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The workshop is an interdisciplinary meeting of early career researchers, focusing on all aspects of marine sciences in the polar regions. It will be hosted at the University of East Anglia in Norwich on the 29th – 31st July 2014.

The theme of the workshop is polar marine science, including physical, biological and chemical sciences of the oceans, as well as links with atmospheric and cryospheric processes.

The workshop is funded by the NERC iSTAR project, itself an interdisciplinary project researching the impact of ocean heat transport on the melting of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica.

This workshop aims to bring together 40 – 45 early career polar researchers to present their science and gain knowledge of cutting edge research, funding opportunities and career pathways. We invite talks or posters in any field of polar marine science and also welcome research in progress from early career research students - it will be a great opportunity to present in front of peers and get feedback on your research from a wide range of specialisms.

There will be excellent opportunities to build networks with fellow early career scientists as well as senior scientists, who will share their perspectives in a series of panel debates and workshops. Our keynote speaker on Tuesday night is polar explorer Antony Jinman, who also specializes in educational outreach whilst on expedition! Polar technologies such as Autosub, UAVs, AUVs, seal tagging and moorings will be introduced by experts in the field and provide the opportunity to learn more about how they could be used in your research.

There will be a registration fee of £50.

For more information and registration please visit: http://polarnetwork.org/events-and-workshops/2014-polar-marine-science-….

You can connect with fellow participants on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1377274915857549/.

Planning for a sustainable environment, in which human needs are met equitably without harm to the environment, and without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their needs requires a robust understanding of the integrated system of society, the natural world, and the alterations humans bring to the environment. Developing this robust understanding of the integrated system is a common interest among Belmont Forum members and is the focus of this Collaborative Research Action Call for proposals. The ultimate goal of the call is to utilize existing Arctic observing systems, datasets and models to evaluate key sustainability challenges and opportunities in the Arctic region, to innovate new sustainability science theory and approaches to these challenges and opportunities, and support decision-making towards a sustainable Arctic environment.

The Belmont Forum is a group of the world’s major and emerging funders of global environmental change research and international science councils. It aims to accelerate delivery of the environmental research needed to remove critical barriers to sustainability by aligning and mobilizing international resources. Belmont Forum funding is intended to add value to existing national investments and support international partnership in interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary scientific endeavors.

Through this Call, the Belmont Forum seeks to bring together integrated teams of natural scientists, social scientists, and stakeholders to develop projects that utilize existing Arctic observing systems, datasets and models to evaluate key sustainability challenges and opportunities in the Arctic region across one or more of four possible themes. This Collaborative Research Action Call seeks to advance research within one or more of the following themes, utilizing and developing both the relevant information streams and the sustainability science necessary to assess, predict, inform, and communicate resilient pathways.

• The natural and living environment – focusing on in-depth understanding of the nonlinear physical and biological interactions within the Arctic.
• The built environment and infrastructures – including but not limited to housing and transportation structures, energy, and communications technologies, climate-resilient materials, and sustainable observing designs.
• Natural resource management and development – comprising drivers and impacts both in natural and human systems, within the Arctic and interaction with the rest of the world, including food and water security.
• Governance – addressing the interactions between actors and organizations that govern the future of the Arctic, from local and tribal to international scale, and their impacts on the natural environment.

While these four themes are universal, they are given a particular urgency in the Arctic where environmental changes have created new and immediate challenges, dilemmas, trade-offs, and opportunities. These themes are related to risks and opportunities, associated with changes in the environment and ecosystem services, for the various competing actors, with specificities associated to geographical areas (i.e. coastal, mountain, etc.) or to most vulnerable societies.

All calls require eligible participants from three or more countries (please see participation requirements and national annex documents for more details). Clear added value of the international consortium should be demonstrated and, if relevant, the added value for national investments.

All proposals must integrate across the natural sciences and social sciences and should include an interdisciplinary, multinational approach, demonstrate strong relevance for user needs, and examine a variety of coupled interactions and feedbacks among relevant systems.

Proposals should also include end-users, policy-makers or other relevant stakeholders and should include science products, which are directly applicable, available and usable to relevant stakeholders. Engagement of community participants or other stakeholders in the planning, design, and completion of the research is necessary.

