Past Events

This meeting serves as informal exchange platform for researchers working on snow, glaciers and permafrost in all regions of the world. Oral and poster presentations are welcome, and young researchers are especially encouraged to present their work in progress!

There is no registration fee to the meeting, but we recommend to book your accommodation in advance, since Innsbruck is a beloved tourist destination this time of year. Registration is open until January 31st.

The meeting will be held in the Aula of the main building of the University of Innsbruck, in close vicinity of the town center.

The 49th Arctic Workshop will be held on April 4-5, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Arctic Workshop is an annual meeting dedicated to all aspects of high-latitude Earth science and environmental research. Running since 1970, the workshop is an informal meeting space for scientists at all career stages working in fields encompassing high- latitude climate, hydrology, glaciology, oceanography, ecology, archaeology, solid Earth processes and hazards in past, present and future environments.

We welcome research contributions on any of these themes, and we particularly encourage student and early career scientist participation (reduced student fees).

Important dates:

• Abstract submission and registration will open in early January. Feb 28th is the deadline for abstracts.
• Feb 28th: early-bird registration closes
• March 15th: late registration closes

The 25th International Symposium on Polar Sciences organized by Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) will be held on May 13-15, 2019 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. This Symposium aims to bring polar scientists together to discuss their research findings and to promote international collaborative research. We cordially invite you to share your knowledge and perspectives on future outlook in Polar research.

THEME:

Korea’s first icebreaking research vessel, Araon, was launched in 2009 and made her official maiden voyage to the Antarctica in 2010. Since then, she has made a series of research and supply cruises and became one of the world’s busiest research icebreaker, spending nearly 300 days away at sea every year. With Araon, KOPRI has devoted its passion and commitment to unveil the mysteries of Polar regions. In commemoration of the scientific dedication over the years and celebrating the 10th anniversary of Araon, the theme of the 25th International Symposium on Polar Sciences will be “Araon’s Journey through the Decade: Findings in Ocean, Earth and Paleoclimate Science”.

SESSIONS:

The following six sessions are proposed:

• Response of the Southern Ocean to the Changing Climate
• Changing Arctic Ocean: Understanding the impacts of climate changes and their global consequences
• Geological and Geophysical (& Biological) processes in Circum‐Antarctic Ridges
• Rapid change in Arctic sub‐seabed
• Late Quaternary Ocean‐Cryosphere interactions in the Antarctic Ocean
• Past analogue for future Arctic: Glacial and oceanographic perspective

The symposium website is currently under renovation. More information including the overview and preliminary program of the 25th International Symposium on Polar Sciences will be provided on the symposium website from January 14, 2019.

Abstract submission deadline is extend until February 28, 2019. Please register and submit your abstract at the symposium website.

Registration will be available on the symposium website from February 13 to April 26, 2019 .

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at: symposium [at] kopri.re.kr

Please join us for a live PolarConnect Event (webinar) with educator Allyson Woodard and the team studying Permafrost and Community. Allyson will share her experiences working with Drs. Santosh Panda and Alexander Kholodov in the Alaskan Village of Nikolai last August. She will be broadcasting live from the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon.

You can read more about her experiences in Alaska here.

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

This event is hosted through 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.

The Arctic Science Summit Week 2019 will take place in Northern (Arctic) Federal University and Northern State Medical University, Russia, Arkhangelsk. Under the auspices of International Arctic Science Committee, participants from more than 23 countries and regions will be involved.

The summit will include discussions and roundtables, presentations, reports, and scientific sessions. Speakers will include members of the Russian Academy of Sciences representing various fields of science, well-known foreign researchers from the leading scientific centers of the Arctic and non-Arctic states, heads of the largest national companies of Russia pursuing industrial and infrastructure development in the region, and representatives of the Arctic territories.

The summit will also include the ceremony of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) medal. The award is presented by the president of the IASC and accompanied by a lecture by the laureate.

Call for science symposium session is accessible now, you can submit your proposals by following this link.

Abstracts can be submitted until 28 February, 2019.

The deadline of applications submission for the participants of the summit is 31 March, 2019.

