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International Conference on Geology & Earth Science will be held during May 2-4, 2018 at Rome, Italy. Geoscience-2018 is an excellent platform for professionals and who are working in the field.

The annual conference creates a platform for experts interaction, simultaneously with networking opportunities and also provides an opportunity to explore the innovative ideas of the other communities, companies and associations.

Geoscience-2018 conference includes Plenary lectures, Keynote lectures and short courses by eminent personalities from around the world in addition to contributed papers both oral and poster presentations.

It aims to discover advances, practical experiences and innovative ideas on issues related to geology and earth science as well as a breadth of other topics. Don t miss this opportunity to connect with your peers at this scientific event. Your participation in the conference will enhance your knowledge and professional skills.
This International Conference on Geology & Earth Science is a gathering of experts, professionals, academicians and researchers from all over the world. Meet experts, strengthen and update your ideas at Geoscience-2018.

Scientific Sessions:

• Mineral Exploration
• Palaeontology and Palaeo-anthropology
• Soil Science
• Remote Sensing and GIS
• Issues in Global Warming and Climate Change
• Groundwater and Hydrogeology
• Forensic Geology
• Geochemistry and Economic Potential of Rocks
• Experimental Studies on the Genesis, Evolution and Ore Potential of Magmas
• Environmental Geology

Important dates:

Abstract Submission Opens: February 02, 2017 – March 31, 2018
Early-bird Registration: June 30, 2017 – January 23, 2018
Standard Registration: January 24, 2018 – May 02, 2018

Please see the link above for more information.

Organizers invite applications for the 4th TraitTrain International Plant Functional Traits Course (TraitTrain4). This course will take place 16-27 July 2018 at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.

This course is intended for graduate students, M.Sc. and PhD, and will offer hands-on experience with collecting and exploring plant functional traits data in a real-life field research project setting. The course will also include an introduction to the use of plant trait data in climate-change research and ecosystem ecology.

TraitTrain4 will address several core scientific questions with an emphasis on key skills, including:

• Collecting original data in the field,
• Developing data management skills,
• Developing computational and statistical skills, and
• Generating data summaries and basic hypothesis tests.

Participants will be introduced to the environmental, ecological, and taxonomic diversity of the region, and will be involved in one of the following projects:

• Assessing the role of climate and biotic factors in determining plant community leaf trait composition,
• Assessing how temperature variation and leaf functional traits influence leaf ecophysiology,
• Using a trait-based approach to assess how local plant communities and populations respond to experimental climate and grazing treatments, and
• Measuring how functional trait composition influences ecosystem functioning by measuring carbon dioxide (CO2)-flux within and across plant communities.

The course fee covers costs for accommodation, food, and transport in Svalbard. For students at the University of Bergen, the University of Arizona, and UNIS, funding is available to help offset cost of travel to Svalbard. Some external participants may also be offered funding to support travel to Svalbard.

Applications must include a short personal statement describing how the course fits into the applicant's goals and aspirations and a curriculum vitae. Applicants should also rank the four projects listed above in order of interest.

Applications should be send to Vigdis Vandvik or Brian Enquist by 1 April 2018.

For questions, contact:
Vigdis Vandvik
Email: vigdis.vandvik [at] uib.no
Phone: +47 4730 1794

Brian J. Enquist
Email: benquist [at] email.arizona.edu

The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on ‘Timescales, Processes and Glacier Dynamics’ in 2018. The symposium will be held at the Lafayette Hotel in downtown Buffalo, New York on 3–8 June 2018.

THEME:

The physical processes controlling glacier dynamics form the basis of modern glaciology. In spite of the rapid growth in observational data, the ultimate scientific challenge continues to be relating processes to observations. Timeseries data are essential to understanding processes; however, their analysis often reveals processes operating on timescales ranging from diurnal to millennial. Individual processes may underpin long-term glacier stability, promote instability or drive natural variability in the glacier state. For example, gravitationally driven flow is among the most fundamental processes in glaciology and controlled by ice-surface slope and thickness. The evolution of the ice surface, in turn, reveals processes related to the mechanical controls on ice flow, firn compaction, development of supraglacial meltwater flow networks, basal melt, isostasy and surface mass balance. Each of these processes alters the surface elevation and is characterized by a different timescale. Assessment of the processes producing changes over a particular time interval poses a major challenge. Hence, even routinely acquired data
are difficult to reason about. Interpretation of other data, such as surface velocity, climatological data, radar stratigraphy, glacier history, ice core records, paleoclimate proxies and in situ observations, are also confounded by relations between processes and timescales.

