Past Events

The Regional Sea Level Changes and Coastal Impacts conference will take place at Columbia University, New York, New York from July 10-14, 2017.

Sea level change is already impacting coastal communities globally and will continue to do so. To meet urgent societal needs for useful information on sea level, the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) has established the theme “Regional Sea-Level Change and Coastal Impacts”, as one of its cross-cutting “Grand Challenge” (GC) science questions.

The GC Sea Level has designed and developed an integrated interdisciplinary program on sea level research reaching from the global to the regional and coastal scales. In particular, the program aims for close interaction with relevant coastal stakeholders to make sure that the results effectively support impact and adaptation efforts and wider coastal zone development and management.

The WCRP, jointly with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC), is organizing an international conference on sea level research that will address the existing challenges in describing and predicting regional sea level changes, and in quantifying the intrinsic uncertainties. It follows 11 years after the first WCRP sea level conference (Paris, 2006), and three years after the last Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It will provide a comprehensive summary of the state of worldwide climate-related large scale sea level research.

The conference is a 5-day event with a leading theme guiding the activities of each day. The structure of the conference will consist of plenary sessions followed by extensive poster sessions. In the evenings we are planning to hold "think-tanks" focusing on new science frontiers and activities.

Deadline to submit an abstract has been extended to February 28, 2017.

Registration opens March 15, 2017.

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 Heather A. Conley, the Sr. Vice-President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and will discuss the future of Arctic shipping, including areas of cooperation between Arctic actors.

To learn more about Heather A. Conley 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 IAHS Scientific Assembly will take place 10 - 14 July 2017, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Submission deadline for all sessions has been extended to 6 March 2017.

Scientific programme of the IAHS Scientific Assembly:

• 01 Water security and the food-water-energy nexus: drivers, responses and feedbacks at local to global scales
• 02 Hydrology and the Anthropocene
• 03 Understanding spatio-temporal variability of water resources and the implications for IWRM in the semi-arid east and southern Africa
• 04 Water Balance and Crop Water Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Agricultural Watersheds
• 05 Land use change impacts on water resources
• 06 Water resources management and the competition/balance between humans and ecosystems (eco-hydrology)
• 07 Measurements in the 21st century: innovation in hydrological observations
• 08 Environmental and artificial tracers as indicators in hydrology
• 09 Innovative ICT tools for water management and science
• 10 Prediction in ungauged basins
• 11 Modelling hydrological processes for prediction under change
• 12 Probabilistic forecasts and land-atmosphere interactions to advance hydrological predictions
• 13 Extreme events: links between science and practice
• 14 Advances in cold-region hydrological models: Integration of process understanding and application to climate and landcover changes
• 15 Operational snowmelt runoff modelling: Advances and prospects for water management
• 16 Water quality and sediment transport issues in surface water
• 17 Long-term evolution in catchment water quality
• 18 Changing biogeochemistry of aquatic systems in the Anthropocene: inter-comparison of data and models for predicting water quality
• 19 Advancements in modeling and characterization of aquifer
• 20 Methodologies for risk assessment of groundwater contamination
• 21 Quantifying uncertainty in hydrological systems: A Bayesian point of view
• 22 Nonstationarity in Hydrology: Theories, Methods and Applications
• 23 Multivariate statistics for hydrological application
• 24 Stochastic hydrology: simulation and disaggregation models
• 25 Graduate Schools in Water Sciences
• 26 Facilitating Scientific contributions in water diplomacy and cooperation processes

More Information: https://www.state.gov/e/oes/ocns/opa/arc/ac/acmeetings/

Workshop participation is by invitation only.

The International Workshop to Reconcile Northern Permafrost Region Methane Budgets will take place 7-9 March 2017 in Seattle, WA. The workshop will bring together three research groups focused on methane from terrestrial sources (primarily wetlands and lakes), coastal sources, and inferences of fluxes based on atmospheric methane concentrations.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
(1) Communicate the state of the science among the three methane synthesis groups;
(2) Communicate the synthesis plans of each group and progress made to date;
(3) Identify potential connections to sea ice and land ice (facilitated with SEARCH ATs);
(4) Refine synthesis plans based on workshop discussions; and
(5) Identify a plan for developing an overall synthesis of methane budgets in the region.

This workshop will focus on events that drive damage to Arctic vegetation, their causes, and consequences. With increasing frequency of
events causing damage to Arctic vegetation and an increasing appreciation of the diversity of different events that can cause browning, this workshop provides an opportunity to discuss Arctic browning drivers, subsequent consequences, prepare outputs, and develop future collaborations. It will take place from 10-11 May 2017 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Events of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Extreme winter warming
• Icing
• Frost-drought
• Herbivore and pathogen outbreaks
• Tundra fire

The first part of the workshop will include presentations and discussions of Arctic browning caused by climatic and biological events.
The second part will include break-out groups to focus on workshop outputs, collaborations, and future opportunities.

Registration deadline: 8 March 2017.

