Past Events

Update Nov. 8, 2021: We regret to inform you that due to growing uncertainties we have decided to cancel the in person IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology meeting and Workshop on the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, which was planned to be held on 25-27 January 2022 in Szczyrk, Poland. We are currently exploring alternatives and an update on this will follow in the coming weeks.

The next IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology meeting and Workshop on the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers will be held in Szczyrk, Poland. The two-and-a-half-day meeting will be in-person at Hotel Meta, and we anticipate to also show presentations online via livestreaming or recordings (to be decided). The meeting will start around 9:00 in the morning on January 25 and finish around noon on January 27.

We welcome contributions on all aspects concerning the mass balance and dynamics of Arctic glaciers, including the Greenland Ice Sheet, and that utilize a broad range of methods, including field observations, remote sensing and modelling. In addition to this, the workshop will include a special cross-cutting activity on “Glacier-atmosphere interactions in a rapidly warming Arctic environment”, which aims to provide an inter-disciplinary forum by bringing together glaciologists and atmospheric scientists.

Contributions in the form of oral presentations and/or posters are welcome. Presentation will be 15-20 minutes, including discussion. For those who bring a poster, time will be reserved in the program to give a short 2-3 minute introduction to the poster.

Please register for the meeting and submit your abstract deadline by 15 November, 2021.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Alaska’s central and eastern interior (CEI), including the greater Tanana Valley and Yukon Flats, has consistently been the most fire prone area of the state during the last two decades. Toward operational and research applications, several surface fire weather indicators have been developed, such as the Buildup Index (BUI), and linked to CEI fire ignition, size, and spread. Beyond few analyses involving extreme fire years, studies have seldom examined the role of regional atmospheric circulation in modulating the region’s fire weather conditions through time. Moreover, modern forecast models’ skill in predicting such fire weather conditions is relatively low beyond a lead time of 10-14 days. This shortcoming creates numerous challenges for the fire managers attempting to mobilize resources for potential impacts. More complete understanding of atmospheric patterns and processes and their statistical linkages with fire weather at long-range weather-to-climate scales could thus be broadly useful to the fire community.

In this webinar, we will discuss historical relationships between regional atmospheric circulation and peak CEI fire weather conditions (e.g., BUI maxima) through the different fire season phases (i.e., wind, duff, drought, and diurnal periods) during the 1979-2020 period. We will first provide an overview of past fire studies conducted through a synoptic circulation framework. We will then introduce the updated Alaska Blocking Index (ABI), a metric that quantifies the overlying middle tropospheric flow. Subsequently, we will discuss the ABI’s associations, at weekly-to-monthly lead times, to intraseasonal peaks in CEI fire weather conditions. Case studies detailing ABI conditions preceding extreme fire years will also be summarized. We will conclude with a discussion of paths forward and potential applications of the ABI and other regional ocean-atmosphere indices toward Alaska wildland fire prediction at lead times out to the seasonal scale.

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

This webinar is co-sponsored by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Network on Arctic Glaciology (NAG) invites you to an online meeting on Tuesday 25 January 2022. The meeting will start with three invited 30-minute presentations within the theme glacier – atmosphere interactions:

1. Masashi Niwano (Japan Meteorological Agency) - Rainfall on the Greenland ice sheet: Present-day states estimated from a high-resolution non-hydrostatic polar regional climate model
2. Carleen Tijm-Reijmer (Utrecht University) - The impact from large to small scale atmospheric processes on the surface mass balance of snow and ice surfaces
3. Jason Box (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) - The wetter Arctic

After the presentations and a break we will continue with an open forum (~1 hour), where ongoing developments within the Network on Arctic Glaciology are discussed. This short online meeting is held instead of the physical meeting Workshop on the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, that was scheduled for 25-27 January 2022 in Szczyrk, Poland, but has been cancelled.

In case you would like to attend the online meeting, please register at the link above.

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 will focus on the ice sheets:

• Introduction and moderation – Heiko Goelzer and Hannah Liddy (10min)
• Projections from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets: insights from IPCC AR6 – Sophie Nowicki (20min)
• Beyond gradual change: Tipping points in Greenland and Antarctica – Ricarda Winkelmann (20min)
• Questions and discussion (20min)

The final 20min has been reserved for informal discussions on the research agenda and the development of a Tipping Element Model Intercomparison Project (TipMip).

