Past Events

ICECReW is a professional development workshop for early-career researchers. It will be held both in-person and online. Participants will meet with established researchers to better understand outcomes of and resources available from past ice core projects, learn about opportunities to engage with future efforts, and connect with potential collaborators. Participants will also work together before, during, and after the workshop to develop two synthesis papers.

ICECReW is intended for early-career researchers whose work contributes to the drilling, processing, or interpretation of ice core data. We broadly define “early career” as someone within 3 years of PhD (before or after completion), although exceptions are welcome. Participants must be affiliated with a U.S. institution to be eligible.

Applications / registrations are due on September 30, 2021.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Update: QRA 2022 now be hosted online. Joining instructions will follow the registration deadline.

Abstract submission deadline extended to 9th December.

We invite abstracts on the following session themes:

• Glacial-interglacial climate and environment reconstruction
• Modelling ice masses
• The depositional and erosional imprint of ice on the landscape
• Glacial to interglacial sea level change
• Dating glacials
• The response of flora, fauna and humans to changing ice masses
• Using the Quaternary record to decipher glacial processes

Please follow the link above for more information.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations invites participation in their Mentorship Program for the 2022 session. The IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program will run from February through October 2022, with an optional break in August.

The Program will kick off at a 90-minute launch meeting on 4 February 2022 at 9:00 a.m. AKST/1:00 p.m. EST. After that, mentorship groups will meet at least monthly. There will be two additional all-cohort webinars in May and October 2022.

The IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program draws on the community to provide mentoring opportunities from a variety of career stages and paths within the Arctic research community. It brings together small groups of researchers and other professionals to discuss career opportunities and issues, learn from and support one another, and grow together.

Anyone working in the Arctic research space can join the IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program. Participants do not have to be a scientist or be actively researching/publishing. This program is not exclusively for early-career individuals and organizers encourage people from all career stages to sign up.

Participants will be placed in small mentoring circles (four to five people per circle) that include individuals from a spread of career stages and types of careers. Depending on the number of people interested in the 2022 session, circles may be organized by general field, or may include a variety of fields and themes.

Deadline to sign up: 7 January 2022.

The Arctic Data Stories workshop will offer a low-stakes, fun environment for students with non-technical backgrounds to explore the interaction between geospatial data and policy. This workshop targets students with and without prior experience in mapping, data visualization, and Arctic research. Thanks to partnerships between HKS' Arctic Initiative, the Woodwell Climate Research Center, and Esri, students will have a rare opportunity to interact with these organizations' experts in policy, climate science, data management, and mapping.

Over the course of several weeks, students will learn about topics in data visualization and policy, while gaining literacy in ArcGIS software. Throughout the workshop, students will work in small groups to produce StoryMaps, web-based narratives that contextualize geography, while addressing specific policy questions in the Arctic.

Topics covered include:

• Storytelling and design principles: How to create an attractive, informative narrative
• Intros to ArcGIS, remote sensing, and StoryMaps
• Data sources and quality: Where to find information and whether to trust it
• Data-driven policy: Maps, decision-making, and reflections from policymakers

Sessions will be held on Fridays from February 11 to March 11, 2022 on Zoom. We will host a final workshop at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth, MA on March 26 and 27. We ask that participants commit to attending all sessions when applying. Limited travel funding for non-local students will be available. In-person participation will depend on COVID-19 University and local public health guidance.

The application for this workshop is competitive, and space is limited to 15 students. Students wishing to participate should fill out the form by following the link above.

Students who apply by December 20, 2021, will be given a preference for participation. Final applications are due no later than January 7, 2022, to fill any remaining slots.

The Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II (ArCS II) invites applications for their International Early Career Researchers Program. This program invites a wide range of early career researchers from the Arctic and non-Arctic countries who are engaged in Arctic research, and supports their research by employing or accepting them at universities and research institutions in Japan. This project aims to revitalize mutual exchange between Arctic researchers in Japan and early career researchers overseas and to strengthen the cooperative system for international joint research.

