has the potential to negatively affect Alaska's Blue Economy by changing ocean chemistry, which could have impacts on culturally and commercially important species. Research conducted by the Ocean Acidification Research Center (OARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) scales the intensity, duration, and extent of OA events around the state. Projects in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea will be presented and include observations from long-term autonomous monitoring, repeat hydrographic projects, and modelling efforts. The 10-year collaboration between the UAF's OARC and NOAA's EcoFOCI to outfit the Bering Sea biophysical mooring site 2 (M2) will be highlighted. The OARC outfits NOAA's surface mooring at M2, affectionately known as Peggy, with instrumentation to monitor carbonate system variables. As a result, Peggy, in addition to NOAA's core biophysical observations, is part of a worldwide network to gather long-term data on carbon dioxide in the ocean and how OA is progressing in different regions.

Bio

Natalie Monacci is the Deputy Director of the Ocean Acidification Research Center (OARC) at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks where she has been managing all OARC activities since 2010.

This GEO quarterly webinar will focus on NSF's Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program.

Webinar agenda (EST):

• 2:00 – 3:00: Navigating the New Arctic program updates
• 3:00 – 4:00: Office of Polar Program’s Arctic Sciences Section updates

There will be time and opportunity for questions.

Please register in advance.

Join the Wilson Center and the Center for Climate and Security for a virtual event on the next steps in the Biden Administration’s “whole of government” approach to tackling climate security. The event will feature senior U.S. government officials discussing the findings of the suite of climate security documents released in late October, and where the administration plans to go from here.

Panelists

Kim Crusey
Climate and Arctic Chief, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

Jennifer DeCesaro
Director, Climate Security and Resilience, National Security Council

Teresa McGhie
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization, U.S. Agency for International Development

Brigadier General Rebecca Sonkiss
Deputy Director for Counter Threats and International Cooperation, Joint Staff J5

Moderator

Lauren Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program

The 5th International Conference on Earth Science & Climate Change with the theme “Sustainable Development in Earth Sciences and Abrupt Climate Change” will cover a wide range of critically important sessions. Earth Science Conference is diagram to bring collectively all leading earth scientists, geologists, climate change researchers and studies pupils to trade and percentage their studies and research results on all aspects of Earth technology and weather exchange. It additionally gives a gold standard interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to give and discuss the most recent innovations, tendencies, and worries in addition to sensible challenges encountered and answers followed in the fields of earth technological know-how and Climate Change.

Earth Science 2021 congress is the platform to learn and proportion the thoughts all over the world. The conference not only gives you the opportunity to fulfill your business idol, scientist, and different renowned personality but also your chances are greatly improved when you’re sharing the same area. Earth Science Event may also help to overcome natural calamities with lots of tactic on direction and flow of technology for the country and the arena in subsequent decade.

The Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Final Summit will take place in Montreal (QC), Canada, on 1–4 May 2022. The YOPP Final Summit website has been launched now and the link for abstract submission is open.

The YOPP Final Summit is the apex of the decade-long Polar Prediction Project initiated by the World Meteorological Organization’s World Weather Research Programme in 2013. The conference aims to review progress, share key findings and success stories, and discuss and shape the legacy of the Polar Prediction Project. The summit will bring together polar science experts from operational prediction centres, academia and research institutes, government, and corporate representatives as well as northern communities and users of polar prediction services.

Contributors are invited to submit their abstracts on their research and achievements produced in the frame of PPP and YOPP, on the below topics:

• Advancements in polar prediction during YOPP (2017–2019) and their operationalization
• Building international cooperation amongst the polar prediction community
• Paving the way for the legacy of the Polar Prediction Project, to enable environmental safety in the Arctic and Antarctic in the future
• Representation of polar processes in numerical models, with a focus on coupling of the atmosphere, ocean and sea ice
• Ocean and sea ice modelling and services
• The MOSAiC expedition and other polar observation campaigns
• Supersite multi-variate observations and process studies (YOPPsiteMIP)
• Observing System Experiments (OSE) and reanalyses in polar regions
• Teleconnections linking polar weather to mid-latitudes predictability
• Science to services: tailoring polar forecasting products and services to meet user needs
• Societal and economic implications of accessible, relevant, and useable forecasts

Participation of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) is encouraged. A third Polar Prediction School will precede the YOPP Final Summit from 27–30 April 2022 in Rimouski, QC, Canada. Also, PPP Early Career Scientist fellowships will provide ECRs with the opportunity to showcase their research and networking with senior mentors at the YOPP Final Summit. For information how to apply to become a YOPP Final Summit Fellow (self-nominations are welcome) and to participate in the Polar Prediction School, please find more information on the YOPP final summit website (see link above).

Important dates

• Submit your abstract by 15 November 2021.
• Early Bird registration will be open until 15 February 2022.

The Polar Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (PRB / NASEM) will hold its Fall Board Meeting as a series of online sessions as shown below. If you are interested to join any of these sessions, please register at the link provided.

November 15 (3-5pm ET). This session will include: (i) discussions with select federal agency polar program leaders about current priorities, opportunities and challenges; (ii) updates on developments in international polar science cooperation through IASC and SCAR; (iii) updates on recent/current PRB (and related NASEM) activities.

November 19 (2-5pm ET). This session will explore current developments, and possible opportunities for new PRB efforts related to: (i) assessment of health risks/concerns for Arctic-region populations; (ii) prospects for expanding science cooperation in the Russian Arctic.

November 30 (3-5pm ET). This is a joint session with the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) and Ocean Studies Board (OSB) on “Tipping Points in the Climate System”. We will consider scientific advances made since the last major NASEM study on this topic (in 2013) and explore what new Academies activities could help advance scientific understanding and public communication about this concept.

More information about the NASEM Polar Research Board can be found here.

This discussion series aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. It supports efforts to increase consistency in treatment of tipping elements in the scientific community, develop a research agenda, and design joint experiments and ideas for a Tipping Element Model Intercomparison Project (TipMip).

This discussion series is a joint activity of the Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES) global research project of Future Earth, the Earth Commission Working Group 1 Earth and Human Systems Intercomparison Modelling Project (EHSMIP) under the Global Commons Alliance and the Safe Landing Climates Light House Activity of World Climate Research Program (WCRP).

Please follow the link above for more information and to register.

Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit is Finland’s main regular international Arctic conference, organized biannually since 2013. The event is being planned as a hybrid-event, with both on-site and virtual attendees and speakers. 

A special feature of this year’s event is that the public launch of the Finnish chairmanship of the Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) will take place at our event. As we aim to be a dedicated event on Arctic issues we are delighted to host the festivities. In collaboration with the Finnish ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit aims to offer this year’s participants an opportunity to learn more about the work done by BEAC and discuss the perspectives of Arctic regional, people-to people level co-operation. We hope to welcome representatives from all regions active in the Barents Regional Council (BRC) to this year’s event. 

Under the theme “A common Arctic or contested spaces? Focus on European Arctic” this year’s conference will explore subjects such as regional co-operation, Arctic security, European Union in the Arctic and land use from several perspectives.

The discussions on Arctic security will be hosted by our collaborator FIIA, and the Arctic Society of Finland will host a session on EU Arctic policies and Finland’s new Arctic strategy. The University of the Arctic (UArctic) will also be collaborating with us on bringing in speakers on Arctic issues.

This year’s event will have a significant input from the Horizon2020-funded research projects ArcticHubs, CHARTER and JustNorth. These collaborators will facilitate discussion on contested spaces in the North, as we will be exploring land use from the perspectives of just transition and climate change. The session includes presentations from both researchers and stakeholders.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) are inviting applications for the IASC Fellowship Program 2022.

The IASC Fellowship Program is meant to engage early career scientists in the work of the Working Groups (WGs) of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human and Terrestrial. This year, we will offer 6 IASC Fellowships:

• one IASC Fellow will be chosen per IASC WG
• one IASC Indigenous Fellow: Based on recent recommendations from the IASC Action Group on Indigenous Engagement, IASC has expanded its Fellowship Program to include space specifically for Arctic early career Indigenous scholars. The IASC Indigenous Fellow can choose which IASC WG to get engaged in.

ASC Fellows are doctoral or postdoctoral researchers, who actively participate in selected activities of the IASC WGs. Fellows are expected to contribute scientifically and also to help organize specific activities and to help with reporting to the IASC Secretariat. Thus, the Fellowship Program provides the opportunity for ECSs to become involved in leading-edge scientific activities at a circum-Arctic and international level, to build an international network, and also to develop management skills. The level of involvement very much depends on the Fellow's interest - the more you invest, the more you get out of it!

The total duration of the IASC Fellowship Program is 1+2 years. Bookending their first year, the Fellows will receive travel support to attend two consecutive Arctic Science Summit Weeks (ASSWs) where the annual WG meetings are held. After this year, Fellows have the opportunity to stay involved for up to 2 more years without dedicated funding support from IASC. Note: The travel support during the first Fellowship year is the only financial remuneration for the Fellows. Salary is not included during the Fellowship.

Application deadline is Tuesday, 16 November 2021 at 13:00 GMT. Late applications will not be considered.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Special Guest: Senator Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator of Alaska

Dr. Victoria Herrmann, White House Fellow and President of The Arctic Institute, is also joining the conversation along with SVP. Heather Conley from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This event is hosted by the World Affairs Council in Orange County, CA.

This will be a free Zoom event with a 40-minute moderated conversation followed by a 15-minute audience Q&A.

Please follow the link above for more information.

A.4 Terrestrial Ecology ABoVE Phase 3 requests proposals for Phase 3 of the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE Phase 3) and is open to previous members of the ABoVE Science Team and to scientists wishing to become involved for the first time. NASA seeks proposals that make significant use of remote sensing data to improve understanding of the vulnerability and resilience of ecosystems and society to environmental change in the Arctic and boreal regions of western North America. The overall focus of ABoVE Phase 3 is on:

(a) Synthesis activities that combine multiple data sets to analyze the vulnerability and resilience of Arctic and boreal ecosystems in the ABoVE domain, across North America, and across the circumpolar region.
(b) Integration of research results and remote sensing data from ABoVE into a coherent modeling framework to diagnose and predict the impacts of environmental change on ecosystem dynamics and the consequent impacts on ecosystem services and society.
(c) Filling critical research gaps in our understanding of how environmental change impacts the dynamics of boreal and Arctic ecosystems within the ABoVE domain.

ROSES-2021 Amendment 32 releases final text and due dates for A.4 Terrestrial Ecology ABoVE Phase 3. Notices of Intent are requested by September 15 and the due date for proposals is November 17, 2021.

On or about August 16, 2021, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2021" (NNH21ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2021 and will appear on SARA's ROSES blog at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-202…

Please join us as we gather Arctic researchers from across New England to pursue NEAN goals to:

1) Provide a forum for sharing the wealth of expertise in Arctic research and engagement across New England
2) Anticipate and respond to links between Arctic change and the eastern coast of North America.

The theme of this event will be "Engaging North Atlantic communities on issues of Arctic change." The morning will invite speakers to share context specific practices for community engaged research followed by a discussion of cultural changes within our teams and institutions needed to support co-production of knowledge. In the afternoon, the UNE-North team will guide participants through facilitated network-building exercises, encouraging participants to share their stories, motivations, and expertise in order to identify connections and strengths in how NEAN can best promote community-engaged research.