The event will be recorded.

For more information, please follow the link above.

In light of the recently concluded annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources, a panel of leaders from the Commission will consider current challenges for fisheries management and prospects for establishing new marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean.

Moderator

Evan T. Bloom
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute;
Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries and Director for Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Panelists

Jakob Granit
Chair of CCAMLR; Director General, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

Joji Morishita
Japanese Commissioner to CCAMLR; Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Jane Rumble
UK Commissioner to CCAMLR; Head of Polar Regions Department, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office

The Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium (ARICE) and Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) invite for a webinar on “Tracing Permafrost Carbon across the Beaufort Shelf - Satellites, Water, Microbes and Mud”.

The PeCaBeau (Permafrost Carbon on the Beaufort Shelf) project aims to track the movement and transformation of material from permafrost thaw along the land-to-ocean continuum. This multi-disciplinary effort investigates the sediment column between subsea permafrost and the seafloor, the water column, the atmosphere and the interfaces between these three units in the Beaufort Sea. By studying the sources, quantities and the quality of organic matter in the water column and in sediments, we aim to improve assessments of the Beaufort shelf as a carbon source or sink, and place these outcomes in the context of the Holocene paleo-environment and transgressed permafrost. Sampling operations took place in September 2021 on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen funded by the ARICE program.

To join the webinar, please register using the link above.

USNORTHCOM “The Watch” Command Magazine and the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN) would like to invite you to attend the January 2021 Arctic Academic eTalks on "Russian Arctic Militarization" with Dr. Rob Huebert and Dr. Katarzyna Zysk.

The organizers would like to recognize their Global Partners including United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) United States European Command (USEUCOM), and United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), for supporting the Arctic Academic eTalks speaker series.

The Arctic Academic eTalks is a bi-monthly forum for open discussion in key issues affecting the Circumpolar Arctic for academics, defense and security professional, and military leaders 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.

Dr. Huebert and Dr. Zysk are scheduled to provide 15-minute presentations each which will be followed by a 60-minute Q&A session (non-attribution) that will be moderated by Elana Wilson Rowe, a research professor at NUPI and an adjunct professor at Nord University and Troy Bouffard, Director of the Center of Arctic Security and Resilience and Faculty Instructor at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks.

Please follow the link above for more information and to find the registration link.

Organizers announce a virtual launch party for the film Ice Edge.

Ice Edge chronicles a collaborative research project in Kotzebue, Alaska aimed at understanding changes in coastal sea ice through Indigenous and Western ways of knowing.

The launch will celebrate the film, discuss the research, and explore lessons that can inform efforts around the world to bridge local and Western science expertise and perspectives when tackling urgent challenges where the impacts of climate change are greatest.

For more information, please follow the link above.

World Wildlife Fund and the Alaska Ocean Observing System are pleased to host the next in a series of conversations between Russian and Alaskan colleagues studying and observing fisheries in the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean.

As climate change continues to transform habitats and food webs in this region, the goal will be to stimulate broader discussions about the need for more collaboration and identify opportunities to strengthen research and exchange of observations across the border.

The organizers welcome you to join this webinar to learn, listen, ask questions, and share your observations. Simultaneous English-Russian interpretation will be provided.

For more information, including the agenda and registration, please follow the link above.

Co-sponsored by the Earth Science Women’s Network and AGU Education.

How do you make your proposal as NSF-savvy as possible? How do you best describe your broader impacts? What is cutting edge in data management? How do you identify the best program for application? How do you access available education and outreach funds? There are always new initiatives starting at NSF, beyond core programs. How do you identify and apply for these opportunities? How can you design effective integrated research? Answer these questions and meet in small groups with Program Officers, get to know what they are looking for, and learn how to ask the right questions, give the right answers, and get funded! This workshop will include a presentation about NSF Funding (20 min), a panel discussion with NSF program officers from different GEO Divisions (30 min) and breakout rooms for small group discussions with different NSF program officers (40 min). The workshop is open to all AGU Fall Meeting attendees and will be particularly helpful to early-career to mid-career participants, especially graduate students, post-docs, researchers, and tenure-track faculty thinking about applying for NSF funding for the first time. Links to attend this workshop will be available through the AGU Scientific Program.