In this call, the application must be filed by the Host Researcher. The International Early Career Researcher is required to prepare an application form in cooperation with the Host Researcher.

A Host Researcher must be a full-time researcher at the Host Institution. Host Institutions must be universities and research institutes that are national, public, or independent administrative institutions in Japan.

ArCS II is a national flagship project in Japan for Arctic research and a successor to the Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) project that operated from 2015 to 2019. The project will take place over approximately four and a half years, from June 2020 to March 2025, primarily through the collaboration of three institutions: the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and Hokkaido University. Aiming to foster the realization of a sustainable society, the ArCS II project will promote advanced research to understand the current status and process of environmental changes in the Arctic and to improve meteorological and climate prediction in order to assess the impact of rapid environmental changes in the Arctic on human society, including Japan, as well as to implement the results of this research into society.

Application deadline: 10 January 2023, 12:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time (9 January 2023, 6:00 p.m. Alaska Time)

For questions, contact:
ArCS II Secretariat
Email: arcs2_iecr [at] nipr.ac.jp

We invite you to apply to participate in the ICESat-2 Hackweek, March 21-25, 2022, hosted with the opportunity to attend either virtually or in person by the University of Washington's eScience Institute in partnership with the NASA ICESat-2 community.

The ICESat-2 Hackweek is a 5-day collaborative learning experience designed to coalesce people and resources around exploring, creating, and promoting effective computation and analysis workflows for the large and complex data returned by the ATLAS sensor on board NASA's ICESat-2 satellite. We will bring together data managers, maintainers, and users to teach each other about open science practices and software during tutorials and contribute to centrally accessible, shareable tools during project work. Our vision includes creating an inclusive, open space that fosters networking, innovation, and sharing ideas.

During the hackweek, we will explore ICESat-2 data and collaborative software infrastructure through tutorials and hands-on “hacking" projects. To best benefit from the program, participants are expected to have some experience with git/GitHub and Python/scientific programming or be prepared to participate in optional workshops in advance of the event to cultivate the technical skills to enhance participation during the event.

Application deadline: January 10, 2022 @ 11:59 p.m. PST.

Please follow the link above for more information.

The EGU General Assembly 2022 will take place 3-8 April, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. It will bring together geoscientists from all over the world for one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career scientists, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.

The last two General Assemblies, Sharing Geoscience Online in 2020 and vEGU21: Gather Online, were organized as virtual meetings due to the Covid-related restrictions. In 2022, the EGU aims to provide an on-site experience again for those attending in-person, while at the same time introducing new concepts to include virtual attendees as much as possible. The EGU General Assembly 2022 (EGU22) will be a conference with a virtual component where everybody is welcome, in person or online! We plan for the format of the conference to be flexible, giving us the opportunity to more easily adapt to the uncertain global context.

Important Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 12 January 2022, 13:00 CET
• Travel Support application deadline: 1 December 2021, 13:00 CET

The National Climate Assessment is a Congressionally mandated quadrennial report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The report evaluates how climate change affects people and places in the United States.

To inform development of the fifth National Climate Assessment, USGCRP and the author teams will be hosting a series of virtual public engagement workshops in January and February 2022. The purpose of the public engagement workshops is to:

• Provide an overview of USGCRP and the National Climate Assessment development process, including other opportunities for public engagement
• Allow members of the public and assessment authors an opportunity to discuss proposed key topics, identify priority issues relevant to the chapter, and share resources
• Give NCA chapter authors an understanding of how workshop participants use assessments, and what could be done to make the NCA more useful for decision-making

The workshop will include a plenary session that provides an overview of the assessment and an introduction to the chapter. In breakout sessions, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the chapter’s key topics and their own priorities with chapter authors.

For more information on the Fifth National Climate Assessment and for a complete schedule of engagement workshops, please visit the USGCRP website.

