Past Events

PolarTREC teacher Lauren Neitzke Adamo along with researchers Dr. Neal Iverson and Dr. Luke Zoet will be live from the mountains of Switzerland discussing their work on Sliding Glaciers. Read more about their research and what Lauren is learning here.

This event will be 1 hour long with Q&A at the end for teachers, students, friends and family.

Register for FREE at the link above.

This event is hosted by the PolarTREC PolarConnect program. Participants will have a chance to learn about research from the scientists while on-site, ask questions, and chat with the teacher and researchers during the presentation.

Questions? Contact us at info [at] polartrec.com

Climate Seminar 7 of 8: Title: Tidings of the Tides

Abstract:
Human activities are a significant contributor to the rise in global sea levels, which have risen about 7-8 inches since 1900 with about 3 of those inches occurring since 1993. By 2100, global sea levels are very likely to rise by 1.0 - 4.3 feet above year 2000 levels depending upon future emissions of greenhouse gases, though emerging science regarding Antarctic ice sheet stability suggests that a rise above 8 feet is physically possible. The amount of relative rise will not be uniform along the U.S. coastlines due to changes in Earth's gravitational field and rotation from melting of land ice, changes in ocean circulation, and vertical land motion. As sea levels have risen, annual flood frequencies of disruptive/minor tidal flooding have been accelerating within Atlantic and Gulf Coast cities over the last couple of decades. With continued rise, it is likely that damaging/moderate coastal flooding will occur several times a year within dozens of U.S. coastal locations within the next several decades.

About The Speaker:
William Sweet is a NOAA oceanographer researching changes in nuisance-to-extreme coastal flood risk due to sea level rise (SLR). He has assessed risks to U.S. coastal military installations worldwide for the military and is an author of the 4th U.S. National Climate Assessment. He lives in Annapolis, MD to witness SLR effects first-hand.

Sponsors: The U.S. Global Change Research Program and NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; co-hosts are Katie Reeves (kreeves [at] usgcrp.gov) and Tracy.Gill [at] noaa.gov

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We will be using the Adobe Connect platform for this webinar.
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This conference aims to facilitate scientific exchange between early-career researchers (ECRs) from a broad range of disciplines working with sea-level change. The conference will include two days of oral and poster presentations by ECRs, invited keynote lectures, a one day field excursion to the Rhine delta and Holland coastal plain with conference dinner, and a public ‘Science and Society’ evening session. The conference is open to ECRs who have obtained or expect to obtain their Ph.D. in 2010 or later.

The deadline for abstract submission is now extended to 1 May 2018.

Please see the link above for more information.

Climate Seminar 8 of 8:

Abstract:
New observations and new research have increased our understanding of past, current, and future climate change. The Fourth National Climate Assessment confirms prior assessments in concluding that the climate on our planet, including the United States, is changing, and changing rapidly. Observational evidence for a changing climate abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans. Documented changes include surface, atmospheric, and oceanic temperatures; melting glaciers; disappearing snow cover; shrinking sea ice; and rising sea level. Many lines of evidence demonstrate that human activities have been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. Changes in the characteristics of extreme events are particularly important for human safety, infrastructure, agriculture, water quality and quantity, and natural ecosystems. Some extremes have already become more frequent, intense, or of longer duration, and many extremes are expected to continue to increase or worsen, presenting substantial challenges. Heatwaves have become more frequent in the United States since the 1960s, while extreme cold temperatures and cold waves have become less frequent. Heavy rainfall is increasing in intensity and frequency across the United States and globally. These and other trends in severe weather are expected to continue. The Earth's climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. As a result, global average sea levels are expected to continue to rise. This presentation provides an overview of the findings from the new assessment, with a special focus on severe weather.