Proposers should also describe how information generated in the course of the project will be captured, stored and managed. Plans for longer-term archiving of data should be detailed, as should the communication plans to make the scientific and stakeholder communities aware of available data, products, and relevant findings.

Closing Date for Submission of Proposals: 31st July 2014, 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Communication of Final Decisions: expected by 31 January 2015

All call documents and submission portal can be found on the Belmont Forum Grant Operations site (BFGO.org).

Three Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant opportunities in Arctic and polar science are available for the academic year 2015-2016. These competitions include a Fulbright-Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arctic Scholar in Iceland; a Fulbright Arctic Chair in Norway; and an award for all disciplines in Sweden. Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application. The application deadline for these competitions is 1 August 2014.

• Fulbright-Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arctic Scholar, Iceland (Award #5254) This new award is open to academics with a PhD, including early-career scholars, as well as qualified professionals outside of academia. Applicants may propose a teaching or teaching/research project. The selected candidate will teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses, advise students conducting research in his/her area of expertise, and assist with curriculum development. He/she will be affiliated with the University of Iceland Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, the University of Akureyri Polar Law Program, and other programs in the field.

For further information about award #5254, please go to: http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=4851&eid=230958.

• Fulbright Arctic Chair, Norway (Award #5310) This teaching/research award is open to academics with a PhD and five to ten years of experience and research in the field. The selected candidate will be expected to engage with faculty inside and outside the host institution(s), give public lectures, lead seminars, and supervise Master's and PhD candidates. Applicants may propose projects at any institution of higher education or research in Norway.

For further information about award #5310, please go to: http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=4850&eid=230958.

• Fulbright award for all disciplines, Sweden (Award #5350) This teaching, teaching/research, or research award is open to academics with a PhD, including recent postdoctoral scholars, as well as appropriately qualified professionals outside of academia. Applications are sought in all appropriate disciplines, though in light of the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2015, applications focused on the Arctic region are encouraged. Applicants may propose a project at any institution of higher education or research in Sweden.

For further information about award #5350, please go to: http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=4849&eid=230958.

Application deadline for these competitions: 1 August 2014.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application. For more information about the eligibility guidelines, please go to: http://www.cies.org/eligibility.

For further information about specific awards, please contact the program staff listed in individual award descriptions online.

For a complete catalog of awards, please go to: http://catalog.cies.org.

The 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly will be held from 2–10 August 2014, in Moscow, to be organized by Lomonosov Moscow State University, one of the leaders in Russian educational system and the country's oldest university.

Currently one of the most prominent scientific meetings in the world, COSPAR Scientific Assemblies were conceived to promote research in astrophysics, astronomy, space science, space biology and medicine, through free and impartial exchange of information and open discussions. Its contribution to international cooperation can hardly be overestimated, as well as its role for further enhancement of space education.

We cordially invite everyone engaged in space research and exploration to participate in the 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly and visit Moscow in summer 2014!

The objectives of the Symposium is to exchange knowledge in the fields of biodiversity, peat accumulation and paludification, protection of the biodiversity and of biospheric functions of mires, ecological monitoring of mire ecosystems, the role of peatlands in the global carbon cycle, and evaluation of the anthropogenic activities on the functioning of mire ecosystems and furthermore on the introduction of the contemporary technologies of the wise use of natural resources, modeling of peat accumulation in the global climate change.

BASIC SCIENTIFIC DIRECTIONS OF THE SYMPOSIUM:

• Paleo-ecology of mires.
• Actual ecology and biodiversity.
• Biogeochemistry of peat and bog water.
• The role of mires in the global carbon cycle. Ecological modeling.
• Remote sensing of mire ecosystems and processes.
• Advanced technology of wetland reclamation.

The Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) program invites applications to a summer school session in Climate and Marine Ecosystems, entitled "ClimEco4." The session will be held 4-9 August 2014 at the East China Normal University in Shanghai, China.

