Past Events

A warmer climate, increased human disturbance and transport, increased propagule pressure from growing non-native plant populations, and increased areas disturbed by wildfire have created a perfect storm of conditions for the spread of non-native plant species into Alaska’s boreal forest. Previous studies have primarily concentrated on short-term relationship (less than 5 years) between wildfires and non-native species, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of long-term implications. This presentation will highlight the current status of in non-native plant invasions in burned areas of Alaska’s boreal forest region and ongoing research efforts studying long-term trends. We will also provide an overview of what factors influence the vulnerability of boreal forests to non-native plant invasions along with how non-native plants are reaching affected habitat.

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) invites abstracts for the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium. This symposium will take place 28 January to 1 February 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.

The theme of this year’s symposium will be Living in a Changing Environment.

The symposium will be organized in four oral and one poster sessions. Papers are solicited on all aspects of polar meteorology and oceanography, broadly including, but not limited to, the following sessions topics:

• Climate variability, change, and predictability/prediction in the polar region;
• Atmospheric, ocean, land ice, and/or sea ice physical processes;
• High-latitude atmospheric and/or oceanic dynamics; and
• Polar to mid- and low-latitude connections

Important Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 24 August 2023
• Early registration deadline: 4 December 2023

The 4th International PalaeoARC Conference will be held in the Hof cultural center in Akureyri in northern Iceland from 27 to 30 August 2023, followed by a 3-day NORDQUA excursion in northern Iceland between 31 August and 1 September.

PalaeoArc is an international research network which aims to better understand the climatically induced environmental changes in the Arctic from the Quaternary to the present-day. NORDQUA is the Nordic Union for Quaternary Research. Both programs promote interdisciplinary cooperation and scientific communication and encourage networking between young scientists.

When ideas emerged in both programs, somewhat simultaneously, of having a PalaeoArc conference and a NORDQUA excursion in Iceland, combining the two events seemed obvious. And here we are – with the prospects of a fruitful, joint event ahead. We stress that members of both programs are most welcome to both parts of the joint event.

Important Dates:

• Abstract submission opens: 5 January 2023
• Registration opens: 1 April 2023
• Abstract deadline: 15 March 2023
• Notification of abstracts: 8 May 2023
• Early-bird registration closes: mid-May 2023

The workshop is the 7th in a series that has brought together the community of users and developers of the Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM). This year’s workshop is organized by colleagues based at The University of Edinburgh. It is open to anybody interested in global glacier modeling with focus on active developers and users of OGGM. The primary goal is to discuss the challenges and solutions in modeling glaciers at large scales with OGGM, to learn from each other, and to develop ideas and visions for the advancement of the model. The workshop will include scientific presentations, hands-on coding sessions, discussion/brainstorming sessions, and generally be held in an informal manner.

The GlaMBIE consortium is pleased to announce that the main workshop of the Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise GlaMBIE will take place in Edinburgh, UK. The workshop is open to the participants of the GlaMBIE exercise and to relevant stakeholders, the workshop will be dedicated to discussing preliminary results after the closing of the data submission, and to defining the next steps towards finalising the assessment.

Within GlaMBIE, the organizers aim for a reconciled assessment of regional and global glacier mass changes towards the next IPCC report.

The VII Convection Permitting Climate Modelling Workshop aims to:

1. Communicate advances in CPCM and our understanding of fine scale processes; how these influence/are influenced by larger scale features and elucidate how climate change and its impacts are experienced at local scales.
2. Address, and propose solutions to, barriers to continued advancement – such as lack of key earth system or human components.
3. Through concrete examples discuss how we can tailor CPCM research in such a way so as to support adaptation efforts, vulnerability & impacts assessments and downstream climate services.

This will be a hybrid event, i.e., with on-site and remote participation. Oral sessions and panel discussions in plenary will be live streamed and recordings made available for remote delegates. There will be no parallel sessions.

Topics

1. Mountainous & high-latitude regions
2. Extremes & impacts
3. Model development
4. CPCM for society, adaptation planning and mitigating risk
5. Data access, accessibility and equitability in CPCM research
6. What have we learned from CPCM modelling and what is next

Important Dates

• 1 March: Abstract submission and financial support application open
• 30 April: Abstract submission and financial support application close
• 30 May: Notification of abstracts and financial support
• 1 June: Registration opens

Join for an overview of the Bering Science publication, featuring speakers on salmon, crab, harmful algal blooms, and climate. The Bering Science publication is a collaboration between the Alaska Ocean Observing System and the International Arctic Research Center. The publication shares observations and research that is happening in and around the region. This year’s report focused on five topics identified by our Community Advisory Panel – crab, harmful algal blooms, seabirds, climate and salmon.

The Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II (ArCS II) project invites applications for their International Early Career Researchers Program.

As a priority program of the ArCS II project, this call for applications invites a wide range of International Early Career Researchers from the Arctic and non-Arctic countries who are engaged in Arctic research and supports their research, by providing financial support for mid- to long-term travel and stay at universities and research institutions in Japan. At the same time, this project aims to revitalize mutual exchange between Arctic researchers in Japan and early career researchers overseas and strengthen the cooperative system for international joint research.