About The Speaker:
Donald J. Wuebbles is the Harry E. Preble Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Illinois. He is also a Presidential Fellow at the University of Illinois, with the aim of helping the university system develop new initiatives in urban sustainability. From 2015 to early 2017, Dr. Wuebbles was Assistant Director with the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the President in Washington DC. He was Head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois for many years, and led the development of the School of Earth, Society, and Environment, and was its first director. Dr. Wuebbles is an expert in atmospheric physics and chemistry, with over 500 scientific publications related to the Earth's climate, air quality, and the stratospheric ozone layer. He has co-authored a number of international and national scientific assessments, including several international climate assessments led by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for which IPCC was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He was a leader in the 2013 IPCC international assessment and the 2014 Third U.S. National Climate Assessment. More recently, he co-led the Climate Science Special Report, the 475-page first volume of the Fourth U.S. National Climate Assessment published in November 2017 that assesses the science of climate change. Dr. Wuebbles has also led special assessments of the impacts of climate change on human society and ecosystems for the U.S. Midwest, the Northeast, and a special assessment for the city of Chicago. Dr. Wuebbles has received several major awards, including the Cleveland Abbe Award from the American Meteorological Society, the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and is a Fellow of three major professional science societies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Meteorological Society.

Sponsors: The U.S. Global Change Research Program and NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; co-hosts are Katie Reeves (kreeves [at] usgcrp.gov) and Tracy.Gill [at] noaa.gov

Webinar Access: NOTE: WEBINAR SOFTWARE HAS CHANGED.
We will be using the Adobe Connect platform for this webinar.
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There is a common way of describing the Arctic – the region, its people and resources – in terms of rapid change and constant transformation. Climate change, scramble for the world’s diminishing natural resources and the rather newly emerged concern for local cultures and knowledge, among others, have contributed to the repeated constructions of the Arctic as something that is constantly in flux. Undeniably, the Arctic and its people have witnessed radical changes. However, the prevailing rhetoric of change dismisses a great deal of what has held its ground, the traits of continuity that make the Arctic what it is. The persistence of northern ways of life, local and indigenous cultures and the practices of using and benefiting from the region’s renewable resources are some of the examples of this continuity. Equally recurring are perceptions and preconceived ideas of the Arctic as a global frontier, as a region rich with exploitable resources and a wilderness to be protected.

The Northern Political Economy symposium of 2018 invites scholars from a range of disciplines to reflect on the elements of continuity in the Arctic and the ways in which continuity and change mesh. Among other questions, the symposium asks to what extent the view of Arctic as a central stage for change works to effectively gloss over powerful continuities, such as the lingering of colonial and exploitative practices and hierarchical center-periphery relations.

Keynote speaker:
Kirsten Thisted, University of Copenhagen

Kirsten Thisted is an Associate Professor in the Minority Studies Section, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. She has conducted cross-disciplinary research in literature, linguistics, media and history. Her research has focused especially on Greenland. In her talk she will reflect on change as a constant factor in the history of Greenland.

Deadline for proposals:

Please send your abstract (max. 250-words) with your name, title, affiliation and contact information by 28 June 2018 by email to Marjo Lindroth (marjo.lindroth [at] ulapland.fi).

Programme:

The programme will include a keynote talk, presentations by the participants and discussions on the basis of presentations. A symposium dinner will be organized.

Confirmations of acceptance will be sent by early July the latest. The final programme will be announced by 8 August.

There is no participation fee and the the organizers will cover the costs of meals during the seminar. Please note that the symposium participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

More information:

The symposium is organised by the Northern political economy/Sustainable development research group, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. Symposium organizing team: Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen (heidi.sinevaara-niskanen [at] ulapland.fi) and Marjo Lindroth (marjo.lindroth [at] ulapland.fi).

An informational webinar for the 2019-20 PolarTREC season will be held on Wednesday, 29 August 2018 at 2:00pm AKDT (3pm PDT, 4pm MDT, 5pm CDT, 6pm EDT) for teachers, informal science educators and researchers. The archived presentation will be posted with current updates and information about the PolarTREC program.

The University of Oulu and the University of Helsinki are excited to invite you to the second UArctic Congress.