Note: Given technical limitations, only the first 200 individuals, including presenters, to join the meeting will be able to participate. A link to attend the meeting, accessibility information, and other important details will be provided before the workshop via email.

The second workshop of the QuIESCENT Arctic (Quantifying the Indirect Effect: from Sources to Climate Effects of Natural and Transported aerosol in the Arctic) programme will take place in Tromsø, Norway between 30 March - 1 April 2022 as part of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW). It is supported by the IASCAtmosphere Working Group and the PACES initiative.

Please note that the ASSW 2022 will be a hybrid event, with both in-person and online participation planned. The second QuIESCENT Arctic workshop will therefore also operate in this manner, and additional registration for the ASSW 2022 business meetings will be required.

This second workshop aims to build on cross-disciplinary bridge between aerosol and clouds, physicists and chemists, and observations and models, and scientists from all perspectives of this research question are encouraged to attend and contribute. The workshop will continue to focus on the role of transported air pollution in Arctic aerosol-cloud interactions, as the climatic effects of increasing industrialisation within the Arctic circle and transport from the polluted mid-latitudes are not well understood; however, these processes must be considered against an understanding of the evolving natural baseline of the Arctic aerosol budget.

Register or submit an abstract by January 14th, 2022 at the link above.

After two pandemic-related cancelations, the Sixth International Summer School in Glaciology organized by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) / Oslo University, will (hopefully) be held in McCarthy, central Alaska, from 7 to 17 June 2022 (just before the IGS Symposium on Maritime Glaciers, to be held in Juneau, Alaska, 19 - 24 June; https://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2022/juneau2022).

The summer school will provide a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology with focus on quantitative glaciology and remote sensing. The course is open to 28 graduate students from around the world targeting primarily early stage PhD students who perform glacier-related research. It will be taught by faculty of UAF’s glaciology group and several invited guest instructors from outside Alaska.

Application deadline: 15 January 2022.

This series of online discussions convened by AIMES, Future Earth, Earth Commission and WCRP 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).

The 60-90 min events are held monthly and feature presentations from scientists working on the frontiers of earth systems research.

This event in the series focuses on permafrost.

• Introduction and objectives of the webinar – Victor Brovkin and Claire Treat (5min)
• Permafrost and climate change – what are we observing ? – Hanne Hvidtfeld Christiansen (20min)
• The Permafrost Carbon Feedback and potential tipping points - Gustaf Hugelius (20min)
• Questions and moderated discussion (20min)

The final 25min have been reserved for informal discussions on the research agenda and the development of a Tipping Element Model Intercomparison Project (TipMip).

For more information, please follow the link above.

The Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage will host the Arctic Online Symposium, “Hokkaido-Alaska Cooperation Surrounding the Arctic.”

The Arctic Online Symposium will focus on cooperation between Hokkaido and Alaska in various fields surrounding the Arctic Circle, and features presentations from leading scientists and Arctic leaders from the United States and Japan.

The Symposium will be held on Zoom in English, and is open to scholars, scientists, officials, university students, businesspersons and all those interested in Japan-Alaska cooperation.

Presentation topics include:

• Geological accessibility and dinosaur research
• Research and development activities
• Northeast and Northwest Passages
• Utilization of marine resources
• Indigenous people’s perspectives

To register for this Zoom Webinar please visit the link above.

NAADSN will be hosting a Book Roundtable on Debating Arctic Security: Selected Writings by Rob Huebert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 2010-2021. The book can be found here and on the landing page.

This event will feature discussion with the authors, Dr. Rob Huebert (Associate Professor, University of Calgary and NAADSN Coordinator) and Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer (Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North at Trent University and NAADSN Lead) moderated by Dr. Kari Roberts (Associate Professor of Political Science at Mount Royal University in Calgary and NAADSN Member). Joining us as discussants is Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot (Senior Policy Analyst, Macdonald Laurier Institute and NAADSN Coordinator), Dr. Suzanne Lalonde (Professor of International Law, Université de Montréal and NAADSN Coordinator), Dr. Will Greaves (Assistant Professor, International Relations at the University of Victoria and NAADSN Coordinator), and Ryan Dean (PhD. Candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of Calgary and NAADSN Fellow).