This fourth IMBER summer school, ClimEco4, will continue IMBER's focus on fostering research at the interface of natural and human systems. It will be structured around lectures and activities that focus on indices of climate change, climate impacts, and ecosystem services; and how these are linked to indices for socio-economic and policy information in relation to climate-ecosystem interactions.

Students and early-career researchers from the natural and social sciences, working on topics related to the ocean and climate change, and interested in the challenge of crossing the barriers between disciplines are welcome. ClimEco4 will be limited to about 60 participants.

Application deadline: 15 March 2014.

Please visit the IMBER website for further information, application instructions, and to download an application form under "ClimEco4".

We are happy to announce the first postgraduate course on glaciology with emphasis on the glaciers of the Southern Andes, by Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA- CONICET), that will be held in Mendoza, Argentina, 4-8 August, 2014.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 20 June 2014

The course will provide an introduction to the physics of glaciers, the glacier climate relationship with a focus on the different aspect of glaciers along the southern Andes.

The course is taught in Spanish by glaciologists from IANIGLA and is intended for postgraduate students with research's subject related with glaciology. Also graduate students or technicians from public or private agencies related with the management of mountain hydrology or natural resource management of the Southern Andes are welcome to apply.

See for further information: http://www.mendoza-conicet.gov.ar/cursosav

Contact: cursosav [at] mendoza-conicet.gov.ar

This is the first announcement for the Workshop on Microstructure in Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (MICROSNOW workshop), which will take place on 6-8 August 2014 in Reading, UK. This immediately follows the Intercomparison of Snow Grain Size Measurements Results Workshop, with the aim to link new measurements of snow microstructure with microwave scattering theory.

Topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to:

• Discussion of the physics of microwave scattering from snow
• How grain size information should be used (grains vs chains)
• Sensitivity to stratigraphy
• Current state of microwave models
• Future improvements needed in microwave models
• Application of microwave models to data products
• Coupling physical and microwave models
• Optimal calibration / validation of models

We will announce a website for this workshop when it is set up. In the meantime, please contact the organizing committee for more information, and save the date for the MICROSNOW workshop.

The course is intended to provide glaciology graduate students with a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology. Key topics include, but are not limited to:

• Remote sensing in glaciology
• Glacier mass balance and glacier meteorology
• Response of glaciers to climate change
• Glacier dynamics, surging and tidewater glaciers, ice stream
• Ice-ocean interactions
• Ice-sheet modeling, Inverse modeling
• Glacier hydrology
• Glacier geology
• Current research frontiers in glaciology

A focus will be on remote sensing, modeling and quantitative glaciology. The course will not be given for official university credit, but in case credits are needed students can sign up for an ‘individual study’ course. Students can get a participation certificate upon request after successful completion of the course.

Deadline is 20 February 2014.

Student fees: US $ 300 (inludes accommodation and food in McCarthy, course material and transport Fairbanks-McCarthy). A few student travel grants are available.

The summer school is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Norwegian-North-American exchange program GlacioEx, the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS), the International Glaciological Society (IGS) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

IARPC Collaboration Teams meet on a regular basis to implement the Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017. Most meetings are open to the Arctic research community. Collaboration teams facilitate communication and collaboration between Federal agencies, the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and State, local and tribal groups.

Contact Sara Bowden, bowden [at] arcus.org, if you would like to join this meeting.

This three-day workshop will provide an overview of geophysical methods for permafrost characterization (i.e., depth, thickness, spatial extent) and monitoring (i.e., time-lapse imaging). The course comprises lectures, data-analysis exercises, and field surveys. Participants will gain practical field experience using a variety of geophysical instruments, including ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity, passive seismic, and electromagnetic induction. Participants will analyze field data and gain hands-on experience using state-of-the-practice software for data processing and visualization. Instructors include scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. The target audience for the course includes hydrologists, engineers, environmental scientists, and geologists. No prior experience with geophysical methods is required. The course is open to USGS, other Federal agency, State, and University personnel or students. Cost for the workshop is $250, but this fee may be waived for students.

Instructors: John Lane (USGS), Fred Day-Lewis (USGS), Martin Briggs (USGS), Seth Campbell (CRREL), Tom Douglas (CRREL)

For additional information or for assistance in registering for the course, please contact Fred Day-Lewis: daylewis [at] usgs.gov or 860.487.7402 x21.

