Past Events

Research Topics:
Terrestrial Ecology, Fjord Ecology, Glaciology, Hydrology, Limnology, Geomorphology, Biogeochemistry, Permafrost, and Quaternary Geology.

The Kangerlussuaq area has been an important location for intense research activities for many decades. This region of Greenland contains a large diversity of geomorphic systems from a sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet to a proglacial foreland exposed to fluvial, aeolian, and limnological environmental change to a long and narrow fjord. Significant progress in understanding ecological, geomorphological, and climatic processes in the Arctic derives from studies conducted in the Kangerlussuaq area. However, as with most other regions in the Arctic the Kangerlussuaq area is undergoing climate-driven environmental change and impacts and it has become even more important to document and understand the ecological and geological implications of these changes. In this context, robust case studies and cross-system analyses from the Kangerlussuaq area serve as a valuable source of knowledge for progressing our understanding of processes, mechanics and modeling. We invite contributions that address all aspects of physical and biological research on all ranges of spatial and temporal scales conducted in the Kangerlussuaq area.

Please contact Jacob Clement Yde Jacob.Yde [at] hisf.no in the first instance. Inquiries are encouraged prior to manuscript submission.

If you have colleagues working in West Greenland, please let them know about this special issue.

For the seventh time the Alpine Glaciology/Glaciologist Meeting (AGM) will be hosted in Zürich, Switzerland. The meeting serves as informal exchange platform for researchers working on snow, glaciers and permafrost. Oral and poster presentations are welcome, and young researchers are especially encouraged to present their work in progress.

There are usually participants from (alphabethically) Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lombardia, Piemonte, Poland, Savoie, Scotland, Switzerland, Tirol, USA, val d'Aosta and Wales registered for the meeting.

The meeting will be held in the main building of ETH Zürich, in close vicinity of the main railway station and downtown Zürich.

The final program, list of participants, location of the meeting and further information will be available after the 24th of January at the website above.

Please note that the latest date for registration is the 20th of January 2017.

Organizers announce a call for registration to an evening lecture entitled "Changing Arctic: How It's Affecting Our Weather." This lecture
will convene 6:00-8:00 p.m. EST.

Profound changes in the Arctic have coincided with more frequent extreme weather events across the mid-latitudes, such as Washington, D.C. These events include intense heat and rainfall, and severe winter cold spells and snow storms. Scientists are actively addressing if and how Arctic change is connected to these events, which affect economies, geopolitics, security, and society at large.

This lecture will feature experts discussing scientists' understanding of these events and the impact this has on society. An opening reception will provide networking opportunities before the lecture.

Featured Speakers:

• Tony Busalacchi, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• Heather A. Conley, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
• Chris Mooney, Washington Post (moderator)

This event is open to the public. Registration is required.

To register for this event, go to:
https://usclivar.org/changing-arctic-evening-lecture-registration

The workshop is open to all scientists interested in detailed observations of energetic, hydrological and chemical fluxes at the surface-atmosphere interface and how these may be used to understand and model the Arctic climate system. The Workshop is bringing professional and scientific experts together under research themes related to biogeochemistry, surface energy balance, atmospheric sciences, permafrost, hydrology, modeling, and remote sensing to help coordinate and synthesize polar flux data and models as an integrated systems of energy, moisture and chemical exchange.

The official language of the Workshop will be English.

The host of the conference is the PEEX HQ, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Registration deadline: 15 January 2016.

You are cordially invited to attend the 8th Workshop on Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), which is to be held at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Significant parts of IPCC AR5 report on the status of the cryosphere rely on publications, where satellite data are involved. The announced workshop will focus on the latest developments in remote sensing of land ice and snow. Presentations are encouraged on all fields of research and applications with the focus on snow and ice as proxy for changing cryosphere, methods for retrieving cryospheric parameters from various types of remote sensing data, theoretical basis of inversion methods and their application, state of the art of retrieval algorithms, data assimilation of remote sensing data and in situ observations in process models, current and planned sensors for snow and ice, etc. Half of a day will be dedicated to the COST action ES1404 Harmosnow and future activities from ESA (CCI+).