The Glaciers & Sea Level CT kicks off 2022 with overviews of two recently concluded NASA polar airborne missions. Josh Willis (NASA JPL) will share lessons learned from the groundbreaking Oceans Melting Greenland airborne and seagoing mission. Joe MacGregor (NASA GSFC) will share lessons learned and highlights from NASA’s decade-plus-long Operation IceBridge mission, which bridged the gap between ICESat and ICESat-2 that launched in 2018.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for February 2022 and the early spring season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.

Please follow the link above to register.

Update: The AMS 102nd Annual Meeting (sessions, town hall meetings, short courses, posters, exhibits, and side meetings) will be held virtually. The Student Conference remains hybrid!

The theme for this 102nd Annual Meeting: “Environmental Security: Weather, water, and climate for a more secure world” has come together thanks to the hard work of the Overall Planning Committee, John Lanicci and Gina Eosco (co-chairs), Andrea Bleistein, Roger Pulwarty, and Eileen Shea.

The Overall Planning Committee and Program Chairs seek input from our community when setting the scientific and technical program. Please provide your input by submitting a Session Topic Proposal by 1 April. Submitters will be notified a few weeks later regarding the acceptance status of Topic Proposals. Your User Portal provides a list of entries/submissions (such as topics or abstracts you have submitted) OR on which you are the presenting author. Please refer to the guidelines before submitting a Topic Proposal.

We are closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on our in-person attendance and are reviewing options for virtual components of the meeting. We encourage you to visit the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting FAQ and website often to stay up to date on the latest news.

Abstract deadline extended to 8 September, 2021.

The Arctic Centre will host a Winter School, aimed at (inter-) national civil servants and policy makers, politicians, managers, financial experts, (young) academics and PhD students who are looking for a nuanced and wide-ranging understanding of the Arctic. The theme of the Winter School is Our connection with a fast-changing Arctic. From 24-29 January 2022, lectures, discussions and group work will take place in which topics related to the theme will be addressed from an integrated perspective on a sustainable society. Participation can be a crucial asset to many public- and private-sector employers with operations in the Arctic.

Theme

Global warming is most prominent in the Arctic with visible changes in ice and snow and enormous challenges for ecosystems and people to adapt to the new situation. Loss of the Arctic as we know it, coincides with new development in this area on conservation, cooperation, economic development, governance and security. Sustainable solutions require multidimensional knowledge and a prudent approach when coming from outside the Arctic, as new business opportunities should take account of the sensitivities of the natural environment and local and indigenous people.

Participants will be introduced in the conditions experienced and adaptations exhibited by Arctic inhabitants, as the effects of global warming are more severe and noticeable in the North. Changing weather patterns, sea level rise and sustainable socio-economic developments, are also relevant for the rest of the world. With a variety of experts, we will discuss the present predictions and future consequences of climate change. In this respect, the Arctic can be seen as a living laboratory for a broad range of societal challenges.

Lectures

During the week, there will be lectures in the morning and discussions and assignments in the afternoon. There will be general lectures, but also tailormade assignments, based on the needs and expertise in the group and active discussions with experts. We expect that the participants will do some homework before each session. All sessions will be from 9:00 till 17:00 hrs. With a social gathering afterwards on Monday and Friday.

General topics addressed in the lectures:

• Climate Change (climate forcing gasses, arctic amplification, ice caps and sea level rise, polar vortex, mitigation and adaptation)
• Arctic ecosystems (sea ice as platform for life, permafrost, carbon pools, trophic mismatch, species extinction, grazing)
• The indigenous peoples of the Arctic (Overview of the different indigenous peoples in the Arctic, colonial history and decolonial actions, Indigenous peoples as rights holders)
• Governance and science cooperation (UNCLOS, treaties, wilderness concept, pollution)
• Sustainable development and business (Arctic Economic Forum, tourism, shipping, natural resource exploitation, economic development)

Application

Interested parties can applicate by filling in the form below, no later than 27 September 2021. Each application will be assessed carefully. In total 20 applicants will be selected to take part in the Winter School. You will be informed no later than 4 October 2021 whether you have been selected. The final program will also be announced that day.