The Climate Change Science Institute (CCSI) and the Environmental Sciences Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is organizing a workshop on " Next Generation of Methods and Techniques to Address Global Change Problems” as part of the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting to be held in Sacramento, California from August 10-15, 2014. The workshop brings together a representative group of researchers to stimulate discussions on techniques and methods used in global change research. The overarching goal of the workshop is to review the current state-of-the-art in global change research methods and envision the emerging novel approaches that will be critically important in the future.

This workshop will be held on Sunday, August 10, 2014 from 8am- 11:30am. The description of the workshop and preliminary agenda can be found in the workshop link above.

To encourage participation of students, the CCSI is sponsoring two fellowships of $500 each. The award details and the application form can be found at the following link:
http://climatechangescience.ornl.gov/content/climate-change-science-ins…

The deadline to submit application for the award is July 11, 2014.

You are cordially invited to the 22nd IAHR International Symposium on Ice, which will be held from 11-15 August 2014 in Singapore.

The aim of the Symposium is the development of international collaboration, exchange of experience between scientists of different countries in research of ice processes, and determination of the most significant tasks for investigations.

The Symposium will cover all areas of ice research, including river, lake, and sea ice, as well as glacial and hydrological processes such as:

• Climate change impacts on the cryosphere
• Ice and offshore structures
• River, lake, and reservoir ice
• Sea ice processes
• Ice dynamics and shipping
• Field and laboratory technology
• Environmental and ecological concerns

Special sessions will be organized on lake ice, numerical modeling of ice-structure interaction, impact of climate change on developments in Arctic regions, and dynamics of river ice and channel morphology. We invite additional special session proposals on topics of current interests or research results from large research projects with a group of participants.

The Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM) links an international, transdisciplinary team of climate scientists, economists, philosophers, statisticians, engineers, and policy analysts to answer the question, “What are sustainable, scientifically sound, technologically feasible, economically efficient, and ethically defensible climate risk management strategies?”

As a central part of its educational and research mission, SCRiM will host a week-long summer school to foster opportunities for collaboration and to provide advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with a solid foundation in the broad, multidisciplinary knowledge, tools, and methods of the diverse fields participating in the network.

Taught by senior researchers in the SCRiM network, the summer school will offer sessions on Earth system science, policy analysis, uncertainty quantification, coupled epistemic-ethical analysis, and integrated assessment. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with key methods and tools such robust decisionmaking, the use of simple models, and analysis of relevant datasets. A key focus of the workshop will be developing a common vocabulary to help foster enhanced cross-disciplinary communication, enabling the possibility for future collaborative research among participants.

While the summer school is designed primarily for advanced graduate students and postdocs collaborating within the SCRiM network, participants from other institutions will also find it an enriching experience. Furthermore, the SCRiM network is open to new members and summer school participation may provide opportunities to explore the potential for new collaborations.

To apply, please send an single PDF file containing an application letter (briefly describing your research interests and explaining why you would like to attend the summer school), a current CV, and contact information for two references to summer_school [at] scrim.psu.edu Applications should be submitted no later than Monday 26 May 2014 to receive full consideration. Funding is available to support travel and accommodations for all participants.

To learn more about SCRiM, please visit the link above.

TENTATIVE INSTRUCTORS & SESSIONS


* Karen Fisher-Vanden — Integrated Assessment

* Chris Forest — Earth System Modeling

* Murali Haran, Patrick Applegate — Uncertainty Quantification

* Klaus Keller — Risk Analysis
* 
Robert Lempert — Policy Analysis / Robust Decisionmaking

* Robert Nicholas — Climate Data Analysis

* Nancy Tuana — Coupled Epistemic-Ethical Analysis

IARPC Collaboration Teams meet on a regular basis to implement the Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017. Most meetings are open to the Arctic research community. Collaboration teams facilitate communication and collaboration between Federal agencies, the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and State, local and tribal groups.

Contact Sara Bowden, bowden [at] arcus.org, if you would like to join this meeting.