SUGGESTED TOPICS:

We seek papers and presentations that advance the understanding of ice sheets and glaciers and glacier dynamics on different timescales. Key focus areas include (but are not limited to):

1. Identification of processes that exert significant control on glacier dynamics
2. Differentiation of processes that are manifestations of natural variability from those that are critical to glacier stability
3. Attribution of physical processes to observations
4. Analyses of data that reveal processes operating on a characteristic timescale
5. Models of processes that help identify the timescales they operate on
6. Characterization of glaciological processes giving rise to hazards such as sea level rise to glacial outburst floods
7. Linking paleoclimate research on timescales of 100–10 000 years to contemporary observations or models of glaciers.

PROGRAM:

True to tradition, the symposium will include oral and poster sessions interlaced with ample free time to facilitate the interactions of the participants. Additional activities include an opening icebreaker, a banquet dinner and a trip to Niagara Falls during the mid-symposium afternoon break. A pre- or post-symposium glacial geology and landscape excursion is also planned.

ABSTRACT AND PAPER PUBLICATION:

Participants who wish to present a paper (oral or poster) at the Symposium will be required to submit an abstract by 3 April 2018.

Accepted abstracts will be posted on the Symposium’s website. The Council of the International Glaciological Society will publish a thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on topics consistent with the Symposium themes. Participants are encouraged to submit manuscripts for this Annals volume.

Submit abstracts here:
https://www.igsoc.org/abstracts/a78

Join Molly McCammon, Executive Director of the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS), as she describes the latest partnerships, ocean observing projects and data products and applications produced by AOOS, the Alaska regional component of the national Integrated Ocean Observing System. Begun in 2004, AOOS is now one of the leaders in Alaska facilitating ocean observations, piloting new technologies and making the use of ocean data easier for navigation safety, emergency response, and ecosystem management.

Available in-person in IARC/Akasofu 407 on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus or online.

Hosted by the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado.

The 2018 Arctic Workshop welcomes a community that includes all career stages – from student to distinguished world-class expert. This will be the 48th annual meeting.

The Arctic Workshop is open to all interested in high latitude environments, including those of the past, present, and future. Talks and posters on all aspects of Arctic science, social science, and engineering are invited, including Arctic and Antarctic climate, anthropology, atmospheric chemistry, engineering and infrastructure, environmental geochemistry, paleoenvironment, sociology, archeology, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography, Quaternary history and more. If you are studying the Arctic, this is the conference for you.

The purpose of this 5th International Workshop on Creation, Dissemination and Research on the North and the Arctic is to bring together artists, writers, curators, organizers of cultural events, professors, researchers, and graduate students to enable them to share their expertise, by presenting one of their projects related to the North and the Arctic.

Participants are invited to explain the objectives, interest and assumptions of one of their creation, dissemination or research projects. To promote exchanges and discussions, each intervention must be brief and not longer than 7 minutes. In English, a 7-minute presentation is equivalent to a text of no more than 7,000 characters. For the sake of fairness for all participants and to respect the busy schedule of the day, the presidents of the sessions will be instructed to ask the speakers to complete their intervention within the prescribed time.

To participate, please send a proposal no later than January 31th, 2018, including (a) a title; (b) a summary of 10 lines; (c) a biographical presentation of 5 lines; (d) your status and institutional affiliation; (e) your postal address and email to imaginairedunord [at] uqam.ca.

This workshop is organized by the Research Chair on Images of the North, Winter and the Arctic and the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises, part of the Printemps nordique 2018 of the Place des Arts.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations invites attendance for a webinar titled Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend. This webinar will be held via Zoom Video Conferencing.