Papers will be presented orally and as posters. Contributions must comply with one of the workshop topics specified below. Please indicate under which session topic your contribution shall be presented.

Preliminary session topics:

• Glaciers and Ice Caps
• Snow cover (regional to global scale)
• Snow albedo and climate
• Snow hydrology
• New technologies (sensors/methods)
• Snow modelling and data assimilation
• ESA: Sentinels, future missions and programs (CCI+)
• EUMETSAT operational services
• COST action ES1404 HarmoSnow

Due date for abstract submission is Nov. 15, 2016.

Further information is available at the website above, or you may contact the organizing committee.

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will co-sponsor an International Symposium on ‘The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate".

THEME:
This is the first international symposium that will bring together three of the leading international organisations in the field of cryospheric research: IGS, IACS and CliC. The theme of the conference ‘The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’ is global in scope with a focus on physical processes within the cryosphere, and interactions between the cryosphere and the climate system.This symposium will also serve as the 2017 meeting of New Zealand Snow and Ice Research Group (SIRG; the NZ regional branch of the International Glaciological Society).

ABSTRACT AND PAPER PUBLICATION:
Participants wishing to present a paper (either oral or poster) at the Symposium will be required to submit an abstract by Monday 12 September 2016 (5 months prior to the symposium).

For more information please follow the link above.

The 3rd Snow Science Winter School will be arranged by WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF and Finnish Meteorological Institute at the FMI Arctic Research Centre in Sodankylä, Finland. The school will teach advanced field techniques and relate these measurements to microwave and spectral albedo measurements. The course will consist of field and laboratory measurements combined with theoretical lessons in the classroom.

Any graduate student or post-doc working on snow or in some snow related field, this year especially in remote sensing of the cryosphere, is welcome to participate. Those fields include everybody interested in cryospheric sciences.

The application for the 3rd Snow Science Winter School is now open until 30 October 2016. The course fee is approximately 350 Euro.

For more information and details for applying please visit the link above.

SEARCH Permafrost Action Team Lead, Christina Schädel will be participating in the symposium and present at the CliC Permafrost Modeling Forum.

The conference is being held in association with the 11th Rectors’ Forum of the University of the Arctic, and will take place in Aberdeen, United Kingdom from August 27th to 29th 2017.

The goal of the conference is to celebrate the University’s emergence as a world-leading centre for interdisciplinary research on the circumpolar North.

The conference will be fully interdisciplinary, with themes including:

• The Anthropocene in the Arctic
• Movements and encounters of northern peoples in the long term
• Health, demography and culture change in the North
• Land, sovereignty and indigenous rights
• Political regimes and international relations in the circumpolar North

A call for abstracts, for both oral and poster presentations, is now open, with a submission deadline of February 14th 2017.

Full instructions for submission, along with details of the conference theme, programme and registration, are available at the link above.

Presenters:
James Overland, Oceanographer, NOAA Research Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and Muyin Wang, Meteorologist, University of Washington Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans.

A new Arctic surprise (unexpected magnitude of rapid change) was extensive record warm Arctic temperature extremes in January through April 2016, which repeated in fall-early winter 2016-17. In January, the Arctic-wide average temperature was 2.0 degrees C above the previous positive record of 3.0 degrees C above normal, with local January values in excess of 7 degrees C above normal. Record sea ice extent losses were observed for all months of 2016 except during the summer. Sea ice multi-year (MY) fraction (amount of old thick ice) had a sharp drop between January 2016 and January 2017, and was 60% below the MY fraction during the early 2000s. Delayed sea ice freeze up in fall 2016 helped to maintain the warm temperatures, a clear example of Arctic specific feedback processes that amplified the rate of change. An open question is whether there will be continuing near future rapid Arctic changes from such surprises.

