Search Events

NEW DATE - the webinar will now be held on Wednesday 16th June, 13:00-14:00 UTC. (The original date was June 9.)

This webinar series is designed to increase transparency of the Arctic Science Ministerial science process and to provide additional opportunities for scientists, Indigenous Peoples and Arctic research stakeholders to further engage with the science and proposed actions leading up to the Third Arctic Science Ministerial in Tokyo, Japan in May 2021. The webinar series is a joint cooperation between the ASM3 Organizers in Iceland and Japan and the European Polar Board.

Each webinar will be shared afterwards on the European Polar Board YouTube page and a written summary will be made available on the ASM3 website.

Register today for the PolarConnect event with PolarTREC teacher Liza Backman! Liza is working with researchers studying environmental variability and increased temperature on tundra plant phenology in Alaska as part of the Phenology and Vegetation in the Warming Arctic expedition.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IASSA Council has voted unanimously to postpone ICASS X from June 2020 to June 2021.

Read more here.

ICASS X Organizing Committee has committed to work on a conference format that will include both in-person and online options.
Given the uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are closely looking at having a hybrid format that includes both in-person and virtual options. The Organizing Committee and IASSA Council are committed to do everything possible to ensure that everyone who would like to participate in the Congress is able to do so, either in-person or online. Although we still plan to have a significant portion of the meeting in Arkhangelsk, we are currently exploring options and costs of providing participation alternatives. We are aware that having a hybrid conference may affect the costs of attendance and the ability to have a meaningful conference experience for all participants. We realize that we are constrained by the technology on the ground in Arkhangelsk and via the Internet. Given these considerations, we are working on a most practical solution.

At this time we have not made any final decisions on exact details of the format. The ICASS X Organizing Committee meets every few weeks and will be regularly updating you on our decision process as more information becomes available.

The theme of ICASS X is Arctic Generations: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Research on social sciences and humanities have a great responsibility to address the challenges for sustainable development in the Arctic, with a specific focus on past, present, and future generations of Arctic residents. The generational nature of changes and responses have lately become more recognized by many policymakers and researchers. A focus on generations highlights the long-term, fundamental nature, and scope of changes, impacts, and adaptation strategies. Another focus of ICASS X is Indigenous knowledge and inter- and transdisciplinary research in the Arctic.

Organizers welcome sessions and papers on all facets of the Arctic and sub-Arctic. ICASS will also welcome contributions on all other subjects of relevance to IASSA members.

ICASS X themes will include:

• Archaeology
• Arctic Futures, Scenarios, and Prospects
• Arctic Infrastructure
• Arctic People, Generations, and Places
• Arctic Youth and Generational Relations
• Art and Design
• Cultures
• Economy, Labor, and Development in the Arctic
• Environment and Climate Change
• Gender in the Arctic
• Governance
• Health and Well-Being
• History
• Indigenous Knowledge and Knowledge Co-production
• Indigenous Societies
• International Relations and Science Diplomacy in the Arctic
• Knowledge Systems and Education
• Languages
• Law and Legal Regimes in the Arctic
• Literature
• Migrations and Mobilities
• Museums and Heritage
• Religion and Spirituality
• Research Methodologies
• Resource and Extractive Industries
• Settlements in the Arctic
• Social Work in the Arctic
• Sustainability
• Technology and Innovation in the Arctic
• Tourism

Call for Abstracts has been sent and the submission is open. The deadline has been extended to January 15, 2021. We encourage you to submit abstracts and respond to a survey on the acceptable format of the conference embedded in the abstract submission form. This will help us to determine what to do.

For questions, contact:
Andrey Petrov
Email: andrey.petrov [at] uni.edu
Phone: 319-464-9966

*Due to COVID-19, the CryoSat 10th Anniversary Science Conference was rescheduled from October 5-8, 2020.

The CryoSat 10th Anniversary Science Conference has been confirmed to take place virtually.*

Over the last 10 years, CryoSat has not only delivered a wealth of information about Earth’s changing ice, but has also surpassed expectations with a range of results that go far beyond its original goals. While the conference focuses the latest scientific results from the mission, it is also a celebration of the remarkable contribution that CryoSat has made to our understanding of the cryosphere and its role in the Earth system and the climate, and, in turn, the impacts on society.

Objectives of the Conference: as well as providing critical information about ice, CryoSat has also demonstrated that it can offer a valuable source of data for oceanography, hydrology and geodesy.