Please follow the link above for registration information.

Update: Considering the current Covid-19 situation, it is not responsible to organize the conference as planned from 31 January to 3 February 2022. The new dates are 8 to 11 May 2022.

Arctic Frontiers conference entitled "Pathways" will take place on 31 January - 3 February 2022. On behalf of the Arctic Frontiers Session Committees, we have great pleasure in inviting you to submit one or more abstracts to any of the following five science sessions:

• Pan-Arctic Infrastructure Development
• Food from the Ocean and Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – Bridging the UN Decades
• Arctic Coasts in Transition
• The Arctic, ocean conflicts, and pathways to sustainability
• Experiences from the science-policy interface in the Arctic

Tentatively, there will be an opportunity to contribute to several publications (special issues and a book volume) in conjunction with the sessions.

The abstract submission deadline is 1 September 2021.

Registration is now open.

The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) announces an open call for CliC Grants 2021.

Goal

The goal of CliC fellowships and grants is to increase the engagement of Early Career Scientists in CliC activities and to promote participation of scientists from regions currently underrepresented in CliC, i.e., South America, Asia and Africa.

Objectives

Applications for CliC fellowships and grants shall address CliC´s new vision and objectives as described in the DRAFT CliC Strategic Plan 2022-2031.

Proposed activities may include:

Fellowships:

• Research visits to laboratories, research groups, etc
• Research synthesis, fieldwork or analysis

Grants:

• Promotion of best practice protocols on research in cryosphere regions attentive to societal and community needs and expectations
• Educational activities/capacity exchange related to cryosphere research
• Activities to promote leadership and project management skills
• Research/activities to support participation in policy decision processes
• Science communication efforts aimed at policy making
• Dissemination and outreach activities, e.g., production of media pieces about CliC activities, research highlights, etc.

Proposals that are motivated by clearly articulated COVID-induced delays or thwarted activities will also be considered.

CliC fellowship and grant awards up to a maximum amount of 20 000 Swiss Francs (CHF). If a strong case is made for a larger grant, it should not exceed 30 000 CHF. Co-funding with other sources is encouraged.

Timeline

Activities must be completed in 2022.

Eligibility

• PhD candidates: Applicants should be currently enrolled in a PhD program
• ECR: those who have obtained a PhD within 7 years by the deadline January 21, 2022. The period excludes career breaks due to parental leave, health issues, etc.
• Applicants from underrepresented regions in CliC, e.g. South America, Asia, Africa
• For fellowships: the visiting facility must differ from the applicant's country of origin and current country of residence

Extended Deadline: 31 January 2022 at 13:00 (1 pm) UTC.

The ACUNS award cycle begins November 30 and ends on January 31 (11:59 PM, PST).

ACUNS established its annual scholarship program, the Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) in 1982 to advance knowledge and understanding of Canada’s North. The purpose of the CNST is to develop a cadre of scholars and scientists with northern experience and, at the same time, to enhance the educational opportunities available for northern residents. The funds administered by the CNST come from a variety of donors committed to northern research.

• NEW! The POLAR Antarctic Doctoral Scholarship, funded by Polar Knowledge Canada, 4 x $10,000 available
• NEW! Dr. Weston Blake Jr. Memorial Doctoral Scholarship, $5,000
• POLAR Scholarship, funded by Polar Knowledge Canada, $10,000
• POLAR Northern Resident Scholarship (graduate), funded by Polar Knowledge Canada, 4 x $10,000 available
• POLAR Northern Resident Award (northern college and university undergraduate; full/part-time), funded by Polar Knowledge Canada, 8 x $5,000 available
• Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) Scholarship, $10,000
• Dr. Jim McDonald Scholarship for Northern Research, $5,000
• Gunther Abrahamson Research and Management Award, funded by the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB), $1,500 - $5,000

Please follow the link above for more information.