To register, go to:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNibbE62n-gCZ-L8HCTwQCarht2Xw…

ARCUS is dedicated to connecting Arctic research across boundaries through communication, coordination, and collaboration. We are delighted to host an exclusive members-only webinar (open only to ARCUS individual members and organizational member affilliates) featuring a discussion with Dr. Stephen M. Fiore on the science of team science. Since Arctic research is often necessarily cross-institutional, cross-disciplinary, cross-sector, and international, Dr. Fiore can help us to better understand the underpinnings and challenges of such boundary-crossing team research.

Please follow the link above for the presentation abstract, speaker bio, and to register.

Organizers announce a call for abstracts for the 21st Northern Research Basins (NRB) Symposium and Workshop entitled, "Cold-region hydrology in non-stationary world." This symposium and workshop will convene 6-12 August 2017 in Yakutsk, Russia.

Climate and landscape changes are causing the transformation of hydrological cycle in Arctic regions, with major impacts on society. The
21st NRB workshop will address the issues of hydrological research in cold regions, both in fundamental scientific and applied aspects,
including the studies of snow, glaciers, permafrost, frozen ground, groundwater, seasonally frozen rivers, and lakes.

The workshop program will include scientific sessions, a field trip to research sites, local excursions, and a Lena River cruise.

Abstracts from the following research topics are encouraged:

• Observational evidences of change in coupled permafrost-hydrology system
• Present state and future projections of local, regional, and pan-Arctic hydrology
• Modelling studies representing landscape evolution, dynamics of water storages, and permafrost degradation
• Impacts of permafrost hydrology changes on local communities
• Abstracts regarding hydrology, water resources, and water engineering in snow-dominated and permafrost regions

Partial financial support may be granted to students and young scientists on the competitive basis.

To apply for travel support, send a motivation letter and explanation of travel expenses along with the abstract when registering.

Abstract submission deadline extended: 15 March 2017.

Travel support application deadline extended: 28 February 2017.

For abstract submission template, important dates, and to register, follow the link above.

The International Symposium on Polar Sciences has been held annually ever since the conception of Korea’s Antarctic research schemes. This Symposium not only serves as an international forum bringing polar scientists together to exchange views and ideas, but also provides an opportunity to discuss collaborative research with peers and colleagues. Marking the 23rd series of this symposium, this year’s theme is “Life at the Extremes: Resilience, Adaptation and Application Potential”. The symposium will be held at the Korea Polar Research Institute, in Incheon, Republic of Korea on May 17-18, 2017.

The following six sessions are proposed:

• Genomic and physiological studies of microorganisms living in extreme environments
• Adaptation of photosynthetic organisms to freezing environments
• Genomic and physiological adaptation in polar animals
• Evolution: From fossils to genomics
• Marine food web: Prey-predator
• Cold-adapted proteins and metabolites: from molecular cloning to biotechnology

Please submit your abstract at the symposium website no later than March 17, 2017.

Please register at the symposium website no later than April 17, 2017.

The 5th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium, hosted by Dalian Maritime University in collaboration with Polar Research Institute of China, will take place in Dalian, a port city in Northern China, from May 24 to 26, with the conference theme of “Towards the Future: Trans-regional Cooperation in the Arctic: Development and Protection”.

CNARC and Dalian Maritime University cordially invite proposals for oral presentations at the 5th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium. Proposals are welcome from researchers affiliated with Nordic and Chinese universities, research institutes, think tanks and organizations. All presentations will focus on Arctic-related issues, within one of the session topics:

• Session I Europe-Asia Connectivity: Promoting the Potential Utilization of Arctic Sea Route
• Session II Interaction between Arctic and Non-arctic regions: Compatibility of Arctic Strategies and Policies
• Session III Exploring the Way forward in Cooperation: Global Governance of the Arctic Ocean

The deadline for abstract submission is on March 17 2017.

The abstract (250-400 words) is to be submitted electronically to:

Mr. Li Zhaokun / Ms. Zhang Shuang, Dalian Maritime University: cnarc2017 [at] 163.com
Mr. Deng Beixi, CNARC: dengbeixi [at] pric.org.cn

ESA will hold the first Cryosat North American Science Meeting. Co-sponsored by a number of international institutions, the meeting is open to all worldwide interested CryoSat stakeholders and data users. There will be no conference fee but the participants are required to finance their own travel and accommodation.

The meeting will provide a unique and timely forum for scientists and end-users of CryoSat data to share the state-of-the-art in research and applications, review mission achievements and prepare for the continued use of the CryoSat mission in the future.

The Cryosat North American Science meeting is organised approximately seven years after launch of CryoSat and will highlight areas where the mission has made significant contribution including cryosphere, oceanography, geodesy, hydrology, topography, meteorology and climate change.

Presentations on the use of CryoSat data for operational applications and demonstrations of novel scientific applications are also encouraged. The meeting will be also instrumental to outline the international collaboration in the exploitation of data, to propose new scientific requirements, to identify new scientific challenges in view of the extension beyond 2019 and, in general, for its possible successor.

Abstract deadline is 4 December 2016

More details can be found at the website above.