The UArctic Congress 2018 will bring together key UArctic meetings and a science conference into one single gathering, including business meetings of the Council of UArctic, Rectors’ Forum, Student Forum, Thematic Networks, and UArctic Institutes Leadership Team.

The Congress is an integral part of the Finland’s Arctic Council chairmanship program, and open to the public. The event will highlight the themes and priorities of the Finnish chairmanship, including the goals of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

With the aim to foster contacts and enhance networking, the biennial UArctic Congress brings together institutional leaders, indigenous representatives, academics, scientists and students from around the circumpolar north and beyond. Together with partners, policy makers, and other actors, the Congress strives to take the Arctic agenda forward by creating and strengthening collaborations that produce new findings and solutions for the future of the Arctic region.

The UArctic Congress 2018 will feature Science and Meeting sections, including:

• Sessions aligned with the four priorities of Finland’s chairmanship; i.e. Environmental protection, Connectivity, Environmental cooperation, and Education.
• Acclaimed keynote speakers and scientific experts presenting their views and latest research.
• Formal meetings for representatives of the Council of UArctic and UArctic Rectors’ Forum.
• Side-meetings and events.
• A UArctic Student Forum with workshops.
• An exciting cultural and social program.

The call for abstracts for the UArctic Congress is now open until March 16, 2018.

FRISP is a subcommmittee of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Working Group of Glaciology. For several years the work of the FRISP parties was focused on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS). But meanwhile the geographical restriction to FRIS was widened up and other ice shelves have been included into the investigations. FRISP started out as an European forum, but now welcomes any scientist working on ice shelves and related issues. FRISP remains a focus on glaciology, but the scope is extended to include continental shelf oceanography, meteorology, and quaternary paleoclimatology to encourage discussion between these disciplines. More info can be found on FRISP website. Workshops are regularly organised, and this year workshop, FRISP-2018, is organised by JB Sallée and N. Jourdain.

The 32nd FRISP workshop (2018) will be held in the French Alps in Aussois at the Paul Langevin center.

Deadline for submission of abstract is the 15th June 2018.

Following the success of the first three SLaCC meetings, we are pleased to announce that the fourth annual meeting of the Sea Level and Coastal Change (SLaCC) group will take place in Fort William, Scotland, with field excursions to surrounding coastal landscapes. This meeting aims to be bring together scientists from the UK and NW Europe to discuss their work in all aspects of sea level and coastal changes. We welcome cross-disciplinary engagement at the meeting, the content of which will incorporate data production (e.g. reconstructing past events), modelling (conceptual and prediction) and social science (impact and mitigation). Postgraduate attendance is particularly encouraged and supported by reduced registration fees.

The next International Seabird Group Conference is being organised by Jon Green and Samantha Patrick and colleagues from the University of Liverpool. The conference promises to provide an exciting showcase of the latest seabird research, located within the heart of the city of Liverpool, famous for its maritime history and cultural diversity. Keynote speakers and early career events will compliment two and a half days of talks and posters, covering all aspects of seabird research.

The Seabird Group registered charity, was founded in 1966 to promote and help coordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. The group has a rich history of seabird census work, and continues to provide support to seabird research projects across the globe. To find out more, and become a member, visit the Seabird Group website:

http://www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/membership

The Arctic Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Science Workshop will be jointly organized by the Polar Prediction Project and its International Coordination Office (ICO), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). It will be held from 14 to 16 January at the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki, Finland.

The workshop will bring together YOPP scientists to present and discuss the first results from the Arctic Special Observing Periods in winter and summer 2018, providing a vivid forum for exchange, networking, and interaction. Studies of coupled atmospheric, ocean, sea ice, and land processes will be addressed to share feedback on the latest Arctic observations, modelling and prediction efforts including their benefits to society on time scales from hours to seasonal.

Confirmed invited speakers are:
Elizabeth C. Hunke, Jim Doyle, Machiel Lamers, John Marshall, Pierre Rampal, Ian Renfrew, Greg C. Smith, Gunilla Svensson.

Abstracts can be submitted until 3 September 2018 following this link:
http://www.polarprediction.net/meetings-calendar/science-workshops/arct…

See the Call for Abstracts here:
http://www.polarprediction.net/fileadmin/user_upload/www.polarpredictio…

More information on the workshop including session topics will be announced soon. Please direct any questions to the YOPP International Coordination Office office [at] polarprediction.net

The University of Exeter will be hosting the IGS British Branch Meeting on the 4th/5th September 2018. Information relating to registration, accomodation and the event programme will be posted at the website above.

For further information please email:
igsbbm2018 [at] gmail.com

Organising team: Anne Le Brocq, Steve Palmer, Ali Graham, Damien Mansell, Olly Bartlett and Vicky Naylor.

The UK National Earth Observation Conference 2018 is being organised by RSPSoc, NCEO and CEOI.

Important Dates:
- 8 June: Submit an Abstract (until 23:59, London Time)
- 23 July: Early Bird Registration (until 23:59, London Time)
- 20 August: Final Registration: (until 23:59, London Time)

Please follow the link above for more information.

CLIVASH2k is a PAGES 2k project, which aims to improve our understanding of large scale modes of climate variability and the mechanisms and drivers of climate change in Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic and the wider Southern Hemisphere during the past 2000 years. Investigating how large-scale modes of atmospheric circulation, such as the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO), influence the climate in Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere on a regional scale.

Together with support from two SCAR scientific research programmes, AntClim21 and PAIS, we will be hosting a 2-day workshop investigating climate variability in Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere over the past 2000 years.

The workshop is open to all. We want to engage a broad spectrum of the scientific community, including paleoclimate data gathers (such as ice cores, lake sediments, marine records, and terrestrial records), climatologists and climate modellers. We especially encourage those who wish to be actively contribute to the CLIVASH2k project goals, including contribution to synthesis products and publications. The workshop will be informative but be prepared to get involved!

Our aim is to review and evaluate our current understanding of the drivers of Southern Hemisphere climate variability, through short presentations, posters and discussion sessions.

A full programme will be available on the CLIVASH2k webpage shortly.

Register for this event
Standard registration fee £65 per person (plus fees)
Student fee (for students currently enrolled for a PhD) £15 per person (plus fees)

Click here to register
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clivash2k-workshop-tickets-46359412250

Registration includes morning and afternoon refreshments, buffet lunch and an evening dinner (4th September).
Registration deadline: 17th August.

Students are strongly encouraged to attend, and will be given priority for oral presentations

Deadlines:
Please e-mail Martin Truffer (mtruffer2 [at] alaska.edu) as soon as possible if you are planning to attend. Please include the following information: your name, your affiliation, whether you are planning to give a talk, whether you are planning to go to the permafrost tunnel, whether you are a student or not, and whether or not you would like floor space at someone's home (i.e., free accommodation). No abstracts need be submitted.

Schedule:
Schedule is as follows and is subject to change/clarification at a later date.

Friday, 7 September:
0800 - 0900, Registration and breakfast/coffee
0900 - 1600, Presentations
1800, Dinner/Party

Saturday, 8 September:
0900 - 1700, presentations (coffee/bagels are provided)
Sunday, 9 September
In case there is sufficient interest we will offer a tour of the Sunday morning. Please let us know if you are planning to attend.

Oral presentations:
Talks should be no longer than 15 minutes (including discussion and speaker change). Following the informal character of previous meetings a listing of the specific presentations and their dates/times will be compiled on 7 September in the morning, i.e., it will not be available prior to the meeting. If you have not already done so, please let us know if you intend to give a talk so that we have a rough idea of how many talks to expect. Poster presentations are also welcome.

Earth's Polar Regions feature cold-climate environments characterized by unique landscapes, biota, and processes. Many of these features and dynamics are Cryosphere-driven and either are already subject to or have the potential for fundamental and rapid changes in a warming world. Earth observation technologies provide crucial tools to understand and quantify these changes.

This symposium deals specifically with remote sensing applications in the polar environments, both Arctic and Antarctic.

The theme of the 15th ICRSS is Polar Regions in Transformation - Climatic Change and Anthropogenic Pressures.

This symposium will be of interest to scientists, scholars, and industry and government professionals involved in studying and quantifying Arctic and Antarctic Change, renewable and non-renewable resource management, and development of new technologies and methods targeting remote sensing observations of polar environments. The symposium will provide a platform for the exchange of current applied research and best practices, the presentation of new technology and further innovation, and the advancement of international co-operation in the circumpolar regions of the world.

Abstracts are being requested that directly address the following topics:

• Past, present and future changes in the Arctic and Antarctic
• Inventory and dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets
• Floating Ice: sea, river, and lake ice
• Seasonal snow cover
• Changing permafrost
• Polar coastlines
• Oceanography of polar seas
• Hydrology of inland waters
• Polar land cover and land use change
• Arctic vegetation
• Environmental monitoring
• Wildlife management and habitat protection
• Land and water management
• Archaeology
• Geology, mineral, and oil and gas exploration
• Microwave remote sensing applications
• Optical and thermal remote sensing applications
• LiDAR imaging
• Hyperspectral remote sensing
• All remote sensing platforms from satellite to terrestrial-based
• Data Integration and Data Mining
• Modeling using remote sensing-based parameterization
• Geographic Information System and Web-based portals
• Calibration and validation of geometric, radiometric and spectral properties
• Mapping and Scaling

Abstracts due date has been extended to 31 May 2018.

The 2018 symposium is hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in the beautiful city of Potsdam, Germany.

We are pleased to announce that Durham University will be hosting this year's UK Antarctic Science Conference on 10th-12th September 2018 (the conference will run from Monday lunchtime to Wednesday lunchtime). The conference will include oral and poster presentations, and abstracts are invited on any aspect of Antarctic Research.

The conference dinner will take place in Hatfield College on the evening of Tuesday 11th September. Accommodation has been reserved in nearby Collingwood College. Other accommodation options are available for those who wish to make their own arrangements.

Durham is a spectacular cathedral city with a rich heritage. Narrow cobbled streets wind their way around the rocky peninsula to the majestic Norman cathedral and castle, which are a designated World Heritage Site. The city is well served by motorway access, Durham railway station and Newcastle International Airport (30 minutes by car, 1 hour by rail).

Abstract submission deadline extended to 5:00pm on Monday 13th August, 2018.

The aim of the first Arctic Resilience Forum is to form a better understanding of the opportunities for cooperation connected to the resilience of the Artic and to showcase and learn from concrete best practices in the region.

Resilience is a cross-cutting topic, which has become increasingly important to the Arctic Council in the face of rapid changes. The Arctic Resilience Action Framework (ARAF) was endorsed at the 10th Ministerial meeting in Fairbanks, USA, on 11 May 2017. It provides the Arctic Council with a common set of Guiding Principles and Priorities for Action, as well as a platform to continue discussing priorities as they evolve.

The Arctic Resilience Forum will focus on climate resilience work in the Arctic regions and help concretize the framework. The first day (10 September) is open for larger audiences for presenting and discussing good examples of how resilience in the Arctic can be strengthened. On 11 September, the forum continues with a workshop primarily dedicated to the Arctic Council Working Groups and other key Arctic stakeholders to share lessons learned and harness synergies between the different angles of climate resilience work.

Only two weeks left to submit your application for 2019-2020 PolarTREC program. Applications are due Monday, 24 September by 5PM Alaska Daylight Time.

The course provides a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions. Topics include: continuum mechanics, sliding and hydraulics, numerical modelling, polar meteorology, ice-ocean interaction, ice cores, interaction of ice sheets with the solid earth, etc. The course is meant for Ph.D. students that work on a glaciology-related climate project. Some places are available for junior scientists.

The next Karthaus course will be held from 11 to 22 September 2018 in Karthaus (northern Italy).

Deadline for applications is 15 May 2018.