If you are late or have any questions about registration, contact us please at info [at] assw2019.science

The 27th IUGG General Assembly will be held July 8-18, 2019 at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal, Québec, Canada. This is a special opportunity for participants from Canada and from around the world to come together and share their science and culture. 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of IUGG; we will look back on the accomplishments of the previous century of Earth and space science research, and forward to the next century of scientific advancement. Join us for a host of scientific activities, including special public lectures, keynote Union lectures and a wide variety of themed sessions.

In conjunction with the IUGG General Assembly, a number of scientific workshops and cultural events are planned. We will also be offering the chance to explore the geological treasures of our region through a number of field trips ranging from half-day to multi-day excursions.

Deadline for Abstract Submission has been extended to Friday 1 March 2019 (11:00 UTC+1).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a new solicitation for research proposals under the rubric of Navigating the New Arctic, one of the agency’s 10 Big Ideas. The solicitation estimates that – pending the availability of the anticipated funding amount of $30 million – 25 awards will be made.

This solicitation is the first of what is envisioned to be at least a five-year agency-wide program to support the research needed to inform decisions about the economy, security, and resilience of the nation, the larger region, and the globe with respect to Arctic change. NSF anticipates that future calls will further define "larger scope," with the potential to include projects up to the scale of centers and/or consortia.

More information is available on the NSF Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) webpage (see link above).

Proposal submission deadline has been extended to: 4 March 2019, 5:00 p.m. submitter’s local time.

The German Chapter of the Young Earth Scientists Network (YES) is pleased to announce the 5th International YES Congress 2019 "Rocking Earth's Future" to be held at the Freie Universität Berlin in Berlin, Germany from 9-13 September 2019.

The YES Network an international association of young and early career Earth scientists who are primarily under the age of 35 or are within ten years after graduating form their PhD, and are from universities, geosciences organizations and companies from across the world. The YES Network was formed as a result of the International Year of Planet Earth in 2007. Previous YES Congresses were organized in 2009 in China, 2012 in Australia, 2014 in Tanzania, 2017 in Iran. The Congresses generally focus on climate, environmental and geoscience challenges facing today’s society, as well as career and academic pathway challenges faced by early career geoscientists.

​Earth is about 4.6 billion years old. Although most people live less than 100 years, each one of them has a considerable impact on our planet. In order to ensure a livelihood for humanity for generations to come we are required to change - yet change is usually happening slowly as we tend to favor routine over change. Especially the young generations are required to pursue change.

The current and future grand challenges of global change are manifold and include rapid population growth, increasing urbanization, global warming, contamination of water and soil, the continuing transition of our economy to post-industrialism and related increase in vulnerabilities. For early career earth sciences researchers, the task is to ensure that humanity is prepared to tackle all these challenges in a smart and sustainable way. This requires hard facts, reproducible and transparent science and a sound commitment.

Abstract submission deadline has been extended to March 4, 2019.

Seminar 2 in the Series: From Science to Solutions: The State of the Carbon Cycle, the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2).

Abstract:

Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) has decreased seawater pH at long-term observing stations around the world, driving ocean acidification that has already affected some marine species and altered fundamental ecosystem processes. Further effects are likely. While atmospheric CO2 rises at approximately the same rate all over the globe, its non-climate effects on land vary depending on climate and dominant species. In terrestrial ecosystems, rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations are expected to increase plant photosynthesis, growth, and water-use efficiency, though these effects are reduced when nutrients, drought or other factors limit plant growth. Rising CO2 would likely change carbon storage and influence terrestrial hydrology and biogeochemical cycling, but concomitant effects on vegetation composition and nutrient feedbacks are challenging to predict, making decadal forecasts uncertain. Consequences of rising atmospheric CO2 are expected to include difficult-to-predict changes in the ecosystem services that terrestrial and ocean systems provide to humans. Continued persistence of uptake of carbon by the land and ocean is uncertain. Climate and environmental change create complex feedbacks to the carbon cycle and it is not clear how feedbacks modulate future effects of rising CO2 on carbon sinks. These are several mechanisms that could reduce future sink capacity.

About the Speaker:

Sarah Cooley is the Director of the Ocean Acidification Program at Ocean Conservancy, in Washington DC. Prior to 2014, she was a researcher and postdoctoral investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), as well as the ocean acidification scientist in the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program Project Office.Sarah's guiding interests include ocean carbon cycling, science communication, and incorporating accurate ocean science knowledge into policy. In her position at Ocean Conservancy, Sarah works to educate and engage decision-makers and stakeholders from every political perspective at regional to international levels on ocean acidification, identifying ways that different groups can take concrete, stepwise action on the issue. In her work, Sarah combines science synthesis, strategic communications, political strategy and advocacy, and public advocacy. https://oceanconservancy.org/people/sarah-cooley

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March is the 50th anniversary of the first rocket launch from Poker Flat Research Range. Come commemorate half a century of research with us at our open house celebration.

For this special event we will have a tour of our upper range facilities including LIDAR, Telemetry and the Davis Science Operations Center, which are not part of our summer walking tour. You will not want to miss this rare opportunity!

In addition, we will be offering science talks and demonstrations.

Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is free and family friendly!

Gates open at 7:30 p.m. and the event goes until midnight in hopes that the Aurora will join us.

If you don’t want to drive, there will be two round-trip shuttles departing from the Geophysical Institute. Shuttles are free but, as space is limited, reservations are recommended.

For more information, including shuttle reservations, please visit: https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/pokerflat50/home

For more on Poker Flat Research Range visit our web page at www.pfrr.alaska.edu

The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on ‘Five Decades of Radioglaciology’. The symposium will be held at Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA on 8–12 June 2019.

THEME:

Radio echo sounding is a powerful geophysical approach for directly characterizing the subsurface conditions of terrestrial and planetary ice masses at the local, regional and global scales. As a result, a wide array of orbital, airborne, towed and in situ instruments, platforms and data analysis approaches for radar sounding have been developed, applied or proposed. Terrestrially, airborne radar sounding data has been used in glaciology to observe ice thickness, basal topography, englacial layers and for more than five decades. More recently, it has also been exploited to estimate the extent and configuration of subglacial water, the ice sheet surface, the geometry of subglacial bedforms, the spatial variation of melt, temperature, and the transition between frozen and thawed bed. Planetary radar sounders have been used or are planned to observe the subsurface
and near-surface conditions of Mars, Earth’s Moon, comets and the icy moons of Jupiter. These instruments provide critical subsurface context for surface sensing, particle, and potential-field instruments in planetary exploration payloads. This symposium will discuss advances in radar sounding systems, mission concepts, signal processing, data analysis, modeling and scientific interpretation.

SUGGESTED TOPICS:

We seek papers and presentations that advance the understanding of radar sounding and its use in physical glaciology. Key focus areas include (but are not limited to):

1. Radar systems: development, performance and platforms
2. Data: intercomparison, validation and release
3. Radar processing: propagation, inversion and automation
4. Englacial structure: layers, deformation and accretion bodies
5. Attenuation: near surface properties, temperature and chemistry
6. Bed conditions: topography, roughness, thermal state and hydrology
7. Interpretation: comparing observations with modeling and theory.

PROGRAM:

True to tradition, the symposium will include oral and poster sessions interlaced with ample free time to facilitate interactions between the participants. Additional activities include an opening icebreaker, a banquet dinner and an excursion during the mid-symposium afternoon break.

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 11 March 2019. 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. The deadline for submission of Annals papers is 1 August 2019.

Seminar 3 in the Series, From Science to Solutions: The State of the Carbon Cycle, the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2).

Abstract for first presentation:

Forest ecosystems are the largest terrestrial carbon sink on earth and their management has been recognized as a relatively cost-effective strategy for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions. In North America, forests, including urban forests, woodlands and the products obtained from them, play a major role in the carbon cycle. In this presentation we examine recent trends, drivers, and projections of U.S. and North American carbon cycle processes, stocks, and flows in the context of interactions with global scale budgets and climate change impacts in managed and unmanaged forest ecosystems. We will also highlight carbon management science and tools for informing decisions and opportunities for improving carbon measurements, observations, and projections in forests.

