Past Events

Time: 3:30-5pm GMT

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and the Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNÍS) will co-convene a breakout session titled "Essential Science for Informed Decision-Making in the Changing Arctic" at this year's Arctic Circle Assembly being held 7-9 October in Reykjavík, Iceland.

This breakout session will take place on Friday, 7 October and will provide an overview of the key discoveries and emerging questions currently at the forefront of the scientific community’s efforts to understand and respond to the changing Arctic environment.

The session will feature three presentations and a moderated conversation with an international panel of leading researchers including Dr. Julienne Stroeve (USA/England), Dr. Margareta Johansson (Sweden), and Dr. Thomas Spengler (Norway). Andrew C. Revkin (USA), the celebrated environmental journalist and science communicator, will moderate the session’s panel discussion in addition to discussing the relevance of this science to the broader public through a separate Arctic Circle Assembly plenary keynote.

Session speakers will guide audience members through current research efforts to understand the Arctic’s role in the global weather system, to predict changing sea ice patterns, and to perceive both the global and local implications of thawing permafrost and shifting hydrology patterns in the Arctic’s terrestrial cryosphere. By providing a broad scientific overview of the critical dynamics currently shaping the Arctic’s natural system, this session will serve as an important briefing to Arctic Circle Assembly attendees grappling with the many critical governance issues associated with this rapidly changing region.

Funding support for this event has been provided by the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

About the Arctic Circle Assembly
The annual Arctic Circle Assembly has become the largest international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 50 countries. The Assembly is held every October at the Harpa Conference Center and Conference Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland. To learn more about the Assembly please visit: http://arcticcircle.org/

The U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability Program (US CLIVAR) announces the Fall 2016 call for new US CLIVAR-sponsored workshops and one new working group for 2017. Submissions are encouraged from the U.S. climate science community.

WORKSHOPS:
The US CLIVAR program annually sponsors open community workshops, conferences, and science meetings to coordinate, develop, plan, and implement new or focused activities for the benefit of the scientific community and relevant to the goals of US CLIVAR. Workshops can serve as an initiation point in the planning process for future initiatives within the community. Funding is limited and not all submitted workshop requests may be supported.

WORKING GROUPS:
The US CLIVAR program establishes limited-lifetime, action-oriented Working Groups of scientists to coordinate and implement focused activities for the benefit of the scientific community. This year's call supports the possibility of up to one new Working Group, which will be initiated around January 2017 and undertake actionable and measurable tasks over a two to three-year period.

Submissions should be sent via email to uscpo [at] usclivar.org

Submission deadline: 7 October 2016.

For more information, and to download:

• The Call for US CLIVAR Workshops,
• The Workshop Request Template,
• The Working Group Call, and
• The Working Group Prospectus Template,

Follow the link above and click on the "Fall 2016 call for new US CLIVAR workshops and working groups" link.

Or, send questions via email to uscpo [at] usclivar.org

Time: 2:30-3:30pm GMT

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) has organized a breakout session titled "How to Connect with Arctic Research Across Boundaries" at this year's Arctic Circle Assembly being held 7-9 October in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Session Description:
Arctic research spans disciplinary, institutional, national, and sector boundaries in pursuit of improved understanding and decision making for this vital region. In order to work effectively across these boundaries, it is important to focus on effective communication, coordination, and collaboration. This interactive session will explore what is being done, and what could be done, to bridge boundaries and advance research. For example, ARCUS is an international organization that connects across boundaries through the Sea Ice Prediction Network, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH), and PolarTREC programs, among others. The session is designed to inform those engaged in research, decision-makers interested in a more effective research enterprise, and others interested in better understanding of the Arctic.

Session Speakers & Topics:

• Robert Rich, Executive Director, ARCUS: Connecting Arctic Research Across Boundaries.
• Fran Ulmer, Executive Director, United States Arctic Research Commission: Setting Arctic Research Priorities within the U.S. Government.
• Maribeth Murray, Executive Director, Arctic Institute of North America; Professor, University of Calgary: A Binational Organization Advancing Arctic Research.
• Volker Rachold – Executive Secretary of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC): Identifying Priorities for International Arctic
  Research.
• Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen, Lead Coordinator: Arctic Science Partnership (ASP), Isaaffik Arctic Gateway: Connecting Arctic Research, Education, Consultancy and Logistics (within the Kingdom of Denmark).