All research fields related to the Arctic region, including natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, engineering, and medical sciences, are eligible.

Initial application deadline: 31 August 2023, 12:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time (30 August 2023, 7:00 p.m. AKDT)

The goal of the Interdisciplinary Polar Studies (IPS-2023) Modular Meeting is to:

• Strengthen the holistic approach to studying and better understanding environmental changes and their implications due to the accelerated warming of the Arctic.
• Preparation of a new generation of scientists for creative involvement in the 5th International Polar Year 2032/2033 by broader participation in the Ocean Decade (2021-2030) and in the IASC ICARP IV (2025) process.
• An enhanced and coordinated monitoring of landscape and seascape evolution in Svalbard is needed for profound studies of mechanisms of interaction with glaciers and other components of the cryosphere.
• Identification of gaps, coordination of international efforts and unification of methods will be presented during the conference and discussed directly in the field.

The activity is aimed at: the Early Career Researchers and PhD students, experienced scientists; representatives of various business branches; representatives of authorities and non-governmental organizations.

Polar STEAM is an NSF-funded program that supports broader impacts through matching educators, artists, and writers with polar researchers to co-create educational and creative resources related to polar research.

Polar STEAM welcomes applications from working artists, writers, and creative practitioners in a variety of genres, from traditional to experimental.

The application deadline for Antarctic artists & writers is 31 August 2023 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time .

NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) advances ocean acidification science, education and outreach. The needs of audiences around the nation grows with the advancement of knowledge. OAP is looking to assess stakeholder needs nationwide through listening sessions to identify gaps, priorities, and the ways in which we can support people impacted by ocean and coastal acidification.

The listening sessions will help in understanding formal and informal educators’ priorities and needs, how ocean acidification and ocean change intersect, and ways we can best support education and outreach projects and initiatives.

The listening sessions will help inform:

• Funding opportunities such as education mini-grants, and future Notice of Funding Opportunities (grants)
• Updates to the NOAA Ocean Acidification Education Implementation Plan
• Best practices for outreach and education initiatives that support your needs

The listening session will begin with a brief overview of the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program and the stakeholder needs assessment project. Next, participants will have the opportunity to share your priorities and concerns in your work and daily life on how ocean change and ocean acidification has impacted you, and identify ways we can support you. Your anonymous responses will be recorded using Mentimeter.

Please register to attend this event.

In conjunction with International Polar Week, the U.S. Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the seventh annual international Polar Film Festival. The film festival will take place in September 2023.

For five days, the Polar Film Festival will showcase short videos on topics related to the Polar regions to the public and broader APECS community. Films will be hosted digitally on the website each day during Polar Week, and hosts are planning an online panel discussion with interested filmmakers during International Polar Week in September 2023.

Submissions of independently created films (created by you or someone you know) are welcomed and encouraged. In the past, organizers featured a range of works, from feature films and academic documentaries to independently-produced videos, interviews, and news reports. Organizers welcome a diversity of submission types and topics. Information and videos from previous years’ film festivals can be viewed online.

Organizers are also looking for people to host in-person screenings this fall. Those interested in hosting a screening should indicate this on the film submission form or email usapecs [at] gmail.com.

Extended submission deadline: 1 September 2023, 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Note: This conference was originally planned for 5-10 September, 2022, but was postponed to September 2023 as a precaution due to COVID-19 uncertainty.

This conference will cover a wide range of topics related to physical, chemical, biological, geological, and environmental aspects of ice. The topics will range from fundamental to applied research, and will include laboratory, field, modeling, and computational work. The organizers expect to have interdisciplinary discussions of ice.

Session topics include:

• Surfaces and interfaces of ice
• Mechanical, dielectric, and optical properties of ice
• Ice phases, amorphous ice, and glass transition
• Ice and life
• Reactions on/in ice
• Ice and snow in the cryosphere
• Ice in space
• Clathrate hydrates
• Others

English is the official language of this conference.

Important Dates

• Registration and accommodation are available from 16 January to 10 August 2023.
• Abstract submission is available from 16 January to 31 March 2023.
• Deadline for early-bird registration is 30 June 2023.

This autumn the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) offers a training course on how to effectively use UAVs in Svalbard research. The training will be delivered by UAV experts from SIOS member institutions, international researchers, and experts from the industry.

The course is intended for scientists, master/Ph.D. students and technicians with no or modest experience with UAVs in their research. Those who have not used UAVs before are preferable.

Due to the relatively fast and easy data acquisition, low cost and high data resolution, UAVs have become a popular instrument in environmental studies. SIOS member institutions use drones in a range of research projects across Svalbard. However, scientists may lack the necessary training required to fly drones and/or process the data. PhD students from SIOS member institutions who are about to begin careers can especially benefit from this training course.

This course will consist of following activities:

• Theoretical lecture series
• Hands-on, demo and practice sessions
• Field excursion and social events
• Mini-projects

Application deadline: 15 April 2023.