NOAA’s 16th annual Arctic Report Card was released in December, with an overarching theme documenting ongoing and incipient disruptions to Arctic environments and peoples. This year’s report card features 14 essays and ACCAP’s Rick Thoman will provide a drive-by tour of diverse topics covered this year, ranging from Arctic hydrology to glacial and permafrost hazards to communities to the ongoing changes in underwater soundscape in the Arctic. UAF’s Tom Ballinger will provide an overview of air temperatures and Walt Meier with the National Snow and Ice Data Center will review sea ice conditions and drivers during the year.

Please follow the link above to register.

Arctic Observing Summit 2022 will take place March 30 – April 1, 2022 in Tromsø, Norway.

The Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) is a biennial summit that aims to provide guidance based on the best available knowledge for the design, implementation, coordination and sustained long-term (decades) operation of an international network of Arctic observing systems.

The AOS provides a platform to foster international communication and the widespread coordination of long-term observations aimed at improving understanding and responding to system-scale Arctic change. The AOS is an international forum for optimizing resource allocation through coordination and exchange among all involved or interested in long-term observing activities, while minimizing duplication and gaps.

The Executive Organizing Committee for AOS 2022 is seeking community input, in the form of short statements, that will help guide discussions during the Thematic Working Group sessions.

Community input can highlight important data, management, or logistical needs or gaps, explore emerging opportunities, address a current challenge, present new initiatives or technology that can contribute to Arctic observing (including global programs), or review on-going observing activities or issues that are relevant for the development, application, operation, or support of a sustained Arctic observing network.

Important Dates

• Short statements – Deadline extended to January 31, 2022
• Poster abstracts – January 31, 2022

Themes

A changing Arctic disrupts the environment from the local to the global scale. Rapid change threatens Indigenous livelihoods, communities, ecosystems, and the global climate system. AOS 2022 focuses on how sustained observations can contribute to well-being and better understanding of rapid Arctic change to build resilience and inform responses from the local to the global scale.

Conference sub-themes to support the overarching theme, Arctic observing at the intersection of health, understanding, and resilience:

• Sub-Theme 1: Food Security
• Sub-Theme 2: Regional to Global Observing
• Sub-Theme 3: Data Sharing
• Sub-Theme 4: System Integration (SAON ROADS)
• Sub-Theme 5: Utility and Benefit
• Sub-Theme 6: Capacity Building

Update 2021-12-23: As much as we had hoped to meet you all in person at the SnowHydro2022 in Grenoble and enjoy the conference, the side events, and networking in an informal setting, the current covid situation and travel restrictions make this an unreasonable undertaking. We have therefore decided today to convert SnowHydro2022 into an online-only event and focus our attention on finding optimum ways to gather virtually instead. Despite this disappointing situation, we are very much looking forward to the conference as we have an exciting line up of speakers and poster presenters. We will keep you updated, and give you more details about the format of our virtual conference as they become available. Thank you for your understanding!

SnowHydro 2022 will provide an exceptional opportunity to discuss recent advances in all aspects of snow hydrology in a dedicated conference setting, including snow cover processes, distribution dynamics, model development, data assimilation, operational snowmelt forecasting, remote sensing of snow, climate change effects on snow water resources, snow vegetation interactions, and ecohydrology. It is the event to meet your international peers and exchange latest ideas in a focused and informal setting. Following on from the two previous meetings in 2018 and 2020, SnowHydro 2022 will take place next February in Grenoble, France in the foothills of the Alps not far from the famous Mont-Blanc.

Format

In-person meeting if COVID-19 conditions permitting. We greatly value networking via informal discussions and the exchange of ideas throughout the conference, and will only consider a virtual format if required.

Program

Days #1 to #3 will feature dedicated oral and poster sessions related to the above topics, with no concurrent sessions. An optional field excursion on day #4 will be organized.

Adjoint event

The annual meeting of the local glacier-snow-permafrost section of the French Hydrotechnics Society (SHF) will be held as part of SnowHydro 2022, with specific permafrost and glacier topics integrated into the program on day #3 (a separate announcement will follow).

