Past Events

The first Glaciology in Machine Learning Summer School (GlaMacLeS) will be held June 16th-24th, 2024 at the Taft-Nicholson Center in the Centennial Valley, Southwest Montana.

GlaMacLeS is intended to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly changing interface of glaciology with machine learning and artificial intelligence. The course is oriented towards PhD students and early-stage postdocs that have strong foundational knowledge in glaciology, modeling, or remote sensing, and that wish to integrate ML methods into their research while simultaneously working to establish a community of practice. We will cover a broad range of topics, including foundations of neural networks and Gaussian processes, ice sheet model emulation across scales, and deep learning for glacier remote sensing, among others.

The summer school is supported through a generous grant from the National Science Foundation that will cover most participant support costs, including travel, lodging, and meals. More information, including information on how to apply can be found at https://glamacles.github.io. Please note that the application deadline is February 15th, 2024.

12th International Conference on Permafrost

Welcome to ICOP 2024

And welcome to the Yukon. Yukon lies north of the 60th parallel, adjacent to British Columbia to the south, Northwest Territories to the east, and Alaska, USA to the west. Yukon, well known for its rich natural environment with endless possibilities for outdoor activities, has a variety of permafrost conditions to explore. Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon, is the largest northern city in Canada with a population of nearly 30,000 and lies on the banks of the historical Yukon River.

It has been 26 years since Canada hosted the 7th ICOP in Yellowknife, NT. In the intervening years, permafrost science has grown, both in terms of the depth of our understanding and the breadth of topics covered. We believe it is time for one of the IPA's founding members to welcome the international scientific and engineering permafrost community to Canada’s North again.

The conference, with its theme of “Integrating Perspectives of Permafrost Thaw, Change, and Adaptation”, will address the most recent developments and stimulate engaging technical and scientific discussions among academics, professionals, contractors, suppliers, and students. The impacts of climate change and economic development have significantly changed the Arctic, in recent decades, resulting in a wealth of research initiatives and challenging engineering projects. The City of Whitehorse, Yukon, is the ideal place to showcase these recent developments and the current challenges firsthand. Its location in Canada’s North offers the perfect environment to learn and exchange ideas.

We are excited to announce a virtual workshop on understanding Pacific Northwest community, tribal, and other public information needs around marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and Marine Energy, sponsored by the DOE Water Power Technologies Office. The workshop will take place in 3 sessions during the week of June 17th. Please save these dates and register for the workshop if you plan to participate:

June 17, 1 PM – 3 PM Pacific: Kickoff Meeting and mCDR-focused discussion

June 18, 1 PM – 3 PM Pacific: Marine Energy – focused discussion

June 21, 10 AM – 12 PM Pacific: Bridging mCDR and ME needs

Given expanding scientific and technological interest in using the ocean for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) and marine energy (ME; also called marine renewable energy or marine hydrokinetic energy), it will be essential to design responsible, community-forward research that is attentive to societal priorities, especially during early technical deployments. While some sensible limits can already be placed on projects (e.g., limiting the size, scale, and impact of testing in the direct marine environment), understanding the place-based needs and priorities of community members can also help tailor research methods to maximize community benefit, safety, and sustainability. Accessible and reliable information on mCDR and ME is also essential to supporting informed consent during permitting processes.

Overall, these sessions will be focused primarily on listening to non-experts. A brief information session on mCDR and ME will be provided on the kickoff day, but otherwise we will be seeking community feedback. This listening and engagement session is focused on coastal communities in the US Pacific Northwest, including Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. We welcome all members of the public to participate, regardless of their familiarity with mCDR or ME. Our goal is to find out what you want to know about mCDR and ME in our region. We are discussing these topics together as preliminary feedback has suggested that they may share similar public information needs.

Our definition of “information needs” is broad. Sometimes, existing knowledge may be able to answer key questions, but other cases may require additional collaboration, research, or reflection. Communities may also seek to share their own wisdom, knowledge, or resources relevant to these topics. This workshop will also explore how new information can be best shared. On the last day of the workshop, we hope to consolidate some consensus ideas around information needs across this spectrum. These ideas will then be taken back to a panel of subject matter experts (technical experts, social science experts, education experts, and community leaders) to design an education and research plan that answers public questions on these important topics.

To attend these sessions, we encourage you to register for the workshop here and consider answering a survey about marine CDR and marine energy here. If you want to learn more about mCDR or ME before the sessions, you can visit:

mCDR: https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/marine-carbon-dioxide-removal
ME: https://tethys.pnnl.gov/glossary

Please share this information widely with your networks and encourage interested parties to attend. Your voice matters, and we look forward to hearing from you.

