Past Events

The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) will release the 2022 Core Program Request for Proposals (RFP) in October 2022. Input from the research community is considered by the NPRB Science Panel, Advisory Panel, and Board to highlight areas of particular interest. Public input is welcome throughout the year. To have your recommendations considered for the 2022 RFP, please submit recommendations by Thursday, 30 June 2022. Please keep suggestions brief and easily converted to a bullet format.

The Methane in a Changing Arctic International Conference will be hosted by the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø from 14-16 September 2022.

This conference aims to bring together scientists working on all aspects of Arctic methane and its role in the global carbon cycle. It will provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussion and exchange of knowledge relating to our current understanding of these complex systems and their response to and impact on, the rapid environmental and climatic changes that characterise the Arctic.

Themes

The conference will address themes including the formation, storage, cycling, transport, release and budgets of methane through the Arctic geo-, hydro-, cryo- and atmosphere since the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation and towards the future. There will be a strong emphasis on integration of these themes, and the organizers encourage all relevant contributions to the following topics:

• Methane in the geosphere: subsurface thermogenic, (a-)biogenic and methane stores and sinks
• Methane in the hydrosphere: methane processes and budgets in marine and lacustrine settings
• Methane in the cryosphere: methane dynamics in ice sheets and permafrost
• Methane in the atmosphere: methane source, sinks, and budget in the atmosphere
• Microbial cycling of methane: the role of microbes in methane budgets
• Past methane histories: past methane processes and budgets as analogues for future climate scenarios

Important Dates

• 4 July 2022: Abstract submission extended deadline.
• 14 August 2022: Registration deadline.

Registration and abstract submission for the 3rd PalaeoArc International Conference have opened. The conference will gather together researchers who are interested in climatically-induced environmental changes in the Arctic during the Quaternary period and present day.

The Conference will be held in the Arctic Centre at the heart of the town Rovaniemi, in northern Finland from 23-26 August 2022.

Registration will close on 31st July 2022.

Abstract submission is already open and template for the abstracts are available in the registration page. Deadline for the abstracts is 8th July 2022. Notification of acceptance will be sent to authors on 18th July latest.

Furthermore, the organizers are also organizing a pre-conference field course for students from 21-22 August. Focus of the field course is in glacial geology and morphology as well as sedimentology in the central part of the last Weichselian glaciation, in the southern Finnish Lapland. The maximum number of places in the field course is 15 and PhD students are preferred. Places will be fulfilled according to the registration order. Field course will be free of charge for participants.

The Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean (GRISO) science network will host the first GRISO Summer School in Nuuk, Greenland. The topic is Impacts of glacier retreat on Greenland's coastal margins. The school will take place at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. The GRISO Summer School emphasizes Greenland science and building collaboration, communication, and complex problem-solving skills across disciplines. Participants in the summer school will:

• Learn about the state of science and research techniques pertaining to Greenland's ice sheet and ocean margins.
• Develop skills in cross-discipline collaboration and communication to explore cutting-edge system science topics facilitated by experts from Knowinnovation.
• Build and strengthen research community connections, especially a healthy and strong early career network.

The 2022 summer school is able to accommodate approximately 12 students. The primary audience for the summer school is advanced PhD students and postdocs. The organizers encourage applications from Greenland-based students and underrepresented minority groups. Summer school participants will have the opportunity to participate in boat trips and hiking, as well as other outdoor activities. No previous outdoor experience is required and arrangements will be available for people with limited mobility.

Applications close on 11 February 2022. Applications will be evaluated by the GRISO steering committee, and applicants will be admitted with the aim of having a diverse and interdisciplinary group of students. Participants will be notified of acceptance via email by roughly 1 March 2022.

SnowEx Hackweek 2022 will be hosted entirely in-person by the University of Washington's eScience Institute in partnership with the NASA SnowEx Mission.

Join the Hackweek for five days of tutorials, data exploration, software development and community building focused on open source tools to analyze and visualize data. This year’s hackweek will focus primarily on developing ongoing collaboration on radar and LiDAR snow retrievals, in situ observations and modeling, as well as tools for conducting open source science. Tutorials will focus on these topic areas, and projects will be designed around developing new tutorials that can be shared both in these focus areas and broader topics. While accepted participants are required to attend the in-person hackweek, our goal is to co-design a curriculum that can be openly delivered and extended to the public community in a series of biweekly, virtual tutorials through Fall 2022.

The organizers welcome applications from participants at any career stage and level of technical ability. All tutorials and projects will use the Python programming language, and the organizers may provide optional educational opportunities in advance of the event for those new to Python based on demand.