Organizers of the 3rd Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) International Online Conference 2017 announce a call for
abstract submissions. This year's theme is entitled, "Outside the Box: Encouraging alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research."

Organizers are seeking abstracts for short 10-minute presentations that relate this year's theme of encouraging alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research. As a new generation of polar researchers stepping up to the plate, new and innovative polar challenges must be embraced.

The ability to successfully address such challenges and steer the polar world in a positive direction has far-reaching local, regional, and global consequences. Researchers should venture "outside the box" of the ideas that previous generations of polar researchers have left in order to overcome the severity of polar challenges. New ideas regarding international and interagency collaborations, idea-sharing between poles, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to research, technology and the ability to modify and develop it to suit needs, affordable methods of research, and improved ways of communicating scientific and social research are needed. To this end, APECS is working to foster the sharing of alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research.

Abstracts are now open! We would love to hear your alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research via a punchy 10 minute online powerpoint presentation, with 5 minutes for questions.

Abstract submission deadline: 22:00 Greenwich Mean Time, 20 January 2017.

We are grateful to the IOPAN, the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, to host the workshop.

New Arctic and sub-Arctic observational programs are upcoming, enhancing ongoing activities. These focus on an Arctic observing system (e.g. INTAROS, AOS), high-latitude/mid-latitude interaction (e.g. APPLICATE, BLUE ACTION), prediction capabilities (e.g. YOPP, SIPN) or the drifting observatory MOSAIC, to name a few. At the same time we have seen the cessation of a number of long-term observational programs in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.

With a temporal horizon of 5 years in mind, we suggest to discuss the path of Arctic observations in the context of ASOF:

• How well do the observational programs do in contributing to solve key scientific questions?
• Where do we see progress, where are the gaps (spatial, temporal, technical, scientific) and how could they be closed?
• What is the current status of the integration of models and observations: a) how well can models aid observational network design, b) how an observing system is/shall be set up which is able to be useful for models and model prediction.
• What is the role of ASOF in these activities, and should we get involved more, for example into the AOS, and into YOPP?

We look forward to receive submissions for presentations and/or your registration until January 31st 2017.

Please register to the meeting, providing your name, dates of stay, email and title of your presentation plus a short abstract (in the extra text box) if you want to submit in the following table:

https://terminplaner.dfn.de/foodle.php?id=g8064dy4wym664eb

This is an internal meeting of the SEARCH Science Steering Committee and Action Team leads. Meeting participation is by invite only.

Speakers: Sarah Waters, NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Seminar sponsor: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Seminar POC for questions: Claire.Fackler [at] noaa.gov, (805) 893-6429

Remote access, register for webinar at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4233694090270569729

Abstract: Building your own ROV is not as complicated as you think! Find out how students near Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary are designing and building their own ROVs to explore the Thunder Bay River and Lake Huron, as well as participate in environmental stewardship projects. This webinar will showcase how ROVs are used to explore our national marine sanctuaries and provide a basic overview of designing and building ROVs with students for your own explorations!

The workshop will be held on July 9-13, 2017, at the University of Maryland, with an optional visit to the National Science Foundation on July 14.

If you are in your first three years of a permanent academic position, please apply to join us for a multi-day workshop in a stimulating and resource-rich environment where you will participate in sessions on topics including effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program in a new setting, working with research students, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and time management. The workshop is offered by NAGT On the Cutting Edge professional development program for geoscience faculty with support from the National Science Foundation, Geological Society of America and American Geophysical Union.

Participants must have a full-time faculty position at a two-year or four-year college or a university at the time of the workshop and must be in their first three years of full-time teaching or starting a full-time position in the Fall.

Please note the application deadline is March 22, 2017.

For additional information and a link to online application, please visit the website 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

On March 24, the University of Alaska Anchorage and Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. will hold the first ever Anchorage Arctic Research Day. This event will bring together the rich Arctic research community within the municipality of Anchorage to share information about the diversity of research and creative activity being conducted by researchers from a broad array of organizations, and foster new connections and collaborations.

The Gordon Research Seminar on Polar Marine Science is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present. It stimulates the exchange of new data and cutting edge ideas among young fellows.

In 2017, the major focus will be on innovative marine technology including autonomous and remotely operated instruments, camera systems, advanced laboratory techniques, and numerical modeling. The early career scientists will present data and discuss how these technological advances improve the physical-biological understanding of polar marine ecosystems.

The meeting will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.

The Chairs will select speakers from abstracts submitted by December 25, 2016. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Deadline.

Abstract submission deadline: 25 December 2016.

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Polar Marine Science" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information:

http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=12642

The Collaborative Innovation Centre for Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights (CICTSMR), the Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL), Wuhan University, China and the School of Law, University of New England, Australia are pleased to announce the call for papers for the “Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions: Science, Politics and Law” Conference.

Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be emailed to Dr Nengye Liu (nengye.liu [at] une.edu.au) by 15 September 2016. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by an international panel of reviewers. Selected speakers will be notified by 15 November 2016. It is anticipated that an edited book of papers or a special issue of journal articles from the Conference would be published in 2018.

For more information, see the flyer at the link above.