About the Arctic Circle Assembly
The annual Arctic Circle Assembly has become the largest international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 50 countries. The Assembly is held every October at the Harpa Conference Center and Conference Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland. To learn more about the Assembly please visit: http://arcticcircle.org/

Organizers of a conference entitled "Time series analysis in environmental science and applications to climate change" announce a call for registration.
This conference will convene 8-11 November 2016 in Tromsø, Norway.

The goal of the conference is to provide a discussion forum in the field of time series analysis and forecasting based on in-situ and remote data analysis and modeling. This conference will gather senior and young researchers (post-doctoral, doctoral and master students) to share their experience in time series interpretation across several scientific fields. Presentations will show how observations can help detect climate change and its impacts focusing on both the mathematical modeling, statistics, signal processing , and the environmental scientific results.

Conference themes:

• Marine environment and connections with land and atmosphere (e.g.,sea ice, atmospheric measurement, foraminifera, biogeochemistry)
• Sea level
• Methane measurements and analysis
• Ocean carbon cycle
• Mathematical tools to understand climate change

This conference is part of a series of conferences gathering a wide community to be integrated in the ESONET-Vi (-the vision) consortium that builds upon ESONET, EuroSITES, EMSO, FixO3 and ENVRIPLUS partners. It is funded by European Commission through FP7 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative FixO3 and H2020 ENVRIPLUS. Grant applications are available to students.

Deadline for registration: Sunday, 9 October 2016.

To register, send email with applicable forms to:
Time.Series.Conf [at] ifremer.fr

For registration forms and additional information follow the link above.

This webinar will include a discussion of the 2016 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) with a focus on the lessons learned from this season, what was new this season, and what areas could be improved for the future. Presentations will include a review and analysis of the outlooks contributed from 2008 to 2016, discussion of the 2016 summer sea-ice conditions that lead to the minima this year, and discussion of the SIO success and challenges at the local scale Time for community discussion will follow the presentations.

See the link above for more information.

The 44th annual North West Glaciologists meeting will be at University of Washington in Seattle this year.

Since NWG is the original informal and minimally organized regional meeting about ice in North America, our 2016 web page is still being updated, but you should be able to find most of the essential information there for making your plans.

We look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new friends in Seattle in October.

Organizers of the Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) 2017 conference, entitled "Mountains to the Seas" invite abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations. The conference will convene 26 February to 3 March 2017 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Organizers of Session 081, "Thawing permafrost and the nearshore zone of the Arctic Ocean - The impact of eroding coasts and river discharge on marine chemistry and ecosystems under a changing climate" invite contributions that investigate the impact of terrestrial organic matter transfer to coastal environments, not limited to permafrost systems, and encourage participation from aquatic specialists and oceanographers to foster interdisciplinary exchange on these topics.

Session Organizers:

• Michael Fritz, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmoltz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
• Hugues Lantuit, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmoltz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
• George Tanski, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmoltz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
• Kristina Brown, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

For a complete list of sessions, go to:
http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/honolulu2017/sessionlist.asp

For further information, including abstract submission, go to:
http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/honolulu2017/call-for-papers.asp.

For more information on registration issues please check the website:
http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/honolulu2017/registration-information.asp.

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 14 October 2016

Early registration deadline: Friday, 14 October 2016
Registration deadline: Saturday, 15 October 2016
For further information, contact:
George Tanski
Email: George.Tanski@awi

Michael Fritz
Email: Michae.Fritz [at] awi.de

The seminar will be hosted and financially supported by the Centre for Polar Studies - University of Silesia and Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland under the umbrella and with support of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), through its Network on Arctic Glaciology, and the Committee of Polar Research Polish Academy of Sciences.

The purpose of the meeting:

• Assess the current knowledge on ice mass loss at fronts of Arctic tidewater glaciers
• Provide a consistent description of methodologies and terminologies so that inter-comparison between Arctic regions will be more feasible
• Consider estimation of discharge for regions where they currently do not exist
• Assess the importance of frontal mass loss for the general mass budget of glaciers in different Arctic regions

Participation:

The seminar will bring together invited experts on Arctic calving glaciers and mass balance (ca. 20 people) and is open to everyone interested in these issues. The total number of participants is limited to 40 persons.

Four - five working session are planned with 1-2 invited introductory talks and longer time slot for discussion during each. Uninvited presentations are not expected. Nevertheless, brief interventions on methods and regional data/results (up to 5 min.) could be possible.

Expected seminar outcome:

A report with recommendations for further coordinated activity and sketch of an overview paper(s) on already gained knowledge on frontal ablation and dynamic discharge of mass as a part of mass balance of Arctic glaciers.

Registration deadline is September 15, 2016

Everyone intending to attend the seminar is asked to submit short (maximum 300 words) motivation letter by email:
Jacek Jania
jam.jania [at] gmail.com

For more information please follow the link above.

The U.S. Permafrost Association (USPA) invites applications from U.S. based students and post-graduate researchers for travel grants to attend the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meetings in San Francisco.

Eight grants will be awarded at a value of $500.00 each. Applicants must be first author on a permafrost-related research presentation at the AGU Fall Meetings. Preference will be given to applicants who possesses both USPA and Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) memberships.Two of the grants are reserved for engineering disciplines. Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: 16 October 2016

For further information and to download the application, please follow the link above.

In celebration of 100 years, the National Park Service Alaska Region will host the Centennial Science and Stewardship Symposium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on October 19 – 20, 2016. The symposium will highlight how science and scholarship have shaped the past 100 years of national park management, and provide a forward look at the next century of collaborative science and scholarship in Alaska’s national parks. Sessions will feature research and stewardship in national parks and celebrate the partnerships essential to park management.

Submit abstracts for symposium presentations by completing the form at the link above.

Presentations may be on any topic relevant to science, scholarship, and the management of parks. We encourage presentations that highlight applications of research to park management and emphasize interdisciplinary themes. Sessions will span the disciplines of natural resources, cultural resources, subsistence, education and outreach.

In celebration of 100 years, the National Park Service-Alaska Region will host the Centennial Science and Stewardship Symposium. The symposium will highlight how science and scholarship have shaped the past 100 years of national park management and provide a forward look at the next century of collaborative science and scholarship in Alaska's national parks. Sessions will feature research and stewardship in national parks and celebrate the partnerships essential to park management.

Join us for a PolarConnect event with teacher David Thesenga and the research team studying Ice Shelf Flow and Fracture Dynamics in Antarctica. Read more about the research and what David is learning here:

https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/ice-shelf-flow-and-fracture-dynam…

This event is hosted through the PolarTREC PolarConnect program, and participants will have a chance the learn from the scientists, ask questions, and chat with others during the presentation.

Janet Warburton of ARCUS, will be presenting on a panel session on science communication.

This session explores existing communities of practice currently engaged in research and science communication around Alaska and incorporates multiple perspectives and strategies. Please follow the link above for more information.

All attendees of the National Park Service Symposium are invited to visit with members of the ARCUS staff and discuss ideas about how to better connect and support Alaska, northern, and Arctic research and promote informed decision making. Please follow the link above for more information.

Wuhan University and Beijing Normal University would like to invite you to Wuhan, China from Oct. 21 to Oct. 22, 2016 for the International Symposium on Polar Environmental Change and Public Governance. The symposium will focus on the latest result and development in theory, technology and application of polar environmental change and public governance, promoting the participants to exchange their innovative thoughts.

Topics:

• Polar surveying, mapping and remote sensing
• Polar sea ice
• Polar ice sheet mass balance
• Climate and environment change in polar regions
• Polar public governance and China’s participation

Call for Abstracts:

Abstract Submission Due: July 31, 2016

Notification of Acceptance: Before August 20, 2016

Abstracts will be subject to a review process by scientific committee members before their acceptance as oral presentations.