Organizers invite you submit abstracts for the British Branch Meeting of the International Glaciological Society. This will be a hybrid event and you are welcome to present remotely if you cannot attend in person, either live or as a pre-recorded video, though if you pre-record the organizers would like you or a colleague to be available live afterwards to take questions.

Enter your details and abstracts using this form.

Early career colleagues are particularly encouraged to apply.

Abstract submissions will close on 21 August 2023.

Registration will be available shortly through the IGS website along with detailed information including accommodation options.

The IASC Atmosphere Working Group (AWG) is now opening a second call for proposals for their remaining funding in 2023 aimed at encouraging and supporting science-led international programmes by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities.

Proposals should be submitted via the submission form. The deadline for proposal submission is 6 September 2023.

The AWG supports activities that are relevant to their scientific priorities and their work plan.

Proposals may include, but are not limited to, projects that contribute to the engagement phase during 2023 of the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV) process. IASC is coordinating the ICARP IV process (2023 - 2025) by engaging its partners in Arctic research to enable a community-wide undertaking to discuss the state of Arctic science and the place the Arctic occupies in global affairs and systems, to consider the most urgent knowledge gaps and research priorities for the next decade, and to explore avenues to address these research needs. More information on ICARP IV is available on the ICARP IV website.

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School announce their upcoming webinar, titled Arctic Pandemics: Arctic Yearbook Special Volume Virtual Launch.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a global phenomenon, but its impacts in the Arctic, and the experiences of Arctic communities, were distinct.

Join hosts for the official launch event of the Arctic Yearbook’s Special Volume on Arctic Pandemics: COVID-19 and Other Pandemic Experiences and Lessons Learned. The volume includes 15 peer reviewed articles and ten shorter contributions, and is available open access on the Arctic Yearbook's website.

In this webinar, Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow and co-editor Jennifer Spence will moderate a discussion with select authors from the collection who will reflect on:

• The unique conditions and characteristics of pandemic management in the Arctic (past, present, and future)
• The impacts and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and public health actions and activities in the Arctic
• The experiences and best practices from across the Arctic, with a priority on Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, and experiences and lessons learned at the community level
• The insights and advice presented in the volume that may inform pandemic preparedness and management and contribute to resilience in the Arctic

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to attend.

The INStabilities & Thresholds in ANTarctica (INSTANT) Scientific Research Programme provides a co-ordinating framework that will augment other important international research initiatives and consortia.

INSTANT aims to quantify the Antarctic ice sheet contribution to past to future sea-level change, from improved understanding of atmosphere, ocean and solid Earth interactions and feedbacks, so that decision-makers can better anticipate and assess the risk in order to manage and adapt to sea-level rise and evaluate mitigation pathways.

This international conference aims to bring together researchers across the geo-, physical, biological and social sciences interested in understanding the interactions between the ocean, atmosphere, solid Earth and the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and their global consequences.

The priority focus is on improving knowledge of the key rate determining processes, instabilities and potential irreversibilities that affect the mass change of the AIS and its contribution to past, present and future global sea-level. We invite leading and emerging experts, and early career researchers (ECRs) from modelling, paleoclimate, observation and process communities to present and discuss in plenary the state of the science and critical knowledge gaps. We also invite perspectives from the stakeholder and practitioner communities, and will discuss the best practices in communication and engagement.”

Abstract submission extended deadline: 17 April 2023.

The next UK Arctic Science Conference will be hosted by the British Antarctic Survey with support from the NERC Arctic Office in Cambridge. The in-person event will be hosted at the BAS Aurora Innovation Centre in Cambridge. The conference will be hosted in a simple hybrid format over Zoom.

The call for sessions is now open and organizers invite proposals to be submitted.

Important Dates:

• 16 January: Call for sessions closing
• 20 February: Call for abstracts and conference registration to open
• 9 June: Call for abstracts closing
• 25 August: Conference registration closing

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Vera Kuklina, an Indigenous scholar born and raised in a Buryat village in Siberia and a Research Professor at the George Washington University. Vera's presentation, titled What Arctic Science Can Learn from Studies of Informal Roads in Siberian Taiga, will be held via Zoom.

Registration is required for this event. Instructions for accessing the webinar will be sent to registrants prior to the event.

Seminar Abstract

Informal roads are an inevitable part of human presence in landscapes and serve as a means of transportation and communication. They are used for subsistence, resource exploration and extraction, and for connectivity. However, in fragile Arctic and Sub-Arctic landscapes, the rapid development of these roads indicates uncontrolled extractive development, landscape fragmentation, and other environmental and societal disturbances. Therefore, these roads provide an important perspective for measuring sustainability of social-ecological systems. In this presentation, Vera Kuklina summarizes the results of a three-year NSF-funded project and highlights lessons learned from long-term collaboration with local and Indigenous communities in Siberian taiga of Baikal region. The project utilized a combination of social, environmental, and remote sensing methods. Furthermore, it demonstrates how the studies of infrastructure patterns, creation, use, maintenance, and abandonment can be relevant for understanding human-environment relations in the Arctic and beyond.