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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 the coming months. Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

We strongly encourage pre-registration for webinars. It helps speakers tailor their presentations to the audience. Follow the link above to register.

The Antarctic Sciences (ANT) and Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics (AIL) Sections in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) will be hosting virtual office hours this week to share information with the academic community regarding NSF’s current operations. These office hours will also allow the community to ask questions, share concerns, and/or offer suggestions on how ANT/AIL can do more to address the impact of COVID-19 on researchers.

Current awardees, pending proposers, and future proposers are welcome to attend.

To participate, you must register for a session. Sessions dates and times are as follows. If additional sessions are requested by the community, we will schedule them in the near future.

Apr 16, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Registration: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_5jMukULvRW2SngBkYvArKQ

Apr 17, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Registration: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_u7vPzlKXS5iUiOZM_KI5LQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Abstract:

Deep-sea coral and sponge communities in the Aleutian Islands are important habitat features for many life stages of commercially important fish targets, including Atka mackerel, Pacific cod, and rockfish. The effects of commercial fishing activities on deep-sea corals and sponges has been difficult to quantify due to a lack of spatially-explicit fishery data, bottom contact by different gear types, undetermined location of corals and sponges, and the susceptibility and recovery dynamics these structure-forming invertebrates (SFI). To address these challenges, a fishing effects model was developed in the North Pacific to integrate spatially explicit VMS data with target-specific gear configurations for over 40,000 bottom trawls since 2003. Fishery observer coverage for Aleutian Island trawl fisheries is nearly 100 percent and records catch species composition. Species distribution models provide presence data for coral, sponge, Primnoidae, and Stylasteridae. A simple spatial overlap analysis of the trawl footprint indicates trawl fisheries are extremely aggregated and spatially distinct for three main targets – mackerel, cod, and rockfish. Across the Aleutian Islands, trawl fisheries affect less than 10% of areas of the highest probability of presence for SFIs. Patterns in spatial variation exist longitudinally, from about 5% in the eastern, 10% in the central, and 20% in the western Aleutians. This footprint analysis depicts maximum overlap, as it does not account for bottom contact, estimated at between 20 and 100% for AI fisheries, or susceptibility or recovery of SFIs. However, this analysis does provide valuable information for fishery managers evaluating impacts on SFIs.

Sponsor: NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program

Point of Contact: heather.coleman [at] noaa.gov (301-427-8650)

Register for the webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6600028956568341772

For audio: Participants can use their computer speakers or call 415-655-0060 followed by passcode 654-149-455.

Attention Arctic Encounter Participants: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the April convening of the Arctic Encounter has been postponed. Please follow the link above to review this announcement in full. Revised 2020 dates for the event will be announced as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

The seventh annual Arctic Encounter Symposium will take place in an expanded venue space at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center on Pier 66 in downtown Seattle in April 2020. The 2019 Arctic Encounter Seattle drew over 300 participants from over 20 nations, including over 80 speakers, 27 sponsors, 17 media partners, northern fashion and photography installations, 13 guest performers, the second annual Far North fashion show, and artist exhibitors.

The 2020 Arctic Encounter Seattle expects to increase engagement in new sectors and engage participants through policy debates, research presentations, performances, and more. The two-day Arctic Encounter Seattle will include an opening reception, two continental breakfasts, two keynote luncheons, a networking reception with Alaskan glacier ice cocktails, and a seated three course dinner including keynotes and live musical entertainment from the Far North. The Arctic Encounter is the largest annual Arctic policy and business conference convening in the United States, with partnerships and convening efforts worldwide.

Abstract:

Climate-change induced alterations of the organic matter flow from various primary production sources to the benthic system in the Arctic Chukchi Sea could have major implications on carbon cycling, sequestration, and benthic food web structure sustaining upper trophic levels.The goal of this study was to determine the proportional contributions of organic matter sources to marine sediments and to what degree these are being utilized by benthic invertebrates.

Bio:
Ann defended her PhD in Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks focusing on organic matter source contribution to lower trophic level food webs, with a specific interest in terrestrial and bacterial organic matter. Her research focused on determining how different organic matter sources are represented in marine sediments and utilized by benthic invertebrates to then update a current Chukchi Sea ecosystem model.

Seminar sponsor:

NOAA Central Library and the 2020 Knauss Fellowship.

Seminar Contact:
POC: Outreach Librarian: Katie Rowley (Katie.Rowley [at] noaa.gov)
2020 Knauss Fellow POC: Michael Acquafredda (michael.acquafredda [at] noaa.gov)

The Antarctic Sciences (ANT) and Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics (AIL) Sections in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) will be hosting virtual office hours this week to share information with the academic community regarding NSF’s current operations. These office hours will also allow the community to ask questions, share concerns, and/or offer suggestions on how ANT/AIL can do more to address the impact of COVID-19 on researchers.

Current awardees, pending proposers, and future proposers are welcome to attend.

To participate, you must register for a session. Sessions dates and times are as follows. If additional sessions are requested by the community, we will schedule them in the near future.

Apr 16, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Registration: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_5jMukULvRW2SngBkYvArKQ

Apr 17, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Registration: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_u7vPzlKXS5iUiOZM_KI5LQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Wondering how to respect and incorporate indigenous knowledge into your research? Join us for a workshop on working with indigenous communities, organized by APECS Diversity and Inclusion & indigenous collaboration groups. The DEI and Indigenous Collaborations project groups are putting together a workshop including panel discussions from experts and break out sessions in order to help get a better understanding of how to foster connections with indigenous communities. We'll be hearing from experts about perspectives and stories of collaborating between researchers and community members. Anyone is welcome. You can register for the event at the link above.

Please email Sasha (szl9 [at] scarletmail.rutgers.edu) or Stas (sksesta [at] gmail.com) with any questions. Thanks and we hope to see you there.

Abstract:

Fine-scale distributions, predator-prey dynamics, and survival of fish larvae in a dynamic coastal river-dominated ecosystem.

Remote Connection: 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 Seminar POC: Heather Tabisola (heather.tabisola [at] noaa.gov)

Seminar sponsor:

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. Visit the EcoFOCI webpage for more information, https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/.

Abstract:

Changes in the cryosphere represent one of the major climate impacts pathways in Alaska. Until recently, projections of future snowpack responses to climate change were geographically coarse scale and poorly tailored to the needs of decision makers and stakeholders. In this presentation, I describe snowpack projections from statistically downscaled precipitation and snow day fraction developed for Alaska. I focus on snowfall water equivalent and a hydrologically relevant indicator of seasonal streamflow. I also present some sub-regional examples developed for specific stakeholder needs in Alaska.

Remote Access:
https://uaf-accap.org/event/future-changes-in-alaska-snow-conditions-fr…

Seminar sponsor:

Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP), A NOAA RISA Team.

Seminar Contact:
Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum [at] alaska.edu, 907-474-7812)
or Sean Bath (sean.bath [at] noaa.gov)

Changes in the cryosphere represent one of the major climate impacts pathways in Alaska. Until recently, projections of future snowpack responses to climate change were geographically coarse scale and poorly tailored to the needs of decision makers and stakeholders. In this presentation, I describe snowpack projections from statistically downscaled precipitation and snow day fraction developed for Alaska. I focus on snowfall water equivalent and a hydrologically relevant indicator of seasonal streamflow. I also present some sub-regional examples developed for specific stakeholder needs in Alaska.

We strongly encourage pre-registration for webinars. It helps speakers tailor their presentations to the audience. Follow the link above to register.