In this webinar, a dentist and an archaeologist team up to reveal one of the least-known animals in the world, including the purpose of its mighty tooth. William Fitzhugh, Director of the Arctic Studies Center at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (SMNH) and Martin Nweeia, Dentist and Clinical instructor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, will guide attendees through Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend, both an exhibit at the SMNH and a companion book by Fitzhugh and Nweeia. In addition to an exhibit tour, the two will present collaborations between Inuit and scientific communities that are deepening our knowledge of the narwhal and revealing a picture of a changing Arctic.

The EGU General Assembly 2018 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. The EGU is looking forward to cordially welcoming you in Vienna.

For the second year in a row, the EGU is offering a mentoring programme for novice conference attendees, students, and early career scientists at its annual General Assembly. The programme aims to facilitate new connections that may lead to long-term professional relationships within the Earth, planetary, and space science communities. It promises to be a rewarding experience for both mentees and mentors, so do consider signing up (deadline: 31 January 2018).

Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline: 10 Jan 2018, 13:00 CET.
Sponsorship application deadline: 10 Jan 2018.
Early registration deadline: 01 Mar 2018.

Members of the SEARCH-affiliated Permafrost Carbon Network have convened a conference session exploring the permafrost carbon (CO2, CH4) and non-carbon (N2O) feedbacks of climate change as part of the 2018 EGU General Assembly. The session is seeking contributions that address N2O dynamics from Arctic ecosystems that aim to understand the dynamics and estimate the potential importance in climate feedbacks compared to CO2 and CH4. The EGU General Assembly will take place in Vienna, Austria from 08–13 April 2018. Abstract deadline is January 10, 2018.

Venue: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), 4th floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna.

Snow is a key element of the arctic regions. Most projects of all IASC working groups are directly or indirectly affected by snow. The overarching goal of this cross-cutting IASC initiative("task force") is to establish an improved common knowledge on snow related processes by linking snow-interested specialists in the different fields by different means. A second goal is to establish a snow measuring network at INTERACT-stations, especially for non-standard snow properties (stratigraphy).

Topics to discuss:
- How to improve methods and standardized protocols to measure snowpack physical and chemical properties.
- Implementation of a comprehensive program of measurement of key snowpack properties ( physical and chemical) at INTERACT stations, as well as to super sites (CryoNet) and IASOA-stations.
- Coordination with T-MOSAIC.

Please register by 31st of March!

Contacts:
Martin Schneebeli, Program Chair schneebeli [at] slf.ch
Annett Bartsch, Local Organizer annett.bartsch [at] polarresearch.at

The dates of the 6th Annual Summer School on Sustainable Climate Risk Management are 30 July - 3 August 2018. It will take place at Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania.

SCRiM’s annual summer school is designed to foster opportunities for collaboration between scholars and practitioners while providing a solid foundation in the broad, multidisciplinary knowledge, tools, and methods of the diverse fields participating in the network.

A key focus of the workshop will be developing a common vocabulary to help foster enhanced cross-disciplinary communication, catalyzing the potential for future research and decision support collaborations. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with key methods and tools including:

• Use of simple models in a transdisciplinary framework
• Analysis of relevant datasets
• Values-informed robust decisionmaking

This program is targeted at all postdocs, advanced graduate students, and early-career professionals in the decisionmaking and policy communities who are working on issues related to climate risk. Potential candidates representing NGOs and state or local agencies are strongly encouraged to apply.

In most cases, lodging, meals, registration, and travel costs will be fully covered for participants (see further details at the bottom of this page). International applicants are welcomed.

Proposed Sessions:

• Earth System Modeling
• Uncertainty Quantification
• Risk Analysis
• Policy Analysis and Robust Decisionmaking
• Climate-Ecosystem Interactions
• Geoengineering
• Integrated Assessment
• Coupled Epistemic-Ethical Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement

To apply, fill out the online application by 8 April 2018.

