Past Events

This conference will take place in Trieste, Italy on 10-15 September, 2017.

The aim of the conference is to present recent results that address still open questions in understanding the sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and its contribution to past and future sea level and climate change (http://www.scar.org/horizonscan Kennicutt M.C. Chown S. et al., Nature, 2014).

An important development in understanding and predicting Antarctic ice-sheet behaviour has been the validation and testing of ice sheet models on past climates with boundary conditions that are relevant to future projections.

While the focus of the conference will be on the latest developments in paleo-ice sheet and climate reconstructions using data and models, we also invite researchers and students from geodynamical, climatological, glaciological, oceanographic, ecosystem and ice cores communities, since their work is crucial for understanding the processes and dynamics of the integrated system.

All presentations will be in plenary oral and poster sessions, and each day will end with a plenary discussion to enable the maximum interaction of different groups and disciplines.

Abstract deadline: May 10th, 2017.

For more information please follow the conference's link above.

The U.S. State Department will host a celebration in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Arctic Council, as well as the Ministerial meeting attended by foreign ministers of the 8 Arctic states and heads of delegation from Permanent Participants and Observers.

(Closed to the public)

The Alaska Arctic Council Host Committee and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) will co-host a "watch party" during the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting. Watch party attendees will be able to watch the proceedings of the Ministerial event while engaging in relevant discussion. Light refreshments will be provided during the watch party.

Discussion topics:

• Introduction to Arctic Council, history, and structure
• Review of issues to be addressed and geopolitical context
• Alaska's role in products from U.S. Chairmanship
• Alaska's plan for future engagement

Discussion moderated by:

• Dr. Larry Hinzman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Drue Pearce, Institute of the North

Attendance to the official Arctic Council Ministerial is restricted to official delegations of the eight Arctic States, Permanent Participants,
and Observers.

Ministerial agenda topics:

• Presentation of the accomplishments of the Arctic Council during the U.S. Chairmanship
• Presentation on Scientific Cooperation Agreement
• Statements from the Arctic States and from the Permanent Participants
• Adoption of the Senior Arctic Officials' Report to Ministers and the Fairbanks Declaration
• Presentation of the Finnish Chairmanship Program

Livestreaming of the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting will be available worldwide courtesy of the U.S. State Department.

To access the livestream broadcast, go to: www.state.gov

For questions, contact:
Nils Andreassen
Email: nandreassen [at] institutenorth.org
Phone: 907-351-4982

This workshop will focus on the development of the West Antarctic Peninsula Working Group, including building the community, identifying existing activities and observational gaps, aligning data efforts, and articulation of an action plan moving forward. The workshop is sponsored by the British Antarctic Survey, SCAR and SOOS.

Follow the link above for more information.

The Climate Change Education Partnership Alliance (CCEP) invites you to participate in its 2017 webinar series. This series will compliment the newly released Climate Change Education: Effective Practices for Working with Educators, Scientists, Decision Makers, and the Public guide.

Produced by the CCEP Alliance, this guide provides recommendations for effective education and communication practices when working with different types of audiences. While effective education has been traditionally defined as the acquisition of knowledge, Alliance programs maintain a broader definition of “effective” to include the acquisition and use of climate change knowledge to inform decision-making.

Please use the link above to register for one or more of the webinars in this series. Once registered, information on how to connect will be sent within a week of scheduled webinar. If you have any questions, please email agingras [at] uri.edu.

Working with Indigenous Communities

Presenters: Presenters: Corrin Barros (PCEP, PREL), Jessica Brunacini (PoLAR, Columbia University), Malinda Chase (PoLAR, AINE), Sharon Nelson-Barber (PCEP, WestEd), Emerson Odango (PCEP, PREL), Elizabeth Rechebei (PCEP, Commission on Education in Micronesia)

Indigenous environmental knowledge, developed over generations by managing natural resources through place-based solutions, has the potential to influence local and global responses to the changing climate. Western climate science, particularly impact assessments and projections of future change, may also help inform Indigenous community responses to climate change impacts. For the most part, these perspectives have not actively come together to benefit all. Collaborating in discussion and research about climate change offers rich opportunities for mutual learning among Indigenous ways of knowing and living, Western scientific knowledge, and technological advances, thereby benefitting communities’ responses at the frontlines. At the same time, this collaboration further informs formal and informal science education for Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners. In this webinar, we will explore examples from the presenters’ work in which Indigenous and Western environmental knowledge intersect to benefit climate education in and for Indigenous Alaska Native and Pacific island communities.

The Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) will hold their spring meeting at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC. This meeting will feature an agency roundtable with representatives from NSF, EPA, NASA, DOE, ONR, and NOAA, as well as a session on Next Generation Computing for Weather, Climate, and Atmospheric Sciences.

