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USNORTHCOM and the Command’s “The Watch” Magazine, United States European Command (USEUCOM), United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), and the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), would like to invite you to the November 2021 Arctic Academic eTalks presentation on “Order, Security, and Hybrid Threats to the Arctic” with Dr. Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen and Dr. Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv.

Dr. Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Professor of Northern Studies and Barents Chair in Politics at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø) and Dr. Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Professor in Security, Peace and Conflict Studies at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø) will each provide a 15-minute presentation which will be followed by a 60-minute moderated Q&A session (non-attribution).

Please register by following the link above.

The Arctic Academic eTalks is an academically-focused bimonthly forum for open discussion (non-attribution) on key issues affecting the Circumpolar Arctic for scholars and practitioners 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.

Join the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) to learn more about the upcoming February 2022 proposal deadline for the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program​. The Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) provide opportunities for early career scientists, including social scientists, to accomplish one or more of the following goals:

• Expand their work across traditional disciplinary lines
• Develop new partnerships connecting the polar regions and/or non-polar research communities
• Provide entry to researchers who have traditionally had limited access to polar research resources, sites and facilities

The fellowship program encourages the integration of new investigators who have not previously worked in polar regions and/or innovative techniques that have not previously been applied to polar science into polar research.

This seminar is part of NOAA's EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources.

Remote Access

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/891851101
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (872) 240-3311
Access Code: 891-851-101

Abstract

Ocean Acidification (OA) is an important manifestation of global climate change, a result of anthropogenically increased carbon dioxide in the oceans. OA has the potential to negatively affect Alaska's Blue Economy by changing ocean chemistry, which could have impacts on culturally and commercially important species. Research conducted by the Ocean Acidification Research Center (OARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) scales the intensity, duration, and extent of OA events around the state. Projects in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea will be presented and include observations from long-term autonomous monitoring, repeat hydrographic projects, and modelling efforts. The 10-year collaboration between the UAF's OARC and NOAA's EcoFOCI to outfit the Bering Sea biophysical mooring site 2 (M2) will be highlighted. The OARC outfits NOAA's surface mooring at M2, affectionately known as Peggy, with instrumentation to monitor carbonate system variables. As a result, Peggy, in addition to NOAA's core biophysical observations, is part of a worldwide network to gather long-term data on carbon dioxide in the ocean and how OA is progressing in different regions.

Bio

Natalie Monacci is the Deputy Director of the Ocean Acidification Research Center (OARC) at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks where she has been managing all OARC activities since 2010.

This GEO quarterly webinar will focus on NSF's Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program.

Webinar agenda (EST):

• 2:00 – 3:00: Navigating the New Arctic program updates
• 3:00 – 4:00: Office of Polar Program’s Arctic Sciences Section updates

There will be time and opportunity for questions.

Please register in advance.

High Arctic Polynyas in a Changing Climate will be a 2-day international hybrid workshop held in Copenhagen, Denmark and online, 22-24 November, 2021.

Polynyas provide biological oases in the polar regions and their formation is influenced by the complex interplay between atmospheric and oceanographic forcing, as well as geographical setting. Reconstructions and observations demonstrate these phenomena were and are vulnerable to the impacts of changing climate in the Arctic; the question remains as to their viability (and how to predict this) in the future.

The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop is to bring together researchers from the paleo-community (working with e.g., marine and lacustrine proxies) and the modelling community to consolidate existing knowledge through a combination of short talks and poster presentations. Open format panel discussions will aim to identify emerging perspectives and challenges in arctic polynya research as well as areas for synthesis, collaboration, and opportunities for data-model assimilation.

Please indicate your interest in attending via email to Rebecca Jackson rjac at geus.dk indicting 1) whether you will be attending in person/online, 2) preference of poster/short talk and 3) a brief abstract (350 words max.).

The extended deadline for abstracts is 9 November 2021, after which the workshop schedule and details will be announced.

Participation in the workshop is free of charge and there is limited financial support for travel for early career researchers from abroad wishing to attend in person.

This conference is a step towards empowering decision-makers and energy stakeholders to join forces and proactively address the challenges of climate change so that actual progress can be achieved. By bringing together researchers who are working on topics relevant to climate change and environmental sustainability to share their latest accomplishments and research findings, voices can be amplified and actions towards a more resilient, liveable, sustainable future taken. This conference will serve as an important resource to inform people and provide them with a comprehensive understanding of the possible opportunities for environmental sustainability to address climate change.

The motivation behind this conference is to contribute to international and national goals of addressing climate change challenges by:

• Measuring climate change and assessing environmental, economic and social impacts
• Exploring mechanisms for effective environmental planning and sustainable resource management
• Advancing strategies and techniques for climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Enhancing the involvement and integration of different stakeholders across international, national, state, city, and community level for environmental sustainability
• Reporting pilot cases and exemplars that can help address climate change issues

The 2021 NNA Annual Community Meeting for investigators and partners, held in cooperation between the NNA-CO and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) NNA Working group, will provide an important opportunity for NNA project teams, Arctic community members, Indigenous and Traditional knowledge holders, decision makers and other experts to gather to discuss and highlight progress, opportunities, and challenges across the NNA initiative. This meeting will host plenary presentations, discussion panels, workshop style events, and collaboratively developed training opportunities.

This meeting will be held virtually, though future Annual NNA Community Meetings will use a hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual meeting options.

Registration is now open. Please follow the link above.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from intensive campaigns that took place in Svalbard during the 2019-2020 period and those involved in the MOSAiC campaign. The workshop will focus on the topic of snow/sea-ice-aerosol interactions. A full understanding of these processes requires an interdisciplinary approach and can be enhanced by taking into account data from different locations across the Arctic. With this in mind, this workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers to work together on this topic with those from different fields and different campaigns.

The workshop is online.

The conference is co-funded through the IASC cross-cutting funds with contributions from the IASC Atmosphere WG and the Cryosphere WG.

In November 2020, we held an international panel discussion in order to identify the priority areas for joint actions of the government, science, research and business sectors in the field of cryosphere and construction in the Arctic.

The meeting was attended by more than 60 representatives of scientific and research community, Yamal-Nenets government, fuel and energy companies operating in Yamal. This highlighted the demand for such interdisciplinary discussion platforms and resulted in the decision to hold an international conference. The conference will be held in a combined in-person / online format. The conference will be overseen by the International Permafrost Association.

Goals

1. To set up a framework for interdisciplinary dialogue to identify short-term and long-term priorities for government, science and business.
2. To work out the new concept of human-cryosphere interaction that unites the Arctic regions, where environment and climate components permeate the entire process of studying cold phenomena, features of engineering surveys, design, construction and operation of facilities to ensure the reliability and durability of structures.
3. To create the 2-year action plan to adapt the Arctic region to major challenges.

Objectives

1. To outline the trends, risks and vulnerabilities associated with permafrost, both fundamental and applied.
2. To gather materials on recent developments, innovations and research.
3. To determine the list of activities that will allow solving the outlined tasks.
4. To identify tasks that require monitoring, solutions, and changes for the next 2, 5, 10 years.

Please follow the link above for more information.

As part of the Greenland Science Week Research Festival, IARPC (Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee) will review accomplishments of the 2017-2021 plan, with a panel of speakers from selected projects providing perspectives on how coordinated policy improves Arctic research within the United States and internationally. This webinar will highlight ways in which IARPC has helped “make science matter” by facilitating collaboration across government agencies, academic researchers, Arctic communities, and international partners to amplify the value of scientific research.