Travel support will be offered to a limited number of applicants.

Application deadline: Friday, May 6th at 11:59 p.m. PST.

The conference will provide an opportunity to share the present status and future of climate-related sea-level research with a strong focus on the application of sea-level science for adaptation and stakeholder needs. Given the critical need for risk assessment and coastal adaptation, it will include direct participation by a global cross-section of both leading sea level researchers and adaptation practitioners. The conference will feature a robust conversation between these communities to inform efforts to bridge science and society at this critical moment, including consideration of the new structure of WCRP (World Climate Research Programme).

Linking sea-level science to practitioner concerns and needs is an essential step towards effective coastal adaptation. Talks and participation from all those interested in these issues is encouraged. There is one day for Paleo sea-level, GIA and the cryospheric contribution to sea-level.

Five years after the WCRP sea level conference took place in New York in 2017, and one year after the last AR6 report provided a comprehensive summary of the state of climate related large scale sea level research, the conference will address the existing challenges in describing and understanding regional sea level changes. The conference will focus strongly on the link from large-scale sea level information to coastal areas and societal implications of those changes to coastal communities. This will include dedicated sessions devoted to practitioner interests and concerns, the science/practitioner interface, and the co-production between sea-level scientists and practitioners of appropriate information to support coastal adaptation.

The meeting is held in Singapore adjacent to south, south-east and east Asia where three quarters of the global population vulnerable to sea-level rise live today. The meeting is hybrid allowing virtual or in-person participation.

The call for papers and registration is open for this meeting. Submit abstracts by the extended deadline: 15 April 2022.

The International Oil Spill Science Conference 2022 (IOSSC) will be held on October 4-7, 2022 in Halifax, Canada. This conference is co-hosted by the Multi-Partner Research Initiative of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Industry Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC), and Oil Spill Research Group of Concordia University. The conference aims to provide a platform for professionals, scholars and students from the oil spill response community, government, industry, and academia to work together to deal with the challenges in the field of oil spill response. The conference will bring experts from around the world to present their latest research in the field of oil spill science including spill prevention, contingency planning, and environmental rehabilitation.

The program at this conference that will allow members to reflect upon and celebrate past accomplishments, renew friendships, extend networks, and jointly explore current and future research directions. The organizers welcome you to join for an exciting four days of learning, sharing ideas, and networking in IOSSC 2022.

International Oil Spill Science Conference (IOSSC) 2022 is now ready to receive abstracts and the deadline to submit an abstract has been extended to July 12, 2022.

If you have any questions, please contact the organizers at iossc2022 [at] gmail.com

The topics of International Oil Spill Science Conference (IOSSC) 2022 include, but are not limited to arctic oil spill response, oil containment and recovery, spills of opportunity and field trials, oil spill waste management and disposal, etc.

The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs (OPP) invite registration for their upcoming NSF Polar Program Officer Chat for Early Career Scientists webinar.

The first hour of the webinar will be an entry-level overview of the Office of Polar Programs, and information directly relevant to polar early career scientists.

Questions that may be covered during the webinar include:

• What is a program officer and why it is relevant to know them?
• What sorts of questions might be good to ask a program officer as a polar early career scientist considering putting in a proposal?
• How should early career scientists best stay updated on solicitations?
• What are some current opportunities that the NSF OPP would like to highlight for early career scientists?

During the last thirty minutes of the webinar, early career scientists will have an opportunity to ask program officers questions and/or engage in general conversation as a group related to OPP and NSF funding.

The Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Northumbria University is hosting the 2022 edition of the British Society for Geomorphology’s Annual Meeting from Monday 5 September to Wednesday 7 September 2022 at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. The conference will follow the well-established format of oral and poster presentations, spread over three days, on a wide variety of geomorphological and geomorphology-related topics. Registration and accommodation costs have been kept to a minimum to promote participation, especially for postgraduate and other early career researchers.

Important Dates

• Call for abstracts and registration now open
• Abstract submission deadline: Friday 15 July 2022
• Notification of acceptance: end of July 2022 (latest)
• Registration closes: Tuesday 23 August 2022

The 17th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate (WAMC) will be a hybrid meeting – it will be held online as well as in-person at the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 4-6 August 2022. The WAMC brings together those with common interests in Antarctic meteorology, climate, forecasting and related disciplines.

This meeting is being held just before the American Meteorological Society Madison Collective Meeting which includes the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography meeting. Synergies between the two events are strongly encouraged. The 17th WAMC two-day event will focus on weather forecasting, numerical weather prediction, operational/logistical interests, and observational network reports. Contributions from around the world are welcome on these topics.

