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The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for January 2022! and the late winter season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

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In December, IARPC (Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee) will release the Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026. The new research plan builds from the 2017-2021 plan, and outlines a bold five-year vision for federal agencies to address emerging research questions in the Arctic. Please join IARPC for a launch webinar introducing the new plan.

Speakers will include Larry Hinzman (OSTP/IARPC), Nikoosh Carlo (IARPC), Max Showalter (IARPC), and Roberto Delgado (NSF). Presenters will share successes from the previous Arctic Research Plan (2017-2021), provide an overview of the new plan, and discuss how the research community and Arctic residents can engage in the new plan’s implementation. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.

This webinar will be recorded and posted on the IARPC Collaborations website and YouTube channel. Preregistration is not required.

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On behalf of United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and the command’s “The Watch” Magazine, United States European Command (USEUCOM), United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), and the Center for Arctic Security and Resilience (CASR) - University of Alaska Fairbanks, we would like to invite you to our December 2021 Arctic eTalks distinguished speaker presentation on "Arctic Security and the Saami Council: Indigenous Perspectives and Interests" by Ms. Christina Henriksen, President of the Saami Council and Permanent Participant of the Arctic Council.

he Arctic eTalks is a monthly forum for open discussion (non-attribution, Chatham House Rule) in key issues affecting the Circumpolar Arctic for academics, defense and security professional, and military leaders from Canada, Finland, Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and Germany.

This event is presented along with our valued Arctic eTalks supporters at the Saami Council.

Ms. Henriksen is scheduled to provide a 30-minute presentation with slides which will be followed by a 60-minute Q&A session (non-attribution) that will be moderated by Ms. Sara Olsvig, former member of Parliament and Greenland Indigenous leader and Mr. Edward Alexander, co-Chair of Gwich'in Council International.

For more information and to register, please follow the link above.

Join oceanographer Oscar Schofield as he chats with researchers aboard the Research Vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer as they study the marine ecosystems of the West Antarctic Peninsula. Their research, part of the National Science Foundation’s Long-Term Ecological Research program, catalogs the effects of climate change on the environment around the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth. In this live Zoom event, learn how the Antarctic Peninsula has changed over the past several decades and how these changes affect life at every level of the food web, from tiny crustaceans to penguins, seals and whales.

The North Pacific Research Board has committed at least $1.4M to support a synthesis that will build on the Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (IERP, 2016-2021) and an assessment for a future IERP that will continue integrated research in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, centered in the Northern Bering Sea.

NPRB anticipates releasing a Request for Proposals (RFP) in early October 2021 with a deadline of December 15, 2021. NPRB is announcing the anticipated structure of the RFP in summer 2021 to allow the research community to begin discussing ideas with potential collaborators.

Proposals will be solicited independently in the following categories and sub-categories (below). An individual (or team of collaborators) may submit multiple proposals under any or all of the categories and sub-categories. New field data collection will not be supported by the Synthesis or Assessment.

Synthesis (target $1M)
- Synthesis – general (proposal cap $800K)
- Modeling sub-category (proposal cap $200K)

Assessment (target $400K)
- Sub-category – Science to synthesize existing knowledge/articulate important research questions (proposal cap $200K)
- Sub-category – Identification of research needs - commercial fisheries (proposal cap $100K)
- Sub-category – Identification of research needs – marine species of subsistence importance (proposal cap $100K)

Release date: early October 2021. Deadline to submit: December 15, 2021.

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) invites abstract submissions for their Fall Meeting 2021 (AGU21). The theme of AGU21 is “Science and Society.” This meeting will take place in-person in New Orleans, Louisiana and will also be available for virtual attendance.

Abstracts should focus on new scientific results, enabling Earth and space science or its application, and/or the contribution of Earth and space science to society. Most sessions at AGU21 will be held as discussion sessions with short summary presentations and discussions. Authors in oral sessions will be asked to record a longer presentation. Poster authors will be asked to make a PDF or dynamic version of their poster available. Authors will be able to present in-person or online.

View the sessions before submitting an abstract.

Abstract submission deadline: 4 August 2021.

*Update: The 2021 AFN Convention will be all virtual, on December 13 & 14. Citing health and safety concerns which include the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations statewide and the consequent pressure on Alaska’s healthcare system, AFN will host the entire convention virtually.

As was done for the 2020 AFN Convention, a robust virtual meeting platform will be combined with live statewide TV and radio broadcast coverage, and live streaming on multiple video channels. A full agenda will be released to the public in early December.*

The annual convention serves as the principal forum and voice for the Alaska Native community in addressing critical issues of public policy and government. The convention convenes thousands of official delegates and participants from membership organizations across the state.

At the Convention, delegates discuss strategic opportunities and challenges, listen to memorable keynote speeches, hear reports from political leaders and presentations from expert panels, and share stories resilience, experiences, strengths, knowledge and hope for the future.

The resolutions passed by the voting delegates set the priorities for the year and guide AFN’s efforts. The Convention is the largest representative annual gathering in the United States of Native peoples.

Please follow the link above for more information.

The National Science Foundation will host a webinar event with marine biologist Dr. Amy Moran. Dr. Moran and her team will be broadcasting live from McMurdo Station, Antarctica where they conduct research in the coldest ocean water on the planet. Learn how researchers dive under sea ice to collect sea creatures and discover how animals like sea spiders and sea urchins survive in the cold waters of the Southern Ocean.

In addition, you can read more about the experiences of PolarTREC educator Amy Osborne who joined Dr. Moran's team in 2019 at her expedition page.

Pre-registration is required.

The European Space Agency’s 2022 Living Planet Symposium, which is held every three years, will take place on 23–27 May 2022 in Bonn, Germany. The symposium is organised with the support of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

This symposium focuses on how Earth observation contributes to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional Earth observation landscape, which is also creating new opportunities for public and private sector interactions.

Important Dates:

Session Proposals: 10 September 2021
Abstracts extended deadline: 10 December 2021
Registration: January 2022
Preliminary Programme: March 2022

Finland's Policy for Arctic Strategy, released in June 2021, sets out Finland's key objectives in the Arctic region at a time when international interest towards the Arctic has increased significantly. At the core of the strategy are sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptations as well as respect for the rights of Arctic indigenous peoples.

Growing foreign and security policy interest towards the Arctic region makes the Arctic an important priority also to Finland’s foreign policy. Finland seeks to reduce tensions building up in the Arctic region and promote stability.

Please join the Wilson Center's Polar Institute for an armchair discussion on the new Arctic Strategy with Finnish Permanent State Secretary Matti Anttonen.

Moderator

Michael Sfraga
Chair & Distinguished Fellow, Polar Institute / Chair, US Arctic Research Commission

Speaker

Matti Anttonen
Permanent State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland