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The second workshop of the QuIESCENT Arctic (Quantifying the Indirect Effect: from Sources to Climate Effects of Natural and Transported aerosol in the Arctic) programme will take place in Tromsø, Norway between 30 March - 1 April 2022 as part of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW). It is supported by the IASCAtmosphere Working Group and the PACES initiative.

Please note that the ASSW 2022 will be a hybrid event, with both in-person and online participation planned. The second QuIESCENT Arctic workshop will therefore also operate in this manner, and additional registration for the ASSW 2022 business meetings will be required.

This second workshop aims to build on cross-disciplinary bridge between aerosol and clouds, physicists and chemists, and observations and models, and scientists from all perspectives of this research question are encouraged to attend and contribute. The workshop will continue to focus on the role of transported air pollution in Arctic aerosol-cloud interactions, as the climatic effects of increasing industrialisation within the Arctic circle and transport from the polluted mid-latitudes are not well understood; however, these processes must be considered against an understanding of the evolving natural baseline of the Arctic aerosol budget.

Register or submit an abstract by January 14th, 2022 at the link above.

The National Climate Assessment is a Congressionally mandated quadrennial report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The report evaluates how climate change affects people and places in the United States.

To inform development of the fifth National Climate Assessment, USGCRP and the author teams will be hosting a series of virtual public engagement workshops in January and February 2022. The purpose of the public engagement workshops is to:

• Provide an overview of USGCRP and the National Climate Assessment development process, including other opportunities for public engagement
• Allow members of the public and assessment authors an opportunity to discuss proposed key topics, identify priority issues relevant to the chapter, and share resources
• Give NCA chapter authors an understanding of how workshop participants use assessments, and what could be done to make the NCA more useful for decision-making

The workshop will include a plenary session that provides an overview of the assessment and an introduction to the chapter. In breakout sessions, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the chapter’s key topics and their own priorities with chapter authors.

For more information on the Fifth National Climate Assessment and for a complete schedule of engagement workshops, please visit the USGCRP website.

Note: Given technical limitations, only the first 200 individuals, including presenters, to join the meeting will be able to participate. A link to attend the meeting, accessibility information, and other important details will be provided before the workshop via email.

The EGU General Assembly 2022 will take place 3-8 April, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. It will bring together geoscientists from all over the world for one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career scientists, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.

The last two General Assemblies, Sharing Geoscience Online in 2020 and vEGU21: Gather Online, were organized as virtual meetings due to the Covid-related restrictions. In 2022, the EGU aims to provide an on-site experience again for those attending in-person, while at the same time introducing new concepts to include virtual attendees as much as possible. The EGU General Assembly 2022 (EGU22) will be a conference with a virtual component where everybody is welcome, in person or online! We plan for the format of the conference to be flexible, giving us the opportunity to more easily adapt to the uncertain global context.

Important Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 12 January 2022, 13:00 CET
• Travel Support application deadline: 1 December 2021, 13:00 CET

We invite you to apply to participate in the ICESat-2 Hackweek, March 21-25, 2022, hosted with the opportunity to attend either virtually or in person by the University of Washington's eScience Institute in partnership with the NASA ICESat-2 community.

The ICESat-2 Hackweek is a 5-day collaborative learning experience designed to coalesce people and resources around exploring, creating, and promoting effective computation and analysis workflows for the large and complex data returned by the ATLAS sensor on board NASA's ICESat-2 satellite. We will bring together data managers, maintainers, and users to teach each other about open science practices and software during tutorials and contribute to centrally accessible, shareable tools during project work. Our vision includes creating an inclusive, open space that fosters networking, innovation, and sharing ideas.

During the hackweek, we will explore ICESat-2 data and collaborative software infrastructure through tutorials and hands-on “hacking" projects. To best benefit from the program, participants are expected to have some experience with git/GitHub and Python/scientific programming or be prepared to participate in optional workshops in advance of the event to cultivate the technical skills to enhance participation during the event.

Application deadline: January 10, 2022 @ 11:59 p.m. PST.

Please follow the link above for more information.

The Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II (ArCS II) invites applications for their International Early Career Researchers Program. This program invites a wide range of early career researchers from the Arctic and non-Arctic countries who are engaged in Arctic research, and supports their research by employing or accepting them at universities and research institutions in Japan. This project aims to revitalize mutual exchange between Arctic researchers in Japan and early career researchers overseas and to strengthen the cooperative system for international joint research.

In this call, the application must be filed by the Host Researcher. The International Early Career Researcher is required to prepare an application form in cooperation with the Host Researcher.

A Host Researcher must be a full-time researcher at the Host Institution. Host Institutions must be universities and research institutes that are national, public, or independent administrative institutions in Japan.

ArCS II is a national flagship project in Japan for Arctic research and a successor to the Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) project that operated from 2015 to 2019. The project will take place over approximately four and a half years, from June 2020 to March 2025, primarily through the collaboration of three institutions: the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and Hokkaido University. Aiming to foster the realization of a sustainable society, the ArCS II project will promote advanced research to understand the current status and process of environmental changes in the Arctic and to improve meteorological and climate prediction in order to assess the impact of rapid environmental changes in the Arctic on human society, including Japan, as well as to implement the results of this research into society.

Application deadline: 10 January 2023, 12:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time (9 January 2023, 6:00 p.m. Alaska Time)

For questions, contact:
ArCS II Secretariat
Email: arcs2_iecr [at] nipr.ac.jp

The Arctic Data Stories workshop will offer a low-stakes, fun environment for students with non-technical backgrounds to explore the interaction between geospatial data and policy. This workshop targets students with and without prior experience in mapping, data visualization, and Arctic research. Thanks to partnerships between HKS' Arctic Initiative, the Woodwell Climate Research Center, and Esri, students will have a rare opportunity to interact with these organizations' experts in policy, climate science, data management, and mapping.

Over the course of several weeks, students will learn about topics in data visualization and policy, while gaining literacy in ArcGIS software. Throughout the workshop, students will work in small groups to produce StoryMaps, web-based narratives that contextualize geography, while addressing specific policy questions in the Arctic.

Topics covered include:

• Storytelling and design principles: How to create an attractive, informative narrative
• Intros to ArcGIS, remote sensing, and StoryMaps
• Data sources and quality: Where to find information and whether to trust it
• Data-driven policy: Maps, decision-making, and reflections from policymakers

Sessions will be held on Fridays from February 11 to March 11, 2022 on Zoom. We will host a final workshop at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth, MA on March 26 and 27. We ask that participants commit to attending all sessions when applying. Limited travel funding for non-local students will be available. In-person participation will depend on COVID-19 University and local public health guidance.

The application for this workshop is competitive, and space is limited to 15 students. Students wishing to participate should fill out the form by following the link above.

Students who apply by December 20, 2021, will be given a preference for participation. Final applications are due no later than January 7, 2022, to fill any remaining slots.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations invites participation in their Mentorship Program for the 2022 session. The IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program will run from February through October 2022, with an optional break in August.

The Program will kick off at a 90-minute launch meeting on 4 February 2022 at 9:00 a.m. AKST/1:00 p.m. EST. After that, mentorship groups will meet at least monthly. There will be two additional all-cohort webinars in May and October 2022.

The IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program draws on the community to provide mentoring opportunities from a variety of career stages and paths within the Arctic research community. It brings together small groups of researchers and other professionals to discuss career opportunities and issues, learn from and support one another, and grow together.

Anyone working in the Arctic research space can join the IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program. Participants do not have to be a scientist or be actively researching/publishing. This program is not exclusively for early-career individuals and organizers encourage people from all career stages to sign up.

Participants will be placed in small mentoring circles (four to five people per circle) that include individuals from a spread of career stages and types of careers. Depending on the number of people interested in the 2022 session, circles may be organized by general field, or may include a variety of fields and themes.

Deadline to sign up: 7 January 2022.

ICECReW is a professional development workshop for early-career researchers. It will be held both in-person and online. Participants will meet with established researchers to better understand outcomes of and resources available from past ice core projects, learn about opportunities to engage with future efforts, and connect with potential collaborators. Participants will also work together before, during, and after the workshop to develop two synthesis papers.

ICECReW is intended for early-career researchers whose work contributes to the drilling, processing, or interpretation of ice core data. We broadly define “early career” as someone within 3 years of PhD (before or after completion), although exceptions are welcome. Participants must be affiliated with a U.S. institution to be eligible.

Applications / registrations are due on September 30, 2021.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Update: QRA 2022 now be hosted online. Joining instructions will follow the registration deadline.

Abstract submission deadline extended to 9th December.

We invite abstracts on the following session themes:

• Glacial-interglacial climate and environment reconstruction
• Modelling ice masses
• The depositional and erosional imprint of ice on the landscape
• Glacial to interglacial sea level change
• Dating glacials
• The response of flora, fauna and humans to changing ice masses
• Using the Quaternary record to decipher glacial processes

Please follow the link above for more information.

UiT the Arctic University of Norway, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and the Research Council of Norway, are pleased to invite you to the Arctic Science Summit Week and the Arctic Observing Summit 2022, taking place in Tromsø, Norway 26 March to 1 April, 2022.

During Arctic Science Summit Week 2022 (ASSW2022) there will be three days dedicated to IASC & Arctic business and science community meetings (26-28 March); ASSW 2022 will also feature the 6th Arctic Observing Summit.

The application deadline for business and science community meetings at ASSW2022 is 30 September 2021. The entire Arctic community is encouraged to use ASSW as a venue for bringing together their organizations, collaborations, and teams. ASSW organizers provide the logistical support and your meeting attendees only have to register for ASSW2022 and show up. As ASSW 2022 will be organized as a hybrid conference, both opportunities for in-person and online meetings will be offered during the conference.

The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) was initiated by IASC in 1999 to provide opportunities for coordination, cooperation and collaboration between the various scientific organizations involved in Arctic research and to economize on travel and time. ASSW is now an annual venue for meetings of Arctic organizations, scientific collaborations, and more.

Please fill out this form to request an in-person and / or online space and we will do our best to accommodate your request. The application deadline is 30 September 2021, and a draft program is expected to be ready in mid-November.

Important Dates

• May – Sep 2021 Call for Community Meeting requests
• Sep – Dec 2021 Call for abstracts (white papers, short statements and poster session AOS)
• Jan 2022 Notification of abstract acceptance
• Jan – Mar 2022 Registration