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

The Alaska Marine Science Symposium (AMSS), Alaska’s premier marine research conference, has been bringing together scientists, educators, resource managers, students, and interested public for over twenty years to discuss the latest marine research being conducted in Alaskan waters. Over 700 people attend this 4-day long conference held annually during the month of January.

Each day of the conference highlights important Alaskan marine ecosystems: Gulf of Alaska (Tuesday), Bering Sea & Aleutian Islands (Wednesday), and the Arctic (Thursday). Research topics discussed range from ocean physics, fishes and invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, to local traditional knowledge. Since its inception, NPRB has been a proud sponsor and one of the leading organizers of AMSS.

Since the Alaska Marine Science Symposium is virtual this year, we would like to invite proposal submissions for virtual panel discussions.

Our theme this year will be on Planning, Adaptation and Response to Climate Change. In the past several years, Alaska has experienced unprecedented marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea, increasing coastal erosion, receding glacier extent, permafrost loss and other changes, all of which have had profound effects on Alaska marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Under Climate Change, we expect increased climate variability, marine heatwaves are expected to increase in frequency, intensity and duration. We encourage panel topic submissions that not only explore changes that have occurred in recent years but examples of proactive efforts that are underway to tackle the challenges we are now facing and how people are planning for the future.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 October 2021.

Online registration deadline: 20 January 2022.

Inspiring Girls Expeditions is inviting applications for its summer 2022, tuition-free, backcountry science and art education programs.

The expeditions are open to 16-18-year-old high school girls. Alaskans are encouraged to apply, and expeditions target youths who may have experienced barriers accessing science and outdoor-focused programs. Cis and trans girls, as well as gender-nonconforming and nonbinary youth, are welcome.

Participants are selected through a competitive application process that focuses on passion for science, art and the outdoors rather than academic grades or past achievements.

The program is run through the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center, with additional funding from the Alaska Established Program for Stimulating Competitive Research.

The 2022 expeditions will include mountaineering on the Gulkana Glacier, sea kayaking in Kachemak Bay and packrafting on the Chena River. Teams of nine girls spend 12 days exploring glacier terrain, intertidal zones or boreal forests while gaining a greater understanding of ecosystem connections in each of these environments.

Please follow the link above for more information.

You must register and start your application by January 24, 2022. Applications are due no later than 9 a.m. Alaska time on January 31, 2022. The application due date is one week later than the registration date so that there is enough time to provide support to applicants who are finishing up their applications in the final week before January 31.

The changing climate is influencing Alaska’s berries in many ways and many climate adaptation plans and risk assessments identify changes in berries as a concern. However, the observations of changes are often not shared broadly, and the scientific information on how berries are changing is hard to find. This interactive session will include 1) a brief overview of some of the changes being observed in our berry species and 2) and an opportunity to discuss berry observations, concerns, and ideas important to your community.

This discussion is part of a series of listening sessions on berries hosted by the Alaska CASC Tribal Resilience Learning Network and Alaska’s Berry Future project aimed at identification of research gaps and priorities to support communities who are interested in berry resources.

This series of listening sessions are intended to help share our observations and concerns about berries so that we can have a better understanding of the changes that are occurring and help identify what information is needed to plan for berry harvests in the future. Discussion will not be recorded, but notes will be taken with the goal of summarizing the discussions across the series of listening sessions and producing a report of the major themes that emerged. We will only record your ideas if you provide your consent, and will attribute your ideas to you and provide an opportunity for each attendee to review the draft report.