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Originally planned: 18th-22nd October 2021, Potsdam (Germany) postponed to 25th -29th April 2022.

The Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) was the largest Arctic expedition in our times and took place from September 2019 until October 2020. After years of planning under the umbrella of IASC and more than 80 institutions from 20 nations involved, the expedition was a big success and scientists collected tons of samples and terabytes of data.

One year after the expedition, the “International MOSAiC Science Conference/Workshop” will be held from 18th to 22ndOctober 2021 in Potsdam (Germany). The aim is to review the realized various instrumentations and measurements of the coupled Arctic climate system, to discuss the multifaceted linkages and key scientific results. The “International MOSAiC Science Conference/Workshop” addresses the whole MOSAiC community including early career scientist and offers the chance to present the preliminary experimental and modelling results and to enhance the interaction and interlinkage between the different subsystems and with the modelling community to achieve a better understanding of the coupled Arctic climate system. The “International MOSAiC Science Conference/Workshop” will advertise the unique data sets and attract the big modelling centers (e.g. from ECMWF and NOAA). In such a way the “International MOSAiC Science Conference/Workshop” will function as big step towards the improvement of the sea ice and weather forecast and regional and global climate models.

More information will be availble in the coming months.

First Alaskans Institute (FAI) announces the 38th Annual Statewide Elders & Youth Conference (Elders & Youth) will be held in the unceded virtual space of our Alaska Native peoples this October 17-20, 2021. The purpose of this gathering is to support the transference of traditional knowledge between our generations. Our Elders & Youth theme is presented in the Eyak language – “ahnuu dAXunhyuu AXAkihya’ iLka’ GAdAqeeLinuu” – which translates to “side by side in the same direction the people go by canoe.” This theme amplifies this critical movement and journey we are on. The importance of being in solidarity during this pandemic and a polarizing time in our state and nation. We look to our Elders and our youth to help set our course in the right direction for our peoples. The theme is an empowering example of breaking the reins of colonization by Indigenizing all aspects of life and forever practicing the ways of our peoples.

This gathering will include amazing Elder and Youth Keynotes, dynamic plenary presenters, engaging Living & Loving Our Cultures Workshops, Language Circles, and Community Engagement Workshops. We will also make time for Elder Coffeetimes, Regional Breakout Sessions, and our Healing Men's, Women's, and LGBTQA2S+ Houses. We will celebrate the many talents of our community by sharing Native's Got Talent videos and Chin'an: A Night of Cultural Celebration performances from the past.

SnowHydro 2022 will provide an exceptional opportunity to discuss recent advances in all aspects of snow hydrology in a dedicated conference setting, including snow cover processes, distribution dynamics, model development, data assimilation, operational snowmelt forecasting, remote sensing of snow, climate change effects on snow water resources, snow vegetation interactions, and ecohydrology. It is the event to meet your international peers and exchange latest ideas in a focused and informal setting. Following on from the two previous meetings in 2018 and 2020, SnowHydro 2022 will take place 1-4 February in Grenoble, France in the foothills of the Alps not far from the famous Mont-Blanc.

Format

In-person meeting if COVID-19 conditions permitting. We greatly value networking via informal discussions and the exchange of ideas throughout the conference, and will only consider a virtual format if required.

Program

Days #1 to #3 will feature dedicated oral and poster sessions related to the above topics, with no concurrent sessions. An optional field excursion on day #4 will be organized.

Adjoint event

The annual meeting of the local glacier-snow-permafrost section of the French Hydrotechnics Society (SHF) will be held as part of SnowHydro 2022, with specific permafrost and glacier topics integrated into the program on day #3 (a separate announcement will follow).

Excursion

An excursion on day #4 will take you to Chamonix and the famous Aiguille du Midi cable car with a fantastic view on Mont-Blanc and its glaciers.

Venue

Hosted by the Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), the conference will take place in the historic building of the institute on Saint-Martin d'Hères campus near Grenoble, France.

Call for abstracts

Submission of abstracts for SnowHydro 2022 is now open until October-15th 2021.

The program will be announced and the registration opened on November 1st. This tight timeline is intentional to have a better understanding of the COVID-19 conditions at that time to allow adjustments of the meeting format if necessary.

The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. It is attended by heads of states and governments, ministers, members of parliaments, officials, experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, indigenous representatives, environmentalists, students, activists and others from the growing international community of partners and participants interested in the future of the Arctic.

Please follow the link above for the most up-to-date information.

Part of the NOAA in Alaska and the Arctic seminar series hosted by NOAA NCEI Regional Climate Services Director, Alaska Region and the NOS Science Seminar Series.

Remote Access

Register here:
https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/akandarctic101421/event/registra…

After registering, you will receive an email with a login link.