--Jessica Cross and Lenaig Hemery, on behalf of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s mCDR and ME teams

Please remember that in this case, Marine Energy excludes offshore wind, but does include energy generation from waves, tides, ocean currents, ocean thermal energy, salinity gradients, and the run of rivers.

The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) and IARPC Collaborations are excited to announce that registration is now open for a two-part workshop series entitled ‘How to Write a One-Pager.’ Join NSF Office of Polar Program (OPP) Program Officers to learn how to write a one-pager to summarize an idea you want to pitch to a funding agency. This workshop is open to polar early career scientists and will be run in two parts.

Part 1 – June 20, 2024, 10am to 11am AKT | 12pm to 1pm MT | 2pm to 3pm ET
In this first workshop on June 20th, you will join NSF OPP Program Officers to better understand the benefits and opportunities of developing a one-pager, ask questions about the writing process, and sort yourself into a small group of other early career researchers to write a one-pager together. Register for this workshop here!

Part 1.5 – June 21 to July 10, 2024
Convene asynchronously with your group to complete the drafting a one-pager exercise that you will submit to the program officers to review by July 10th, that they will provide feedback on during the next session. Please note that those who attend the first session will be sorted into groups, and each group will draft up one one-pager.

Part 2 – July 17, 2024, 10am to 12pm AKT | 12pm to 2pm MT | 2pm to 4pm ET
In this second session, you'll receive feedback from program officers on your one-pager and will discuss areas of growth for your group in the future. Register for this workshop here!

Please note that you must attend the first session to be able to attend the second session – as one builds on the other. Please reach out to psecco [at] colorado.edu with any questions you might have about the event.

We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for July 2024 and the summer season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.

Register at the following link: https://alaska.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYof-qprjgoGNQ9c5znT-YVezD9q4D…

About this event

The ice sheets near the Earth’s poles contain ancient ice formed from continuous snow accumulation over thousands of years. Using ice cores, scientists can study the old air trapped in the ice, which unlocks mysteries of Earth’s environmental history.

On June 27 at 1 pm EST, join researchers from the University of California Irvine live from NSF Summit Station, Greenland as they study historical changes in atmospheric levels of hydrogen using a newly drilled ice core from the Greenland ice cap. Because of the unique challenges posed by hydrogen’s small molecular size, the researchers are bringing their instruments to Greenland to analyze samples as soon as they are retrieved!

Register today at https://bit.ly/summit_website

NOTE: Session proposal deadline extended from 14 June to 30 June 2024

The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2025 will be held in beautiful Boulder, Colorado (USA) from 20–28 March 2025. ASSW 2025 will include the summative event of the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV) process, which is a multi-year effort that began in 2022 to engage the international community on critical topics and priorities for Arctic research in the next 10 years that cut across disciplines and knowledge systems, and that require new and innovative thinking and collaboration.

The ICARP IV Summit will provide an opportunity to discuss and consult on the initial outcomes of the seven ICARP IV Research Priority Teams:

• The Role of the Arctic in the Global System
• Observing, Reconstructing, and Predicting Future Climate Dynamics and Ecosystem Responses
• Understanding the Vulnerability and Resilience of Arctic Environments and Societies and Supporting Sustainable Development
• Arctic Research Cooperation and Diplomacy
• Co-Production and Indigenous-led Methodologies
• Preparing Present and Future generations through Education, Outreach, Communication, Capacity Building, and Networking
• Technology, Infrastructure, Logistics, and Services

The Summit will also invite further sessions on important research questions and priorities for Arctic research that should be considered in the ICARP IV process.

Following the ICARP IV Summit, the ICARP IV International Steering Committee during 2025-2026 will oversee the development of the final outcomes of the ICARP IV process along with a vision for implementation.

ASSW 2025 organizers are now accepting session proposals for the ICARP IV Summit, which will take place during 25–28 March 2025, immediately following the ASSW 2025 business and community meetings (20–24 March 2025). Within the overall theme of “Arctic Research Planning for the Next Decade”, sessions are invited to address the following areas:

• Research topics that align with one or more of the seven existing ICARP IV Research Priority Team Areas.
• Research topics that are critical for Arctic research planning to consider, but are broader than or not included within any of the seven existing ICARP IV Research Priority Team Areas. For example, topics here may include emerging Arctic threats, new areas in social science, Arctic economies, etc.
• Matters that are important to Arctic research planning and implementation. For example, topics here may include science policy, research evaluation, research ethics, scenario planning, international funding and coordination mechanisms, etc.

Session application guidelines
Each session should be convened by a minimum of two and a maximum of three conveners. The involvement of early-career and/or Indigenous participants as session conveners is very strongly encouraged.