Important Dates

• Friday, July 15: Registration and short abstract submission deadline
• Friday, July 22: Extended abstract submission deadline

The 9th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology will take place 9-14 October 2022 at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany. This meeting will be a continuation of the eight highly successful previous meetings of this conference series.

The objective of the Potsdam meeting is to bring together researchers from all over the world to discuss various aspects of microbial diversity, function and activity related to cold-adapted microorganisms in polar and alpine environments. The organizers' aim is to foster discussions about recent developments in the field and to exchange ideas and experiences on an international scale.

The meeting will cover different aspects of polar and alpine microbiology:

• Microbial diversity and biogeography in permafrost environments
• Metabolic activity at subzero temperature
• Mechanisms of microbial adaptation and survival in permafrost environments
• Permafrost astrobiology
• Plant-microbe interaction
• Microbial communities and global change
• Carbon and nitrogen turnover
• Microbial gene pool of cold environments
• Biotechnology for cyrospheric microorganisms
• Eukaryotic microbial diversity (e.g. algae and fungi)
• Viruses in polar and alpine environments

The organizers cannot offer a hybrid mode option for participation but aim to stream selected talks each day for free, to broaden the audience.

Abstract submission is extended to 15 July 2022.

Understanding the extent of ice sheets and patterns of sea-level changes in the geological past is fundamental to gauge the challenges our coasts face as greenhouse gases emissions continue unabated and the climate warms. Thus, the overarching goal of the meeting will be to foster exchanges between the communities working on paleo, modern, and future changes in ice sheets and sea levels. The organizers foresee working together to improve regional and global future sea-level change predictions, informed by the past.

Join Climate Generation, and the NOAA Climate Office virtually for a three-day conference on climate change education built by educators and climate change professionals from across North America! Gain the skills, tools, and resources to teach climate change in all subject areas.

The Summer Institute for Climate Change Education is structured to allow time for learning and networking. During the first two virtual days hosted by Climate Generation, educators can select from concurrent workshops.

During a third regional cohort day, educators will attend a cohort workshop facilitated and hosted by a regional cohort leader to focus on place-based climate change education and the need for ongoing support throughout the year. Cohort days may be in-person or online, depending on educator and cohort leader needs in that region. Each group of 20-50 educators will explore local impacts, actionable solutions, connections to local experts, and planning and networking. More details about dates and locations for each cohort group are listed on the registration page.

Inuit from Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Chukotka will come together in a hybrid format for the 14th Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) General Assembly under the theme “Inuit – Strength and Peace”.

ICC holds a General Assembly every four years at which Inuit delegates from across the Circumpolar region elect a new Chair and an Executive Council, develop policies, and adopt resolutions that will guide the activities of the organization for the coming term. The General Assembly is the heart of the organization, providing an opportunity for sharing information, discussing common concerns, debating issues, and strengthening the bonds between all Inuit.

ICC has become one of the most respected international Indigenous organizations and a trusted and compelling voice for Inuit in Arctic global issues. Over the intervening years ICC has come together 13 times with strong Inuit leadership and visionaries in a collective voice as a General Assembly.

This General Assembly will be held virtually this year. The public is welcomed to join via livestream.

The in-person General Assembly will be held in Ilulissat, Greenland in July 2023.

Observed fall Eurasian snow cover extent (SCE) anomalies were first linked with variability in the North Atlantic/Arctic Oscillation (N/AO) where above normal SCE was related to colder temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere continents. Subsequent studies demonstrated that above normal SCE favored tropospheric precursors to sudden stratospheric warming (SSWs) and subsequent tropospheric negative N/AO events. However, the relationship has weakened over the past decade in the observations and is weak to absent in most modelling studies complicating our understanding of snow climate coupling.

In a more recent study, we showed that Eurasian SCE is better linked to a lesser-known stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) disruption that involves wave reflection and stretching of the SPV that is related to ridging/high pressure coupled with above normal temperatures across Alaska and cold to even extreme cold across parts of Asia and North America east of the Rockies. Using both observational analysis and novel numerical modeling experiments, we showed that autumn SCE and Arctic sea ice trends can force observed increasing trends in SPV stretching and surface impacts. Our analysis provides a dynamical link between rapid Arctic change and extreme winter weather across large regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Given the link between SCE and SPV variability, SCE could be utilized in subseasonal to seasonal prediction in the winter months.

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

Please register to attend.