This ground-breaking conference will bring together the entire weather science and user communities for the first time to review the state-of-the-art and map out the scientific frontiers for the next decade and more. We encourage you to come to the conference in Montreal to take part and contribute to what promises to be a once in a generation event.

We are particularly excited about bringing together the international community – those starting out in science and those with longer experience – to review progress and set the long-term agenda. There has never been a more important time for weather science, which is poised for great breakthroughs.

Papers are welcome that contribute to the development of improved weather and environmental prediction services for the polar regions, on time scales from hours to seasonal. The following topics are of particular relevance:

• Guidance on optimizing polar observing systems, and on coordinating additional observations to support modelling and verification;
• Development of data assimilation systems that account for the unique characteristics of polar regions;
• Development and exploitation of ensemble prediction systems with appropriate representation of initial and model uncertainties in polar regions;
• Improvement of the representation of key polar processes in (coupled) models of the atmosphere, cryosphere, ocean and land;
• Improvement of knowledge in two-way linkages between polar and lower latitudes and their implications for prediction;
• Determination of predictability and identification of key sources of forecast error in the polar regions;
• Development of verification methods suitable for the polar regions; and
• Understanding and evaluation of the use of (enhanced) prediction information and services in the polar regions.

Target: Advanced PhD candidates and early career scientists.

Goal: To mix students and lecturers with empirical/proxy and dynamical training within climate science and focus on understanding the basic principles and dynamics behind changes to the Greenland ice sheet in the past, present and future.

Confirmed lecturers: Gerard Roe (University of Washington), Richard Hindmarsh (BAS), Helene Seroussi (JPL), Fiamma Straneo (WHOI), Andreas Vieli (UZH), Camilla Snowman Andresen (GEUS), Øyvind Paasche (UiB), Kerim H. Nisancioglu (UiB), Patrick Heimbach (MIT), David Battisti (University of Washington), Jake Gebbie (WHOI), Tore Furevik (UiB).

The online application is now open! For more information visit the ACDC 2014 website.

The International Workshop on Ice Caves (IWIC) is a series of workshops devoted entirely to ice cave research. IWIC is the only conference focused on state-of-the-art in ice cave research, where international experts discuss ongoing research efforts and promote global cooperation in ice cave science and management. These meetings have happened every year since 2004, and all in Europe. The next IWIC, IWIC-VI, will be held next year on 17-22 August 2014 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA!

For Europeans this will be the first opportunity to see cave ice in a completely different setting—lava tubes! For North Americans and many others, this is an excellent opportunity to meet with the world's leading cave ice experts.

Major themes of IWIC-VI include:

• Cave glaciology and ice dynamics
• Cave meteorology and climatology
• Cryo-mineralogy and cryo-crystallography
• Paleoclimatology and global change
• Chemistry and geochemistry of ice caves
• Ice cave management and technology
• Glacier caves

IWIC is a conference of the Glacier, Firn, and Ice Caves Commission of the International Union of Speleology, and IWIC-VI is being hosted by the National Cave and Karst Research Institute of the USA. Save the dates and look for more information to be posted within 3-4 months on registration and submitting papers for the conference.

Tradition for Tomorrow presents Nordic music and dance through performances, workshops, jam sessions, lectures and discussions. Each Nordic country will present its best and brightest in 4 days and nights of non stop music making, dancing, teaching and discussing.

Tradition for Tomorrow provides a singular opportunity to enjoy and examine Nordic traditional music and dance up-close and personal, discover similarities and differences between the Nordic neighbors, investigate multiculturalism and explore methods used to safeguard intangible heritage.

For more information, please contact:
Sigrun Vesteinsdottir, e-mail: sv [at] unak.is, tel. +354 460 8900, University of Akureyri Research Center
Gudrun Ingimundardottir, email: runa [at] thjodlist.is, tel. +354 869 3398, ÞjóðList / FolkArt

IARPC Collaboration Teams meet on a regular basis to implement the Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017. Most meetings are open to the Arctic research community. Collaboration teams facilitate communication and collaboration between Federal agencies, the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and State, local and tribal groups.

Contact Sara Bowden, bowden [at] arcus.org, if you would like to join this meeting.