To view the agenda and RSVP to attend, please follow the link above.

The 16th International Scientific Conference for Students and Post-graduates “Problems of the Arctic Region” is devoted to scientific, environmental, technical, economic, and social aspects of the development of the Arctic. The conference will be divided into sections:

• Biology and Medicine
• Chemistry and Technology
• Ecology of the North
• Economical problems of Arctic development
• Education in the Arctic region
• Geology and Geophysics of the Arctic Region
• Hydrobiology
• Information Technologies and Mathematical Methods
• Marine biology
• Physical studies
• Humanitarian and Social problems

Suggestions on new topics are welcome. The conference will be introduced by a plenary report on one of burning issues of modern science.

Students and post-graduates interested in participating in the Conference are welcome to e-mail their registration forms and papers to the Steering Committee until 21 April 2016.

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

The methane committee is having their third meeting in Davis, California. Meeting agenda and registration can be found at the link above.

To register for the webinar, please fill out the form available at the link above.

Alaska experienced record-setting warmth during the 2015-16 cold season (October-April). Statewide average temperatures exceeded the period-of-record mean by more than 4°C over the seven-month cold season and by more than 6°C over the four-month late-winter period, January-April. The record warmth raises two questions: (1) Why was Alaska so warm during the 2015-16 cold season? (2) At what point in the future might this warmth become typical if greenhouse warming continues? On the basis of circulation analogs computed from sea level pressure and 850 hPa geopotential height fields, the atmospheric circulation explains less than half of the anomalous warmth. The warming signal forced by greenhouse gases in climate models accounts for about 1°C of the of the anomalous warmth. A factor that is consistent with the seasonal and spatial patterns of the warmth is the anomalous surface state, which 454. The surface anomalies include (1) above-normal ocean surface temperatures and below-normal sea ice coverage in the surrounding seas from which air advects into Alaska and (2) the deficient snowpack over Alaska itself. The location of the maximum of anomalous warmth over Alaska and the late-winter/early-spring increase of the anomalous warmth unexplained by the atmospheric circulation implicates snow cover and its albedo effect, which is supported by observational measurements in the boreal forest and tundra biomes. Climate model simulations indicate that warmth of this magnitude will become the norm by the 2050s if greenhouse gas emissions follow their present scenario.

The Arctic is a growing global asset where much can be learned from the diverse ecosystems and strong Indigenous-led environmental stewardship efforts. However, rapid environmental changes resulting from climate change and industrial development is increasing the need for Indigenous communities to be supported in their efforts to steward their own territories across the Arctic and Sub-Arctic.

Join AFC Co-Chair, Dr. Anne Henshaw from the Oak Foundation, in a one-hour discussion with three Northern experts and learn how Indigenous communities are using science, modern technology, and Indigenous Knowledge to empower Northerners and to develop integrative knowledge data-bases, influence policy, and respond to environmental change with culturally-based stewardship programs.

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 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.

Two conspicuous symptoms of global warming are the rapid melting of Arctic ice and increasing frequency of certain types of extreme weather. Heat waves and more intense precipitation have been clearly and directly linked to a warming Earth, but an emerging topic of active research is the possible impacts of an Arctic that is warming at twice the pace of the rise in global temperatures. Dr. Francis will discuss new results and efforts to understand this complicated and controversial aspect of climate change.

The Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) is part of a broad international effort to study the environmental and societal effects of climate change. Over the next decade, scientists from NASA and other public and private organizations are focusing on this northern region that spans about 2.5 million square miles. The multi-year field campaign will investigate ecological impacts of the rapidly changing climate in Alaska and northwestern Canada, and examine such topics as the thawing of permafrost, the expansion of wildfires, and changes to wildlife habitats. Come and participate in a discussion with NASA’s Dr. Peter Griffith, Chief Support Scientist for NASA’s Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office and the ABoVE campaign. Peter will describe the scope of these studies, the focus of the research into the vulnerability and resilience of ecosystems, the implications of changing systems on society and human activities, and detail how individuals can get involved as the campaign progresses. He will also explore the significance of this work for other regions of the world. For more info: http://above.nasa.gov

The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. Rick Thoman (Climate Science and Services Manager, Environmental and Scientific Services Division, National Weather Service Alaska Region) will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review forecast tools and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for the upcoming season.

Rick will also present a "Feature-of-the-Month" special addition in which each month he will highlight a topic relevant to the particular month.

Available in-person in IARC/Akasofu 407 on the UAF Campus or online:

http://accap.adobeconnect.com/may2017/event/registration.html

Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in-person or join online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

This will be a monthly series generally taking place the third Friday of each month.

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."

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 9th International Conference on Geomorphology of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) will take place in New Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan from 6 to 11 November, 2017. The main theme of this Conference is “Geomorphology and Society”.