Registration:

Please see the symposium website for registration. Registration fee:

• RMB 1500 (or USD 230) for regular attendees or RMB 800 (or USD 120) for students
• RMB 1000 (or USD 150) for regular attendees or RMB 500 (or USD 80) for students before August 31, 2016

The Polar Museums Network is a new international initiative to strengthen and spread the knowledge of polar history, science and exploration. The PMN is open to all museums, institutions and individuals with an interest in the collection, preservation, research and interpretation of polar artifacts.

The PMN will be holding its inaugural conference this autumn. The conference theme is Polar Partnerships: Working together to spread the knowledge of polar history, science and exploration. The conference will feature presentations and discussion sessions.

Programme:

• Friday 21 October: conference sessions and welcome reception in evening
• Saturday 22 October: conference sessions
• Sunday 23 October: conference sessions (morning only)
• Monday 24 October: optional study tour
• Registration for the conference will open on 8 July 2016. Please note there will be a fee to attend the conference, with an additional fee for the study tour.

If you are interested in attending the conference please email pmn [at] spri.cam.ac.uk

The Siberian Studies conference in St. Petersburg is the largest international conference for Siberian Studies researchers in Russia. It aims to increase the interest of early career scholars in Siberian native culture and emotional anthropology, and to provide a mentoring role for new scholars. The SHWG will support the participation of early career researchers from IASC countries to attend this conference in October 2016. It will provide an opportunity to discuss future project proposals.

Founded in 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental protection. The Arctic Technology Conference (ATC) is built upon OTC’s successful multidisciplinary approach, with 14 technical societies and organizations working together to deliver the world’s most comprehensive Arctic event.

The seventeen Fulbright Arctic Initiative researchers and their co-lead scholars --who hail from all eight Arctic nations--will gather in Washington, D.C. in October 2016. The scholars will participate in policy meetings and public engagement events, including a capstone symposium showcasing the results of the Fulbright Arctic Scholars’ research and collaborations over the preceding 18 months.

Launched in 2015 to coincide with the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the Fulbright Arctic Initiative supports U.S. priorities including supporting international scientific cooperation on Arctic issues and increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. As Arctic nations continue to take concrete steps to work together on shared challenges, the Fulbright Arctic Initiative offers a collaborative model for scholarly exchange to help translate theory into practice. Representing the Arctic Council’s eight member countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States), the scholars are conducting research focused broadly on the impact of climate change on the Arctic, particularly on the issues of water, energy, health, and infrastructure.

During Fulbright Arctic Week, the Fulbright Arctic Scholars will participate in several events, sharing their experiences and research with policymakers and public audiences.

Please follow the link above for schedule and registration information.

Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm (EDT)

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings some of the leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share in person and via webinar the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. The seminars are open, and will be of interest to Federal agency officials, Congressional staff, NGOs, associations, researchers, and the public.

Registration
To register please visit: https://www.arcus.org/research-seminar-series
Registration is required for the live seminar as well as the webinar. We will be using the Adobe Connect platform for the webinar. Once you register for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email giving you the link and directions on how to join.

Speaker Details
George Divoky is the is the founder of Friends of Cooper Island and serves as its director. He has studied seabirds in arctic Alaska since 1970 and has participated in studies and assessments related to oil and gas development and regional climate change. Since 1975 he has maintained a continuing study of Black Guillemots on Cooper Island, Alaska, in the western Beaufort Sea. The study is one of the longest longitudinal bird studies in the Arctic and its findings on the consequences of decadal-scale reductions in snow and sea ice provide some of the best examples of the biological consequences of climate change.

Divoky’s research was featured in a cover story in the New York Times Magazine entitled “George Divoky’s Planet,” in the Scientific American Frontiers program “Hot Times in Alaska” and on ABC Nightly News and Nightline. He was a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman and his work and findings were featured in a play about climate change, Greenland, presented at the Royal National Theatre in London in 2011.