The workshop will address the natural and anthropogenic drivers of Arctic change. This will include a system-wide perspective on the changing Arctic system, the influence of local and remote controls, and the importance of coupled interactions. A primary goal of the workshop is to provide new insights on how to better integrate observing and modeling approaches to enhance understanding of Arctic system change. The meeting will include participants from the atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine science communities.

Please follow the link above for more information.

The Arctic is changing at an accelerated rate due to climate change and increased anthropogenic activity. Given the rate of change, never has it been more important to work toward a holistic understanding of the Arctic’s interconnecting systems. A co-production of knowledge framework will provide the holistic view and comprehension needed to inform effective and adaptive policies and practices. We underscore the role and value of different knowledge systems with different methodologies and the need for collaborative approaches in identifying research questions. We will present the most important components that form a co-production of knowledge framework.

To register for the webinar, please follow the registration link above.

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate, in collaboration with the Biological Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and Geosciences directorates, has issued a "Dear Colleague" Letter (DCL), Signals in the Soil (SitS), to encourage submission of Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals for early-stage, high-risk, high-reward research on technologies, models, and methods to better understand dynamic soil processes, including interactions of the macro- and microbiomes with soil nutrients, the rhizosphere, and various abiotic and biotic processes within the soil.

This DCL also encourages proposals that include topics relevant to both the DCL and the NSF "Rules of Life" Big Idea and submissions of Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE).

Researchers interested in submitting a SitS EAGER or RAISE proposal must first submit a SitS Research Concept Outline, as described in the DCL. Selected submitters of these Outlines will be invited to submit full EAGER or RAISE proposals for funding consideration.

Research Concept Outlines are encouraged for research that addresses any of the themes to monitor soil properties over time and space for various managed or unmanaged applications, which may include monitoring soil properties for environmental, agricultural, or construction purposes.

Themes include:

• Sensors: Novel sensors and other materials for sensing soil biological/metagenomics, chemical, or physical characteristics to monitor soil health and changes in properties under different uses, and to address needs for inexpensive sensors buried for long time periods in highly variable soil conditions;
• Wireless Systems: Advances in wireless communications to collect and transmit data from sensors buried in soils over extended periods of time;
• Advanced Cyber Systems and Data Analytics: New methods for data fusion and analytics of sensor measurement outputs (data visualization and reporting tools, etc.); and
• Modeling Soil Ecosystems: Next-generation models of soil biological, chemical, and/or physical components, making use of new sensing and data communications capabilities that can describe interactions among soil biological, chemical, and physical processes at different temporal and spatial scales.
  Other topics that meet the goals of this DCL, but are not included in these four themes, are also strongly encouraged.

Research Concept Outlines should be no longer than two pages and contain the following information:

• Title of the SitS research;
• The suggested directorate(s) that may be interested in the topic. For a RAISE topic, more than one program must be listed, and there should be a clear link to each of those programs. Please note that these program listings are just suggestions. Multiple programs will view these Research Concept Outlines to determine programmatic fits;
• Description of and justification for the proposed research;
• Names and affiliations of researchers; and
• Contact information of the researchers (emails and phone numbers).

Research Concept Outlines deadline: 13 April 2018.

For more information, please follow the link above.

For questions, contact:
Email: SitSquestions [at] nsf.gov

We are pleased to invite you to the 5th Polar Prediction Workshop. The workshop will take place at the Agora Hydro-Quebec from 7-9 May 2018.

As in previous editions, the workshop will focus on:

• Polar predictability from subseasonnal to interannual timescales
• Sea ice prediction
• Operational and research efforts
• End user needs and the capacity of the scientific community to address them

In addition, reviews for the Sea Ice Outlook project and other initiatives related to polar predictions will be discussed. We also propose a new activity for 2018. An important outcome of the Workshop will be a consensus forecast statement synthesizing predictions of (i) September mean Arctic sea ice extent, and (ii) sea ice conditions during the Arctic shipping season for key regions plus the Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route shipping corridors.

Participants are invited to contribute to any or all of these forecasts and are encouraged to highlight these predictions in their presentations. More information on how to submit a forecast will be provided to interested participants.