Organized by the Indian Institute of Geomorphologists and open to all scientists and practitioners, this Conference will include scientific sessions, keynote lectures and a Workshop devoted to Young Geomorphologists.

Field trips will be arranged in various parts of India and neighboring countries, before, during, and after the Conference.

You all are most welcome to attend this important event in one of the most exciting parts of the World with an astounding diversity of landscapes and cultures that is unique and unparalleled.

Registration and abstracts deadline: May 20th, 2017.

We look forward to seeing you in the historic city of New Delhi at the 9th ICG!

A workshop on X-ray micro-tomography (XRT) of porous Ice Media will be held in Trondheim, Norway on 22 June 2017 to gather actors from different research and industry fields that work with this technique to explore porous media containing ice and snow. The goal is to stimulate a discussion on similarities between porous ice media (e.g. snow and firn, sea ice, soil, rocks, building, food) and on challenges that X-ray cryo-tomography of ice media involves. Examples are temperature control prior to and during imaging, trade-off between spatial resolution and sample size, physical property evaluation from 3-d images, upscaling of properties to larger scales, enhancement of contrast between ice, fat/oil and impurities, in situ studies of ice freezing and metamorphosis, synchrotron-based XRT at high spatial and temporal resolution and enhanced contrast. Numerical modelling contributions related to 3d imaging of porous ice media are also welcome. The workshop will include a short visit to the IBM-NTNU ice lab facilities and the CT-lab of the Norwegian Centre for X-ray Diffraction, Scattering and Imaging (RECX).

For more information please follow the link above to see the flyer.

Application deadline: 20 May 2017.

An international conference on high latitude dust will take place at the University of Iceland from Monday 22nd to Thursday 25th May 2017. This will be the first such conference and focuses on all aspects of dust which is sourced from within the high latitudes (North of 50 deg. N and south of 40 deg. S). The meeting will include optional field excursions in southern Iceland.

Scientific themes will include:

• Sediment supply to high latitude dust sources (glacio-fluvial suspended sediment; catastrophic flooding)
• Cold climate aeolian processes
• Magnitude, frequency and timing of high latitude dust emissions
• Remote sensing of high latitude dust (supply, transport, deposition)
• Dust in the cryosphere
• Impact of high latitude dust inputs to marine, terrestrial and freshwater environments
• Modern high latitude dust as a modern analogue for paleo-dust activity
• Palaeo-records/archives of high latitude dust
• Challenges of modelling high latitude dust
• Anthropogenic influences on high latitude dust emissions
• Human impacts of high latitude dust

To register an expression of interest, please follow the link above.

The abstract deadline is Monday 19th December 2016

The 5th International Conference of the IASC thematic network 'Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal (PAST) Gateways' will be held from at Kristineberg Research Station, Gullmmarsfjord, Sweden.

For more information, please see the website above, which will be updated regularly.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Kristineberg!

The exciting topic of Marine Turbulence will be revisited for the 3rd time during “Marine Turbulence Re-visited” as the 49th Liège Colloquium in 2017.

As already in 2007, the workshop will be co-organised together with the Warnemünde Turbulence Days (its 8th edition), a biennial workshop on specific challenges in marine turbulence, organised by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde, Germany.

From decade to decade enormous progress is achieved in our understanding of marine turbulence. A major trigger of this progress is the technological development of oceanic instrumentation, numerical modeling and theory. For the instruments, higher sampling rates, larger data storages and faster data processing facilities generally allow for better resolution but do also open perspectives for novel mechanical, acoustical and optical devices. For the numerical modeling, steadily growing computer resources allow for substantially more complex models and higher resolution than a decade ago. The theory of marine turbulence has further developed towards concepts linking small-scale turbulence, internal waves, surface waves, and (sub)meso-scale dynamics. Tight collaboration between marine and atmospheric scientists in all these fields has substantially triggered progress in the field of geophysical turbulence.

Combining the historically broad approach of the Liège Colloquium with the specialized Warnemünde Turbulence Days, this joint venture will concentrate on five focal topics:

• Turbulence-wave-interaction
• Turbulence-(sub)mesoscale interaction
• Turbulence and the marine ecosystem
• Turbulence observations in the ocean
• Turbulence modelling in the ocean

Contributions to these focal topics as well as to related problems of marine turbulence are invited to the Liège Colloquium in 2017.

Further details (submission, registration, deadlines, venue, ...) are available on the web site.

Submission of abstracts deadline: 30th January 2017

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Liège in the name of the Organizing Committee.

Sincerely,
Jean-Marie Beckers, Ulg, Belgium
Hans Burchard, IOW, Germany
Carsten Eden, UH, Germany
Lars Umlauf, IOW, Germany