Excursion

An excursion on day #4 will take you to Chamonix and the famous Aiguille du Midi cable car with a fantastic view on Mont-Blanc and its glaciers.

Venue

Hosted by the Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), the conference will take place in the historic building of the institute on Saint-Martin d'Hères campus near Grenoble, France.

Call for abstracts

Submission of abstracts for SnowHydro 2022 is now open until October-15th 2021.

The program will be announced and the registration opened on November 1st. This tight timeline is intentional to have a better understanding of the COVID-19 conditions at that time to allow adjustments of the meeting format if necessary.

The Arctic continues to be highly dependent on non-renewable energy sources although variations between regions differ significantly. Further transitions toward renewable energy in the Arctic and abroad will require thoughtful policies with strengthened support of both sustainability and diversity.

Industrial sectors - including the energy sector - have traditionally been male dominated and structural inequalities persist as women´s participation in the energy sector continues to be below that of the broader economy. At the same time, the role of greater gender diversity as instrumental for sustainable development, innovation and inclusive solutions is undeniable. The growing renewable sector and the accelerated shift towards sustainable grids will require the inclusion of gender perspectives both in terms of the impacts of energy projects and in terms of gender representation and empowerment.

Women have provided important contributions in shaping revolutionary and creative policies and frameworks for a smart transition.

Speakers

Moderator: Joanna Osawe, CEO & President, Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE)
Opening Remarks: Stephanie Dei, Director Research Partnerships at the Diversity Institute of Ryerson University
Michelle Branigan, CEO, Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC)
Malgorzata Smieszek, Lead Author, Gender and Environment, Pan-Arctic Report on Gender Equality Issues
Robert Hornung, CEO & President, Canadian Renewable Energy Association
Harpa Petursdottir, Chair of Women in Energy - Iceland
Closing remarks: Hjalti Ómar Ágústsson, Specialist, Directorate of Equality Iceland, Special Advisor GEA Project

Please follow the link above to register.

The winter school will provide an overview of state-of-the-art theoretical paradigms, observation techniques, and modelling frameworks, as well as forecasting capabilities for atmosphere-ocean-sea ice interactions. Students will be introduced to newly obtained data from recent field campaigns (e.g., MOSAiC, IGP) as well as cutting edge diagnostics and theoretical paradigms that are still under further development. The winter school provides a unique opportunity bringing together young scientists studying different aspects of the coupled climate system. Through plenary lectures, poster presentations, and extended discussions, participants will be exposed to fundamentals and cutting edge research in the field as well as given the opportunity to build a community network for their future careers.

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

Application deadline: 21 November 2021.

*Update: The Nordic Geographers Meeting has been moved due to COVID restrictions. The new dates are 19-22 June 2022.**

Our planet is facing some of its greatest challenges. Especially in the North, the imminent threat of irreversible climate change, and its palpable effects on our physical, ecological and social worlds, is increasingly felt. In particular, the polar region is warming faster than any other area of Earth. There is an urgent need to assess the multiple relationships between these increasing natural hazards and our societies, geopolitics, economies and environment. Conversely, we are forced to seek new ecological, political and economic concepts and approaches to help mitigate climate change and adapt to inevitable transformations. Furthermore, the challenges facing the Nordic states are embedded in complex and spatially differentiated socio-economic and ecological landscapes, which requires multiple scientific approaches.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Call for abstracts is now open!

The Alaska Forum is committed to hosting a safe, informative and inspiring Alaska Forum on the Environment (AFE) conference in 2022 packed with world renown keynotes, engaging technical sessions and cutting-edge environmental trainings. Due to high Covid-19 case counts and overwhelmed hospitals across the state, we have made the decision to host AFE 2022 as a virtual event through the Alaska Connect online training platform, in partnership with Knik Tribe to ensure the safety of our attendees and staff.

Join us for a virtual AFE 2022 conference, featuring over 40 informative technical sessions, four energizing keynote speakers, engaging virtual exhibitor booths, daily film festival films and a fun after-hours meet and greet session. You won't want to miss this virtual event! And, included with your AFE 2022 registration are bi-weekly virtual technical sessions through December 2022.

Please follow the link above for more information.