This event, sponsored by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, will be held at the NOAA Western Regional Center, Building 3, Room 2104 (Oceanographer Room), 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115.

To join this meeting remotely, go to:
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/168810045

You can also join by telephone:
United States: +1 872-240-3212
Access Code: 168-810-045

The XIIth Biology Symposium of the Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research (SCAR) with the general theme 'Scale Matters', will be held in Leuven, Belgium from Monday 10th to Friday 14th July 2017.

The SCAR Biology symposia were initiated in 1973 with the purpose of bringing fundamental and applied scientists together with an interest in Antarctic terrestrial and marine life sciences, including man. Symposium themes under consideration include: Distribution and trends; Adaptation and processes; New insights through multi-disciplinary research; Threats and impacts: from the poles to the globe to the poles; Societal impact of Antarctic biological science; Human biology at the poles.

For more information, registration and other information, please follow the link above.

Abstract submission deadline: 15th of February 2017.

Organizers announce a call for abstracts for the 2017 Japan Geosciences Union (JpGU) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Joint Meeting with the theme, "For a Borderless World of Geoscience." This meeting will convene 20-25 May 2017 in Chiba, Japan.

JpGU and AGU will hold the first joint meeting of the two societies covering all areas of the earth and space sciences with more than 150 sessions to be conducted in English. The meeting is expected to have 7,000-9,000 scientists from around the globe. The meeting will cover research in all areas of space and planetary sciences, atmosphere and hydrosphere sciences, human geosciences, solid earth sciences, and biogeosciences.

Travel grants will be available for students who wish to travel to this meeting. AGU will be accepting application for students who reside outside of Japan. JpGU will be taking applications for students residing in Japan. Applications will be begin being accepted at a later date.

Early/discounted abstract submission deadline: 11:59 a.m. Japan Standard Time, 3 February 2017.

Final abstract submission deadline: 5:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time, 16 February 2017.

The Fletcher Arctic VI Conference will be the sixth year in a row of bringing top academic, governmental, and NGO experts to Fletcher to discuss Arctic related topics. In the past participants have included John Kerry, President Grimsson, Amb. Brzezinski, and many others.

Opening Arctic VI is a student run conference which will bring together high-level thought leaders from across many disciplines to address the foreign policy, economic, environmental and security implications of the opening Arctic, while dispelling myths.

Follow the link above for more information and to register.

Objectives:

The course aims at providing science and expertise based education with a mixture of lectures and hands-on activities. It is designed as an advanced level training intended for people with basic knowledge and experience in the field of snow and avalanches. You will improve your observational skills in the field and your analytical capabilities in data interpretation and will be able to integrate new techniques and methods into your daily work. Furthermore, the international setting allows for a unique experience exchange among practitioners with various backgrounds.

Target audience:

Anyone working in the snow and avalanche business can participate. However, since it is an advanced course, basic knowledge of snow and avalanche danger assessment and management is required. The course is intended for:

• avalanche forecasters
• avalanche specialists and consultants
• avalanche instructors
• avalanche hazard managers for infrastructures, avalanche control services
• representatives of institutions, private services and associations

For more information on cost, course structure, and registration, please follow the link above.

HOST:
The University of Buffalo, The Center for Geohazards Studies, Dept. of Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, The RENEW Institute.

THEME:
“Polar Climate and Sea Level: Past, Present and Future" – Under this umbrella theme will be sub-themes on topics ranging from The Greenland Ice Sheet to Hazards of Polar Change to the Climate History of Baffin Bay.

TOPICS:
The Arctic Workshop is open to all interested in high latitude environments, including those of the past, present, and future. Previous Workshops have included presentations on Arctic and Antarctic climate, atmospheric chemistry, environmental geochemistry, paleoenvironment, archeology, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography, Quaternary history and more.

SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, 22 March – Icebreaker Reception in early evening
Thursday, 23 March – Talk and Poster Sessions all day
Thursday, 23 March – Banquet Dinner with Keynote Talk: Eric Steig, University of Washington
Friday, 24 March – Talk and Poster Sessions most of the day
Saturday, 25 March – Talk and Field Trip to Niagara Gorge

ABSTRACTS:
Submission of abstract on the website is open now. https://geohazards.buffalo.edu/aw2017/submit
The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 22 February 2017. Presentations can be either a poster or a talk

This seminar will be available online as a live-stream event to those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event.

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings some of the leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest to federal agency officials, congressional staff, non-governmental organizations, associations, and the public.

This seminar will be presented by John Farrell, Executive Director of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, which is an independent federal agency of Presidential appointees that advises the White House and Congress on Arctic research matters and works with executive branch agencies to establish and execute a national Arctic research plan. The Commission also facilitates cooperation with local and state governments and recommends means for developing international scientific cooperation in the Arctic.

To learn more about John Farrell and to register, please follow the link above.

This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office. A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the webinar will be sent to 'Webinar Only' registrants prior to the event.

For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #arcuswebinar.

The annual Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference (WAISC) and Forum will be held in Unalaska, Alaska from April 26–29, 2017 at The Grand Aleutian.

The conference will highlight regional scientific efforts that provide a more interdisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry, resource management, and fishery resource development and marketing. Organizers welcome submissions from all individuals and organizations collecting and disseminating information in the industries of western Alaska.

Western Alaska is experiencing a period of rapid change. WAISC seeks to bring scientists, resource managers, industry experts, fishery business enthusiasts, seafood product development/safety specialists and resource users together to share the state-of-the-science, the latest innovations in technology, and local observations, and to discuss the needs and concerns of each stakeholder group.

The Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum seeks oral and poster presentations focused on the following topics:

• Seafood processing and development/food security
• Renewable energy and energy efficiency
• Fishing business and operations
• Climate change adaptation
• Bycatch, pollock allocation, rationalization
• Vessel traffic, oil spill response, and marine accidents
• Building effective local environmental observer networks
• Rural education
• Waste management
• Marine policy/coastal management

Abstracts may be submitted online through February 24.

Online registration is now open. The registration fee is $100.

Planning is underway, so check the website for updates and for more information.

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.

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 2017 Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science will bring together leading investigators in Antarctic and Arctic marine research. The conference will take place from March 26-31, 2017 at the Marriott Beach Hotel in Ventura, California

Using a tradition of excellence facilitated by the Gordon Research Conferences (GRC), participants will present and discuss cutting edge interdisciplinary polar science observations, technological advancements and biophysical modeling activities associated with polar time series studies. The unique GRC format incorporates invited science talks by experts working at both poles, which are moderated by discussion leaders, and are followed by in-depth open discussion periods.

The preliminary program, including speakers and discussion leaders, is posted on the GRC website, including instructions on registering for the conference and other logistics.

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by February 26, 2017.

Future Earth Norway, Nord University and UiT The Arctic University of Norway invite PhD students working in fields relevant to healthy oceans and the sustainable utilization of resources to a week-long interdisciplinary PhD course in marine sustainability.

We start in Bodø with lectures, a field trip and side event. We then board the Hurtigruten for stakeholder dialogues with some stops along the way in the Lofoten Islands. We´ll finish in Tromsø with further lectures, group work and another side event.

Along the way participants will improve their understanding across disciplinary boundaries and explore ideas and research methodologies around pathways to the sustainable use of the ocean under global change. Leading lecturers will support participants to better integrate knowledge from the natural and social sciences into their research, and side events, stakeholder dialogues and practical training in co-production will equip participants to integrate different perspectives into their work.

Venues:
27 February to 1 March: Nord University, Bodø
1 to 2 March: The Hurtigruten - Bodø to Tromsø
2 to 5 March: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Course credits: 10 points (ECTS) from the UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Limitations: 20-25 participants
Organizers: Future Earth Norway, Nord University, and UiT The Arctic University of Norway