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The ASSW2021 Local Organizing Committee in coordination with IASC decided to move the Science Symposium part of ASSW2021 (23 – 26 March 2021) into an online event. Follow the link above for more information.

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is an annual gathering of international organizations involved in Arctic research. It is designed to strengthen collaborations across academia, government agencies, local communities, industry, non-governmental organizations and other Arctic stakeholders.

On behalf of the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Local Organizing Committee we are pleased to invite you to take part in the Arctic Science Summit Week 2021. The Conference is organized by FCT, Ciência Viva, AIR Center, the Portuguese Arctic Community, and by IASC and partners.

Framed by the overarching theme for the Science Conference “The Arctic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts”, Lisbon invites International experts on the Arctic and Indigenous Peoples to discuss the “New Arctic” and also its impacts and interactions to and with the lower latitudes.

Important Dates:

• January 2020 to April 30, 2020: Call for Scientific Sessions
• May 2020 to November 30, 2020: Call for Abstracts
• November 2020 to January 31, 2021: Early Bird Registration
• April 2020 to November 30, 2020: Call for Community Meetings Requests
• November 2020: Notification of Abstract Acceptance

Extended deadline for abstract submission is 10 December 2020.

It will be a pleasure to warmly receive you all in Lisbon for the ASSW2021.

Helena Pereira, President of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology
João Canário, Chairman of the ASSW2021
Gonçalo Vieira, Chair of the ASSW2021 International Scientific Committee

The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center at IARC invites proposals for projects that support “actionable science” or knowledge that can inform or be applied to high-priority natural and cultural resource management issues, either locally or broadly across Alaska. AK CASC expects to initiate 3-4 new projects with Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funds. For more details on this opportunity, please refer to the full Request For Proposals document at the link above.

The National Climate Adaptation Science Center will host an informational webinar and question and answer session pertaining to this solicitation. You can find the Zoom information at the link above.

Dates:

• Deadline for Statements of Interest: Friday, March 19, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
• Full Proposals Invited (Planned): April 22, 2021
• Deadline for Invited Full Proposals: Friday, July 23, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
• Notification of Intent to Award (Planned): September 8, 2021

All Statements of Interest should be submitted to the CASC RFPManager Portal.

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 April and the spring/early summer season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Please follow the link above to register.

Contact: polarecc at polarnetwork.org

Abstract deadline: Friday 19th March 2021.

We invite Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to present their Polar research in a friendly environment. We also invite anyone, of any academic or professional background, who is curious or passionate about Polar research to attend.

This conference has been organised with the support of the UK Polar Network. This two-day online conference will highlight the work of ECRs within Polar Science from a range of disciplines and institutions. This is the first UK Polar ECR conference and is tailored towards this community. The conference will focus on the high-quality science produced by ECRs and the contemporary issues Polar ECRs are facing. The scientific talks will be divided in to five streams which will run parallel throughout the conference:

• Ecosystems
• Oceanography
• Geology and Glaciology
• Atmosphere and Climate
• Social Sciences

In addition to scientific talks and posters, there will be a strong emphasis on careers & employability, as well as discussing the future of UK Polar science. This will include:

• Employability workshops for careers both in and out of academia.
• A session dedicated to improving collaboration with Indigenous communities.
• A panel discussing the future of UK polar science with specific emphasis on the impacts of Brexit, COVID-19 and the UN Decade of Ocean Science.

Submissions:

The form for submitting an abstract for a talk or a poster is available on the link below, this will simultaneously register you for the conference. We ask that those submitting an abstract fall within the category of ECR (Post-graduate students, PhD students and Post-doctoral researchers). Abstracts must be < 200 words and the submission deadline is Friday 19th March 2021.

Abstract submission & registration form: https://forms.gle/mZd2bZupmWQ1PLen6

Attendance:

This conference is an opportunity for ECRs to hone their skills in a friendly environment however we also welcome anyone, of any academic or professional background, interested in Polar science to attend the conference.

Conference registration form (for attendees only): https://forms.gle/9Tvt4yVAJEC1BZjr5

The Permafrost Carbon Feedback (PCF) Intervention Roadmap Dialogues, hosted by the PCF Action Group, is a four-part Series, and we very much look forward to having you participate.

• March 4: Opening Dialogue: Why Permafrost Carbon Matters
• March 11: Dialogue 2: Avoiding Permafrost Thaw: Managing Temperature
• March 18: Dialogue 3: Managing Emissions from Permafrost Thaw
• March 25: Dialogue 4: Permafrost Carbon Feedback: Priorities for Research, Policy and Investment

Please register for as many sessions as you’d like to attend, using the link above.

Alaska’s forests burn every year, and wildfires have consumed an increasing number of acres in recent decades. But Alaska is not the only area experiencing this trend. Wildfires have become similarly concerning in California, with over four million acres burned during the record-setting 2020 season alone. This presentation will compare the 2019 and 2020 wildfire seasons in Alaska and California from the perspective of a fire weather meteorologist supporting the fire crews and land management agencies.

Please follow the link above to register.

The Arctic Research Collaboration Workshop will take place online, Friday 16 April from 9:00 am -1:00 pm AKDT, 1:00-5:00 pm EDT.

In the first half of the workshop, participants will hear from a panel of experienced inter-/transdisciplinary researchers as they share examples of successful collaborative research projects and reflect on the processes that support project conceptualization, disciplinary integration, and effective engagements with local communities. In the second half of the workshop, participants will break into small groups for a hands-on “collaboration sprint” exercise designed to help project teams identify and define specific research problems that might be used to stimulate ongoing research collaboration.

Both individuals and teams are invited to apply to participate in the workshop by Wednesday, 17 March 2021. Space is limited, however, so we do encourage interested parties to only submit an application if they are confident they would be able to attend. There is no cost to participate.

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.

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Speaking:

Maurice van Tiggelen, Utrecht University, "The Turbulent but Predictable Relationship Between Rough Greenland Ice and the Atmosphere : The Story From a Drone, ICESat-2 and Several Eddy Covariance Stations"
Lynn Kaluzienski, University of Maine, "Modelling Ross Ice Shelf Sensitivity to Changes at Its Western Lateral Margin Using the Ice Sheet System Model (Issm)"
Riley Culberg, Stanford Radio Glaciology, "Extreme Melt Season Ice Layers Reduce Firn Permeability in Greenland's Interior"

Please register in advance for the seminars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar.

The seminar will also be available afterwards on the Friends of the International Glaciological Society Facebook page so that you can watch it there if technology fails or you can't make it.

Please join us for our March EPSP Connects event, a science talk from Irina Overeem, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Geological Sciences.