Operational forecasters and forecast users are warmly invited to participate.

The registration and abstract submission deadline has been extended to April 13, 2018.

The Department of Geography at Durham University is delighted to be hosting the 6th and final conference of the 'Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways' (PAST Gateways) network. As with previous conferences, it will include oral and poster presentations over 2.5 days and a mid-conference field trip. We welcome contributions on the overall theme of Arctic palaeo-environmental change beyond instrumental records, and particularly on: Growth and decay of Arctic Ice Sheets, Arctic sea-ice and ocean changes, Non-glaciated Arctic environments including permafrost, and Holocene Arctic palaeo-environmental change. At this stage confirmed invited speakers are Professor Julian Dowdeswell and Dr. Anne Jennings.

The conference icebreaker will take place in the magnificent Great Hall of Durham Castle on the evening of Monday 16th April. The conference dinner will take place in Hatfield College on the evening of April 19th.

The deadline for registration and abstract submission is 15th February, 2018.

For more information and registration/abstract submission, please see the website linked at the top.

The EU Horizon 2020-funded APPLICATE project, in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organisation’s Polar Prediction Project (PPP) in occasion of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP), the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and other partners will be organizing the Polar Prediction School 2018 on weather and climate prediction in the polar regions at Abisko Scientific Research Station in Sweden.

The course will include a combination of polar weather and climate theory lectures with exercises on modeling and field meteorology techniques as well as soft skill training. Each of these components forms a crucial pillar of the prediction problem, and the motivation for combining these is to provide participants with a complete overview of the components required to understand and predict polar weather.

The Polar Prediction School 2018 will be open for 30 early career researchers (focus on advanced graduate students, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers) from around the world. An international set up instructors will be teaching the sessions. The course will be run at Abisko Scientific Research Station in Sweden where the instructional facilities are conveniently located in an environment well suited to Arctic observations. Here participants can begin to develop a sense for the environment they are studying.

••Application deadline: 15 September 2017.**

For any questions about the Polar Prediction School 2018, please contact info [at] apecs.is.

The annual High North Dialogue conference gathers experts and stakeholders from a wide range of sectors and has a strong focus on business development and economic growth in the High North. The fact that the conference provides a platform to interact with young academics and professionals with an interest in the Arctic is one aspect that past participants have highlighted as especially useful. The conference coincides with week-long Master and PhD courses that gather more than 120 graduate students from Norway, Russia, China, and many other countries.

The theme of the conference in 2018 is Growth in the Arctic. We will explore topics such as High North scenarios, maritime waste and the regional dimension of development. Business leaders and entrepreneurs will share their thoughts and know-how on how the enormous business potential in the Arctic can be utilized. For the third consecutive year, we present the High North Hero Award to a person or an organization that has contributed to highlighting the importance of the High North. We invite everyone to nominate candidates.

We would also like to invite you to take part in our research workshop on Tuesday April 17, connecting scholars across academic fields to discuss various aspects of growth in the Arctic.

For more information about the conference, please refer to our website at the link above.

Team Arctic Encounter Symposium is working to bring the strongest, most diverse Arctic Encounter yet to Seattle in April 2018. Registration will soon be opened and announced. Speakers, sponsors, musical performances, exhibitors, new international partnerships, and other exciting announcements will also be released on a rolling basis via e-mail and social media.

The Arctic Encounter, the largest annual Arctic policy conference in the U.S., will convene policymakers, industry leaders, scientists, Arctic artists and musical performers, and other stakeholders to debate and discuss emerging Arctic challenges and opportunities including policy, innovation, security, and development. The mission of AES is to raise awareness, engage challenges, and develop solutions for the future of the Arctic region and the people who live there. The 5th annual AES will take place in downtown Seattle at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center on Pier 66.

Is your organization or company interested in joining AES 2018 as a sponsor? Are you or your colleagues interested in hosting a break out session? Click the links below to get involved. We look forward to working with you to bring about positive change and increased awareness for the Arctic region.

For more information and for the most current updates, please see the website above.