In recent decades there have been major changes in Arctic Ocean circulation, salinity, and temperature and associated declines in sea ice coverage and thickness. There is evidence of connections of these changes with climate indices, and the changes arguably affect climate by altering the radiative heat balance at high latitudes, impacting the strength of the global overturning circulation, and influencing the interaction between the ocean and Greenland ice sheet. There are also indications that Arctic sea ice and atmospheric circulation can play an important role in extended range predictability of extreme weather events in mid-latitudes. In spite of its importance, Arctic Ocean observations are limited. Several major in situ observing programs that existed in the 2000s have ended, and today sustained oceanographic observations outside the Canada Basin have almost ceased to exist. This workshop will aim to assess our understanding of the Arctic Ocean circulation and discuss observing system requirements needed to confirm and extend that understanding.

More specifically, the workshop will explore changes in Arctic Ocean and sub-Arctic seas circulation related to global change and the observing system required to track those changes in the future. The observing system design effort will be cognizant of the practical, geopolitical, and operational constraints of Arctic Ocean observing, but will incorporate modern objective experimental design and data assimilation using numerical models as fundamental guiding principles. Its work will contribute to evaluations of model simulations and observational analyses to assess opportunities for model improvements.

The US CLIVAR Observing, Modeling, and Understanding the Circulation of the Arctic Ocean and Sub-Arctic Seas Workshop will include presentations addressing:

A. The state of knowledge of Arctic Ocean and sub-Arctic seas circulation with an eye toward identifying critical gaps in observations of modes of variability
B. The observing system needs and data assimilation approach to track those modes of variability
C. The practical, institutional, technical, and geopolitical challenges of increasing the coverage of Arctic Ocean observations that are required by A) and B)

This conference aims to contribute to the understanding of the value of indigenous astronomy, advocacy and communication programmes, improved research methodologies, epistemologies and philosophies. Other outcomes include the launch of the international indigenous astronomy experts’ society, publication of the proceedings and recommendations, which will be disseminated to stakeholders. Policy briefs and research notes will also be produced to share with policy makers.

This international conference’s strategic objectives will be:

• To bring together Indigenous Knowledge Systems experts, Indigenous Astronomy experts, researchers, scholars including indigenous knowledge holders and practitioners to establish the International Indigenous Astronomy Experts Society (IIAES).
• To promote indigenous astronomy as a paradigm for social, cultural, educational and economic development and empowerment.
• The conference will provide a platform for deliberations on strategies and policies in indigenous astronomy research, but also address best practices.
• The conference will promote dialogues, critical conversations and debates on inter / multi / transdisciplinary conventions of IKS.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 April, 2022.

In 2021, the Government of Greenland made an active shift in the political discourse regarding Greenland’s development and is now pursuing a green transition. Greenland sees itself as a “state in formation”, and looks to other nation-states for inspiration. The question is: to whom, to what, does Greenland compare itself in the process of finding a fitting model for future green development? This discussion will further explore two additional topics: first, Greenland’s ambition to be an exporter of hydropower and mining rare earth minerals, which would support the technology for the green transition; and secondly, the political conversation about joining the Paris agreement.

Bio

Dr. Lill Rastad Bjørst is an Associate Professor in Arctic Studies with Aalborg University and the 2022 Fulbright Arctic Initiative III Visiting Researcher with the Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth. For over 15 years, she has been researching climate change in Greenland as a scholar within the human and social sciences. At Aalborg, she also serves as the Head of Research for the Centre of Innovation and Research in Culture and Living in the Arctic (CIRCLA), a member of the Aalborg Arctic Coordination Board, and on the Steering Committee of IKL Green Transition. Her work is co-funded by grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark and the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.

Join faculty, researchers, and education professionals in a 3-day Polar STEM conference. The driving goal of this conference is to develop strategies that engage under-represented students in Polar STEM and provide them with a better understanding of field and non-field career pathways in Polar STEM.

The University of Maine in partnership with Juneau Icefield Research Program, is hosting a conference in Juneau, Alaska for educators interested in participating with one or both organizations to learn from each other, develop long term strategies to leverage resources from each organization, and to design field and in-class Polar geoscience programming for under-represented students.

The conference will involve tours of Juneau’s natural beauty, plenary talks regarding polar research, and breakout discussions and think-tanks about polar education. Currently, the organizers have a working group of early career scientists and educators of under-represented student populations who hail from Maine, Alaska, Florida, and Washington State. The conference is open to STEM educators and scientists with an interest in developing and integrating Earth systems science, field education, and classroom curriculum.

Who is the Conference for?

1) Upward Bound or other Department of Education funded professional engaged in science education
2) High school STEM educator
3) Higher institution STEM scientist and educator
4) Outdoor and experiential education professional

Please consider joining this conference! Space via zoom or in-person will be limited. Additionally, a limited amount of funding is available for attendee travel support and lodging in Juneau.