The call for sessions is open through 14 June 2024. Please direct questions regarding the ICARP IV Call for sessions to assw2025 [at] colorado.edu.
Session proposal shall be submitted here: https://forms.gle/CCdFkFvRAx9F8Bva6

Session proposals will be reviewed by the ASSW 2025 Program Committee in July 2024. A call for presentation abstracts for the approved sessions will be open from 12 August to 30 September 2024. Abstracts will be evaluated by the session conveners with decisions to be communicated by 30 October 2024. The program will be finalized in November 2024.

The Caleb Scholars Program awards a limited amount of fellowships on an annual basis following the typical academic year (fall-spring), which includes a $5,000 scholarship for full time students and a $2,500 scholarship for part time students per semester.

The next opportunity to apply is for the Fall 2024/Spring 2025 semester. Deadline to apply is July 15, 2024 at 11:59pm in your local timezone. If you have any questions about the application or our program, you can reach us via email at cpp.spec [at] kawerak.org

The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) and IARPC Collaborations are excited to announce that registration is now open for a two-part workshop series entitled ‘How to Write a One-Pager.’ Join NSF Office of Polar Program (OPP) Program Officers to learn how to write a one-pager to summarize an idea you want to pitch to a funding agency. This workshop is open to polar early career scientists and will be run in two parts.

Part 1 – June 20, 2024, 10am to 11am AKT | 12pm to 1pm MT | 2pm to 3pm ET
In this first workshop on June 20th, you will join NSF OPP Program Officers to better understand the benefits and opportunities of developing a one-pager, ask questions about the writing process, and sort yourself into a small group of other early career researchers to write a one-pager together. Register for this workshop here!

Part 1.5 – June 21 to July 10, 2024
Convene asynchronously with your group to complete the drafting a one-pager exercise that you will submit to the program officers to review by July 10th, that they will provide feedback on during the next session. Please note that those who attend the first session will be sorted into groups, and each group will draft up one one-pager.

Part 2 – July 17, 2024, 10am to 12pm AKT | 12pm to 2pm MT | 2pm to 4pm ET
In this second session, you'll receive feedback from program officers on your one-pager and will discuss areas of growth for your group in the future. Register for this workshop here!

Please note that you must attend the first session to be able to attend the second session – as one builds on the other. Please reach out to psecco [at] colorado.edu with any questions you might have about the event.

Call for Session Proposals: 18th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography - The 18th AMS Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography will be held in Denver, CO, from 12–16 May 2025, as part of the AMS 2025 Denver Summit. The conference organizers invite contributions by submitting a Session Topic Proposal by July 18, 2024, 11:59 PM US Eastern Time. For detailed information about the event and to submit proposals, visit the conference website. Questions regarding session topic proposals can be directed to the Program Chairs, Dr. Cecilia Peralta-Ferriz (ferriz [at] uw.edu) or Dr. Claire Pettersen (pettersc [at] umich.edu). For inquiries about the submission portal, contact meetings [at] ametsoc.org.

The National Academies’ Polar Research Board, in collaboration with the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and Ocean Studies Board, are seeking nominations for planning committee members to organize a workshop that will explore research and monitoring areas for U.S. involvement in the Fifth International Polar Year (IPY5).

International Polar Years are intended to make large advancements in scientific understanding by galvanizing the research community and fostering large-scale international coordination and national investments in polar science. IPY5 will be held in 2032-2033 and planning at the international level has recently gotten underway.

Using these suggestions, National Academies staff will be looking to build a committee of approximately 6-8 volunteer experts in addition to collecting information for potential speakers, participants, and peer reviewers for any publications resulting from the activity.

For more information about the call for nominations, please visit the nomination form. We invite you to submit all nominations by 19 July 2024.

Join the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy for this month's NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing. Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for August 2024 and the fall season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.

Register for the webinar at the following link: https://uaf-accap.org/event/jul2025-ak-climate-outlook/

Historically, Alaska’s cold climate has protected much of the state from major outbreaks of spruce beetles. Interior Alaska has primarily been protected by rapid fall cooling and extremely cold winters, while other regions have been protected by cool summers that limit beetle maturation. A new integrated model suggests that ongoing climate change will remove these protections across large parts of Alaska. Northern forest managers will increasingly need to undertake management planning that no longer relies on the protection of historically cold climate.

Register for this online event at the following site: https://uaf-accap.org/event/spruce-beetles/

AGU24 Abstract Submissions Open

Join us from 9-13 December in Washington, DC, for the largest gathering of Earth and space scientists. Come share your research, discover new insights and build meaningful connections within the scientific community.

AGU’s annual meeting attracts over 25,000 attendees from 100+ countries, including scientists, educators, policymakers, journalists, and communicators, all focused on understanding our planet and environment. Don’t miss the chance to contribute to the discussion on “What’s Next for Science.”

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) invites applications for the ARCUS Early Career Conference Funding Award.