Abstract

Mercury (Hg) levels in Arctic ecosystems have risen markedlydue to global anthropogenic Hg emissions since industrialization, and are nowalso being altered as the region warms, with as-yet uncertain ecologicalconsequences. This presentation will highlight the key findings of the recentAMAP mercury report as well as discuss the resultant comprehensive assessmentof the present-day abiotic Hg mass balance in the Arctic that was recentlysubmitted for publication. Atmospheric Hg in the Arctic is primarily emittedoutside the region and is delivered to the Arctic Ocean through atmosphericdeposition, riverine inputs, ice melt and coastal erosion. While external Hginputs are overall decreasing, concentrations in biota are still increasing insome locations. The overall findings of the AMAP report and the Hg mass balancewill be discussed and the presentation will highlight the uncertainties inunderstanding that exist or are poorly constrained by measurements.

Bio

Robert Mason is a professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Connecticut and has been working on aspects of the global mercury cycle for more than 30 years. He is, and has been, involved in synthesis efforts on mercury for AMAP and for UNEP, as part of the efforts related to the Minamata Convention on Mercury. He has been involved in recent mercury studies in the Arctic and the adjacent waters, and in the atmosphere, in addition to studies in other coastal and offshore ocean regions.

Sponsors

NOAA NCEI Regional Climate Services Director, Alaska Region and the NOS Science Seminar Series.

Accessibility

Closed Captioning will be provided.

Join NASA for a webinar on the latest updates from the Cryospheric Science and Terrestrial Ecology programs. NASA program managers Thorsten Markus and Michael Falkowski will give an overview of recent and upcoming initiatives, including NASA ABoVE and ICESat-2, among others. The research community is welcome to join, ask questions, and share feedback.

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

The Annual Meeting of the Northwest Glaciologists is an open and informal meeting of glaciologists nominally from the "Pacific Northwest" who study snow and ice around the world. The meeting has no abstracts, no formal pre-registration, and a strong history of student/early-career participation. Please consider joining us this year!

The symposium is organized in Rovaniemi, Finland in a hybrid mode via Teams.

”Arctic change” is a popular way to frame current developments and to discuss the future of the region as a complex set of interconnected environmental, social and economic changes taking place in the region and leading to its fundamental transformation. Different forms of governance to guide and govern these changes is yet another topical but a complex set of issues connecting different levels of societal actors, forms of action, and concerns, such as sustainability and equity. Also, the question remains whether these transformations are in anyway governable, and what are the possible unintended and unwanted effects of any efforts of governance. Consequently, it becomes evident that governance in Arctic regions goes far beyond the schemes of regional authorities and the policies of few supranational bodies (e.g. Arctic Council). This topical diversity will be addressed at the symposium.

In recent years, social science-based research has produced a myriad of concepts, approaches and methodologies to understand societal transformations and their governability, such as collaborative governance, interactive governance, metagovernance, governmentality and global governance, to name just a few. In order to understand better (un)governability of Arctic change, we invite critically oriented presentations to the Northern Political Economy Symposium 2021 to discuss governance of Arctic transformations as well as examples of empirical research into different processes of societal transformations and their governability.

The deadline for abstracts of proposed presentations is 24 September 2021.

For more information please follow the link above.

The annual Polar CORDEX (COordinated Regional Climate Downscaling EXperiment) meeting will be held online from Tuesday 12 October to Thursday 14 October at 15:00-17:00/ 3-5 pm UTC.

There will be 3 sessions, as follows:

• Tues Oct. 12: Arctic CORDEX
• Wed Oct. 13: Antarctic CORDEX
• Thur Oct. 14: Plans for 2022: plenum discussion

If you want to attend, please complete the online registration form.

Presentations are very welcome on all aspects of Antarctic and Arctic CORDEX work (e.g., processes, recent and future climate change, key drivers, coupled modeling, model evaluation, multi-model intercomparisons). Time allotted is maximum 10 minutes.

Deadline for registration is October 1st.

APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists - www.apecs.is) and ARICE (Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium - www.arice-h2020.eu) invite you for a webinar on “Arctic Ocean Ventilation – Why it matters and how to measure it” on 11 October 2021 from 12:00 – 13:00 pm GMT.

The Arctic Ocean is a critical part of the global ocean and the global climate system, and we know climate change is happening faster there than anywhere else on the planet. With this in mind, the VACAO (Ventilation and Anthropogenic Carbon in the Arctic Ocean) project, funded by ARICE, set out to better quantify Arctic Ocean ventilation. With ventilation we mean the process that brings water from the surface ocean to the deep ocean, and back again. This process bring characteristics of the atmosphere to the interior ocean, such as extra heat and carbon dioxide, and eventually distribute this to the global ocean. We report on preliminary results from a very recent cruise on the IB Oden where we measured and took samples for a large range of ocean ventilation tracers.

Speakers are:

• Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR),
• Lennart Gerke (GEOMAR) and
• Yannis Arck (University Heidelberg)

Moderation:

• Franziska Pausch (ARICE, AWI & APECS)

To join the webinar, please register by following the link above.