Abstract for second presentation:

Because carbon (C) density of terrestrial wetlands is much greater than that of upland ecosystems, consideration of C stocks and fluxes along with associated changes resulting from management or land-use change are of particular importance at local, regional and global scales. Through new analyses of recent available data bases and literature, C stocks, net ecosystem exchange (NEE) and methane (CH4) fluxes were estimated for North American (US, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico) terrestrial wetlands. North America contains approximately 2.2 million km2 of terrestrial wetlands (approximately 37% of the global wetland area) with anecosystem C pool of approximately 161 Pg (approximately 36% of global wetland C stock). Canada has the greatest area of terrestrial wetlands (52%), followed by the US (47%), Mexico (1%) and Puerto Rico. Likewise, Canada has the largest C stocks, NEE, and CH4 fluxes (80%, 51%, and 57%, respectfully) followed by the US (19%, 43%, and 39%, respectfully) and Mexico (1%, 7%, and 4%, respectfully). Forested wetlands comprise 55% of the total terrestrial wetland area, with the vast majority occurring in Canada. Organic-soil wetlands comprise 58% of the total terrestrial wetland area and contain 80% of the C stock. Overall, North American terrestrial wetlands currently are a CO2 sink (i.e., negative NEE) of approximately 126 Tg of C per year. However, North American terrestrial wetlands are a natural source of CH4, with mineral-soil wetlands emitting 56% and non-forested wetlands emitting 55% of the estimated total of 45 Tg CH4 �"C per year.

About the speaker presenting first:

Grant Domke is a research scientist and group leader for Timber Products Output and Carbon Estimation and Report in the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program within the USDA Forest Service. Domke studies how carbon is cycled through forest ecosystems and harvested wood products in the U.S. using strategic-level forest inventory data and auxiliary information. He and his team are responsible for compiling estimates of greenhouse gas emissions and removals in forests each year as part of the U.S.' commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Domke has served as a lead author on several national and international reports including the recently released Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report and the Fourth National Climate Assessment as well as the forthcoming 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. For additional information on Domke's work visit: https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/gmdomke

About the speaker presenting second:

Randy Kolka holds a B.S. degree in Soil Science from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and MS and PhD degrees in Soil Science from the University of Minnesota. Following the completion of his PhD in 1996, he was a post-doctoral Research Soil Scientist with the USDA Forest Service's Southern Research Station on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. In 1998 he became an Assistant Professor of Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management in the Department of Forestry at the University of Kentucky. In 2002, he became Team Leader and Research Soil Scientist with the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station in Grand Rapids, MN. In this position, he currently leads a team of scientists, graduate students and post-docs conducting research on the cycling of water, carbon, nutrients, mercury and other pollutants at the plot to watershed scale in urban, agricultural, forested, wetland and aquatic ecosystems across the globe. He is an adjunct faculty member at 6 universities and has published over 200 scientific articles in his career.

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The conference is the tenth in line of international conferences organized within the framework of CAA (Circumpolar Agriculture Association), aimed at people involved in northern agriculture such as researchers, practitioners, administrators, managers, policy-makers and students. The conference will address a bottom-up approach and new thinking of local agriculture, food production and rural development in the northern areas. The goal is to open up and discuss versatile meanings of circumpolar agriculture and call for new thinking to address its topical challenges and opportunities. In accordance with the theme of Finland’s Chairmanship period of the Arctic Council, UN Sustainable Development Goals will be highlighted in the program. The sessions will examine among others best practices and resilient solutions in the utilization of animal and plant resources, local breeds, reindeer herding, small-scale farming and non-timber forest products. The conference will address the high quality of arctic foods, their local profitability and business opportunities. The importance of food security and sustainability in different regions and countries will also be discussed.

The conference is hosted by the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland together with the Natural Resources Institute Finland; other co-organisers are ProAgria Lapland, Lapland University of Applied Sciences, Regional Council of Lapland and Reindeer Herders’ Association.

Sessions will examine best practices and solutions in the utilization of animal and plant resources, local breeds, reindeer herding, small-scale farming, and non-timber forest products.

Abstract submission deadline extended to: 29 October 2018
Early-bird registration deadline: 30 November 2018
Registration deadline: 15 February 2019

ACI’s 14th Arctic Shipping Summit will provide insight into the future of an market that is constantly developing and advancing: number of vessels, both cargo ships and cruise ships, operating in the Arctic due to sea routes opening further and the expansion of Arctic mining and extraction projects means that the Arctic has never played a more crucial role in global operations.

The two day event will consist of a number of informative presentations followed by interactive Q&A sessions and panel discussions, bringing together key industry stakeholders including ship-owners, ship-managers & associated solution providers, coastguards and governmental transport authorities, meteorologists, consultants & technology providers. Join us in Montreal to hear from fantastic line-up of leading executives and experts the opportunities provided for ship owners and how to overcome practical challenges associated with Arctic conditions.

Key Topics Include:

• Operating Successfully in a Hostile Environment
• Overcoming Practical Challenges to Reach Polar Code Compliancy
• Freedom of Trade in the Arctic
• Coordinating Global Aims for Arctic Development
• Improving Communication Systems in the Arctic to Advance Shipping Capabilities
• Keeping Up with Growing Demand for Vessels with Icebreaking Capacity
• Shipping Opportunities Arising from Arctic Mining and Extraction Projects
• Emerging Arctic Markets and Trade Routes
• Updating Infrastructure in Line With Increasing Maritime Activity
• Developing Arctic Tourism while Ensuring the Safety of Passengers, Crew and Local Communities and Wildlife

Abstract:

Atmospheric methane plays a major role in controlling climate and its atmospheric burden has more than doubled since 1850, yet contemporary methane trends (1982-2017) have defied explanation. Methane concentrations stabilized in the early 2000s and began increasing again in 2007. Neither the stabilization nor the recent growth are well understood, as evidenced by multiple competing hypotheses in the literature over the past 2 years. Explanations for the increases and stabilization have invoked changes in tropical wetlands, livestock, fossil fuels, biomass burning, and the methane sink. This talk will address three main questions: 1) "What do we know about sources, sinks, and underlying processes driving observed trends in atmospheric methane?", 2) "How will global methane respond to changes in anthropogenic emissions?", and 3) "What future observations could help resolve changes in the methane budget?"

This talk will draw on results from a recent open-access paper: Turner*, Frankenberg*, & Kort*, PNAS (2019). The paper is available on the PNAS website or at: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814297116.

About The Speaker:

Alex Turner is a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley working with Ron Cohen and Inez Fung. He works on a variety of topics related to atmospheric chemistry, the carbon cycle, inverse modeling, and remote sensing. Broadly, his research focuses on understanding how carbon cycles through the various reservoirs in the earth system (e.g., the atmosphere, ocean, and biosphere). He completed his PhD in atmospheric chemistry in 2017 at Harvard where he worked with Daniel Jacob and his BS in mechanical engineering in 2012 at CU Boulder where he worked with Daven Henze. He was supported by a NOAA Hollings Scholarship and a DOE CSGF fellowship during his undergraduate and graduate work, respectively.

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The Gordon Research Seminar on Polar Marine Science provides early career scientists with a unique opportunity to further enhance their Gordon Conference experience. The goal of this conference is to bring together graduate students and postdocs within all fields of polar marine science, including marine biology, chemistry, physics, geology, and technology to discuss interdisciplinary links and provide a basis for future collaborations. We especially encourage contributions that demonstrate interdisciplinary research approaches within and linking across the domains of atmosphere, sea ice, ocean, and benthos, including links to ice shelves, coasts, and human interactions.

The conference will consist of oral presentations selected from the submitted abstracts, and poster sessions. The conference will start with a keynote address from a senior scientist and conclude with a mentorship panel to provide participants with useful insights into potential career paths in polar marine science. Limited travel support might become available to attendees that indicate a need to the chairs before December 16, 2018.

The seminar 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 seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by December 16, 2018.

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 Information section above.

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.

Building on the tradition of excellence of the GRC Conference Series, the 2019 GRC on Polar Marine Science "Shedding Light on the Physical, Biogeochemical and Human Dimensions of Connectivity in Changing Polar Seas" will bring together leading investigators to present and discuss cutting edge research on both polar oceans. The unique GRC format, with invited speakers and discussion leaders, provides an avenue for scientists from different fields to brainstorm and create synergy across disciplines. Conference themes are explored in greater detail during the highly dynamic poster sessions. One-minute oral summaries of posters allow presenters to efficiently address the entire group, paving the way for enhanced interactions during the sessions. A GRC "Power Hour" will be held to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.

Spatial and temporal connections within polar oceans and between these oceans, adjacent seas, land and the atmosphere are at the heart of variability and change in the Arctic and Southern oceans. Exploring and understanding these connections can provide powerful insights into the past, present and future state of polar marine ecosystems, including the local and regional aspects of ocean circulation, sea ice dynamics, biogeochemical fluxes, biodiversity, harvestable living resources and human well-being. Because the Arctic and Southern oceans are nexuses that collect and redistribute organisms, chemical constituents, freshwater and heat, their transformations are also expected to affect lower-latitude "downstream" ocean areas at a variety of scales. The 12th GRC will emphasize the multiple facets of connectivity through the presentation of new observations and findings, conceptual frameworks and numerical simulations that explore functional relationships between different components of the polar marine system or the linkages between polar oceans and the broader environment.

A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will occur the weekend prior to the 2019 Polar GRC to provide a forum for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists to connect with their peers, present their work, and interact with mentors while exploring one of the GRC's themes. The major focus at the 2019 GRS will be on "Linking Marine Science Disciplines to Enhance Our Understanding of Polar Oceans". Partial financial support will be offered in priority to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows attending both the GRC and the preceding GRS.

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

The 3rd International Congress on Stratigraphy (STRATI2019) will be held in Milano, Italy, 2-5 July 2019.

Following the first edition of this congress, held in Lisbon (Portugal) in 2013 and the second edition organized in Graz (Austria) in 2015, the third edition of STRATI has been assigned by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) to Italy, a country with a long historical tradition in Stratigraphy since the 17th century. Some milestones in the history of Stratigraphy were added in Italy by outstanding scientists such as Niels Stensen and Giovanni Arduino. Moreover, a wide variety of extraordinary stratigraphic successions and settings, often preserved in breath-taking natural environments, can be visited in Italy.

The topics of the congress will range from the Precambrian to the Holocene and will include all the stratigraphic techniques. The congress will provide the opportunity to discuss the recent developments in the study of the stratigraphy of the volcanic areas, Antarctic and Arctic sedimentary successions and ice caps, as well as of crystalline rocks. We also invite specialists from georesources exploration and hydrogeology to present their most advanced contributions to subsurface stratigraphy.

As in previous editions, the congress will also host meetings of the ICS and of its Subcommissions to debate topics and problems in updating and improving the geological time scale.

Abstract submission deadline has been extended to 17 March 2019.

Seminar 4 in the Series, From Science to Solutions: The State of the Carbon Cycle, the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2).

Webinar Access:

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The International Glaciological Society will hold the next International Symposium on Sea Ice in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 18–23 August 2019.

Sea ice plays a critically important yet highly dynamic role in global climate, polar marine ecosystems, globalization and indigenous cultures. Ongoing dramatic changes to the sea-icescape and freshwater–marine coupling, particularly involving ice sheets, glaciers, ice shelves, sea-ice loss and continental runoff, have major implications for climate within and beyond the polar regions, environmental and ecological integrity, and regional and global socioeconomic development. This symposium presents a timely opportunity to show recent advances in our knowledge and technological capabilities in sea-ice related research. In addition, the symposium will encourage holistic discussions amongst scientists, stakeholders and policy makers regarding the most recent changes, long-term trends and variability in the sea-ice environment in both hemispheres, and how best to engage and communicate with the general public.

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 selection of activity during the mid-symposium Wednesday afternoon break (21 August). A post-symposium excursion to Churchill, Manitoba is also planned.

Participants who wish to present a paper (oral or poster) at the Symposium will be required to submit an abstract by 20 March 2019. Abstracts need to be submitted via the IGS website. Accepted abstracts will be posted on the Symposium website.

For more information, please follow the link above.