The conference therefore provides a forum for international scientists and operational users to present and share state-of-the-art CryoSat-based results, its decadal contribution to science and future perspectives in the following areas:

• Sea ice
• Greenland and Antarctica icesheets
• Glaciers and ice caps
• Oceans and marine gravity
• Hydrology
• Icebergs & ice shelves
• 10 Years of operations, synergies and future missions

This workshop introduces participants to the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), teaches them how to access and work with NEON data, and allows them to interact with NEON science staff to get assistance working on the specific data products they are interested in using. The workshop includes hands-on, interactive instruction on how to access and work with NEON data, both through the NEON data portal and programmatically.

Applications are required and are due by April 16th, 2021.

Please follow the link above for more information.

At the moment POAC 2021 is planned as online conference. In case the situation will be developed in a positive way, we will change the format into on-site / hybrid format. The Organizing Committee has been closely and continuously monitoring the COVID19 situation as it has developed both globally and in Russia. We will inform You on the further decision on the meeting format (on site / virtual / hybrid) in early 2021.

Moscow State Lomonosov University welcomes you to Russia for the 26th edition of the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions. Around 200 participants from over 30 countries are expected to participate in four days of exciting presentations and discussion of research ideas. In addition to the main sessions, our guests will be treated to a welcome party, technical tours and a gala banquet, in and around the beautiful city of Moscow.

Scientific Topics:

1. Arctic offshore strategy and technologies
2. Arctic materials
3. The Arctic sea routes
4. Shipping in ice conditions
5. Applied oceanography of marine ice regions
6. Ice physics and mechanics
7. Permafrost dynamics and its impact on coastal facilities
8. Environmental issues of the Arctic exploration

Extended abstracts deadline: January 31, 2021.

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program and the Summit Science Coordination Office will co-sponsor a U.S. science community planning workshop to identify and articulate U.S. science community interests for long-term planning of potential scientific traverses on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Purpose

The workshop is designed to identify the driving scientific questions that require access to interior areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet and would benefit from scientific traverses for the coming decade and beyond. What are the primary science questions that the U.S. scientific community would seek to answer? The outcome from the workshop is a set of white papers that will help identify technological and logistical requirements for the traverses that will be needed to support the science.

Scientific discoveries achieved on the Greenland Ice are critical to society today, but they are not achieved without significant advance planning. This interdisciplinary science community workshop will identify future sites and traverse routes on the Greenland Ice Sheet where ground-based measurements and/or ice coring will be needed and the associated timeline over the coming decade for advancing science on multiple frontiers. The outcome of the workshop will be a set of white papers describing compelling scientific issues and associated measurements, timelines, and geographic locations on the Greenland Ice Sheet. The white papers will be made available to all on both the https://icedrill.org and https://www.geosummit.org websites.

Additional workshop information and the draft agenda are available at the link above. To participate in the workshop, please register by following the instructions on our website, where you will be able to provide a title for your 5-minute “pitch” for the science that you envision for the future. After we receive your registration, we will send you additional details of the workshop as it develops. The deadline for registration is June 6, 2021.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee is required to develop and implement an Arctic Research Plan every five years. The draft Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026 identifies priorities for U.S. interagency collaboration and partnerships that will increase the value of the federal research investment in the Arctic and for Arctic residents. It addresses the most pressing Arctic research needs that require a collaborative approach and that can advance understanding of the Arctic, inform policy and planning decisions, and promote the well-being of Arctic and global communities.

In March 2021, IARPC released a draft of the next Arctic Research Plan (2022-2026). We are asking for the public to comment on the plan by June 11, 2021.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Full title: Exploring Erosion Patterns Beneath High-Latitude Ice Sheets – Case Studies From Scandinavia and Greenland

Landscapes Live is a weekly online seminar series freely opened to the international scientific community interested in various aspects of geomorphology.

This seminar will be live on Zoom and open to anyone interested (with a limit of 300 participants). You can register in advance for this Zoom
meeting by following the link above.

The U.S. Department of Defense STEM Education Consortium (DSEC) is seeking passionate STEM educators to participate as Ambassadors for the 2021-2022 school year.

Educators who are chosen as a DoD STEM Ambassador will:

• Receive an educator stipend, funds for classroom materials and supplies, and funds for educator conferences or professional development attendance
• Partner with DSEC to advance STEM outreach during the 2021-2022 school year
• Collaborate to create and curate resources to support STEM educators across the nation

If interested, apply now! Applications are due 9 June 2021.