This award supports U.S.-based, early career researchers or students to participate in meetings and events relevant to Arctic research. The forthcoming fall 2024 funding awards will cover registration fees, travel, and other relevant expenses related to in-person conference attendance for an Alaska-based conference, with the intention of providing an Alaska-based experience and connection to Alaska Native research priorities and values for early-career researchers.

Fall 2024 Award applicants will choose between two fall conferences:

• The National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, 9–12 September 2024; or
• The Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Convention, Anchorage, Alaska, 17–19 October 2024

For questions, contact:
Lisa Sheffield Guy, ARCUS
Email: lisa [at] arcus.org

Applications are open until August 1st for the NSF Cyber2A Workshop, held in-person in Santa Barbara, CA from October 21st to 25th, 2024. This workshop is aimed to empower Arctic scientists with the tools and knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and is designed for scientists engaged in Arctic research who may have limited backgrounds in computer science and computing but are eager to integrate AI into their research.

In this course, participants will learn to:

• Understand AI Fundamentals
• Hands-on Experience with AI Tools
• Address Arctic-Specific Challenges
• Promote Collaborative Learning
• Facilitate Future Research

Please visit the following link to apply to the workshop:
https://forms.gle/qPT3tH7cLbrxbbyU7

Visit the Cyber2A website for additional information:
https://cyber2a.github.io/workshop/

International Symposium on Verification and Validation of Cryospheric Models

Bringing Data and Models Together

4th - 9th August 2024, Newcastle, UK

Cryospheric models that simulate land and sea ice dynamics, snow physics and permafrost processes have become mainstream tools to assess the past, present and future state of the Earth’s frozen landscapes. In combination with observational data, they provide a powerful, physics-constrained method to address some of Earth Science’s most pressing questions. They form the backbone of sea-level rise projections, they underpin freshwater budget estimates of the world’s glaciated mountain regions and oceans, and they are dynamically integrated with other components of the global climate system. The continued development, calibration and validation of cryospheric models should therefore remain at the forefront of ongoing research. This symposium will invite contributions by the international research community on a wide range of topics in the field of cryospheric model verification and validation, covering a range of different length and timescales. We invite contributions relating to numerical model developments, process-based studies, and/or novel observational products.The focus of the symposium will be on improving numerical models and their interactions with the climate system, although cross-cutting interdisciplinary contributions are invited from a range of topics to be shared in due course.

The symposium is hosted by The Future of Ice on Earth Peak of Research Excellence in conjunction with International Glaciological Society.

Please use #IGSNorthumbria2024 when sharing information about the symposium.

Organizers invite registration for the 2nd Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change (GIYSCC). This summit will take place 9 August 2024, circling across three 8-hour time zones in 24 hours (00:00 GMT–24:00 GMT) on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

The summit is hosted by Future Earth with Science Diplomacy Center coordination. This “virtual dialogue by, for, and among Indigenous youth with global inclusion” builds on GIYSCC-2023 that was hosted by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) with more than 1300 registrants from over 112 nations across more than 88 languages and partners globally, including a legacy contribution with the invited Nature Commentary that Indigenous Youth Must Be at the Forefront of Climate Diplomacy.

A few participant slots are still open for Indigenous youth presenters.

For more information, go to:
Summit webpage

To register, go to:
Summit registration

Please save the date for the 2024 NASA Community Snow Meeting, held on 14-15 August 2024 on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

This meeting comes after the wrap-up of the NASA SnowEx field campaigns in fall 2023 and the submission of two satellite proposals to the NASA Earth System Explorers (ESE) program. Meeting focal points will be to summarize the SnowEx and working group accomplishments and identify/prioritize remaining snow science gaps. Additional meeting objectives will include bringing the larger snow community together, sharing components of the different satellite mission proposals, generating tangible next steps for the Decadal Survey, and facilitating collaborations for future work. More details to follow. In the meantime, please complete the form to share your availability, meeting interests and expectations, and provide meeting suggestions.

Please share this information widely and complete this form by March 15. We look forward to hearing from you!

In conjunction with APECS International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the eighth annual international Polar Film Festival in September 2024! For five days, the Polar Film Festival will showcase short videos on topics related to the Polar regions to the public and broader Polar research community. Films will be hosted digitally on our website each day during APECS International Polar Week and we will host an online panel discussion with filmmakers about their works.

Submissions of independently created films, typically 1-30 minutes in length, created by the submitter individually or as part of a group are welcomed. In the past, we’ve featured a range of works, such as academic documentaries, independently-produced videos, interviews, sneak peaks of upcoming full-length films, and news reports. We welcome a diversity of submission types and topics related to the Polar regions. Previous years’ film festivals can be viewed at: https://www.usapecs.org/polar-film-festival-2023.

Deadline for film submissions: 15 August, 2024
Film review will begin in late August, so be sure to get your submissions in before the deadline!