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Our Organizing Committee are delighted to bring INQUA to Dublin and we would like to warmly welcome you to the 20th INQUA Congress.

We all have a deep commitment to the Congress and we all want our delegates to thoroughly enjoy the stimulation of multiple scientific sessions in the purpose built Convention centre. In addition we hope you are all looking forward to the warm welcome from Dublin and the Irish people and that you enjoy the magnificent Irish scenery on the various field trips we have organised.

INQUA, the International Union for Quaternary Research, was founded in 1928 by a group of scientists seeking to improve understanding of environmental change during the glacial ages through interdisciplinary research.

Today, more than 45-member countries, spread throughout the world, contribute to INQUA’s vitality. INQUA’s basic goal – “promoting improved communication and international collaboration in basic and applied aspects of Quaternary research” – is achieved mainly through the activities of its commissions and committees.

Important Dates:

• January 9th 2019: Abstract Submission Deadline
• January 16th 2019: Close of Super Early Registration
• March 27th 2019: Close of Early Registration
• April 29th 2019: Deadline for Author Registration for Inclusion in Final Programme
• July 22nd 2019: On Line Registration Deadline
• July 25th 2019: On Site Registration Opens

The 13th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science (ISAES 2019) will be held at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The symposium aims to bring together Antarctic earth scientists from different areas in order to gather and highlight their outstanding expertise and ideas.

The first Antarctic Geology Symposium was held jointly with IUGS (the International Union of Geological Sciences) in September 1963 and initially was held at irregular intervals, interspersed with conferences on Antarctic Quaternary Studies and marine geology. Since 1987, the International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) has been held regularly every four years and alternates with SCAR's Biology Symposium.

Major themes of the symposium include:

• Continental evolution of Antarctica
• Antarctic solid earth structure and interactions with the cryosphere
• Past and present permafrost changes in Antarctica
• Glacial history of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
• Antarctic surface processes and landscape
• Changes in the Southern Ocean
• Climate change in the 21st century
• Antarctica and the evolution of life
• Remote sensing and satellite imagery
• General Antarctic earth sciences

Abstracts and side meeting application submission is now available. Abstract deadline: 21 April, 2019, 23:59 KST. Application for side meeting deadline: 30 April, 2019, 23:59 KST.

Please follow the link above for more information.

The first meeting of the new phase (2019-2021) of the PAGES and INQUA working group PALeo constraints on SEA level rise (PALSEA) will focus on refining proxy-based reconstructions of past sea level. Sea-level rise due to polar ice sheet decay in a warming world is one of the most important, and most uncertain aspects associated with climate change. Because the instrumental record is short and changes to date have been modest, observations from the recent past provide at best a limited vantage point from which to gauge the future. The geologic record, in contrast, features major, and sometimes rapid, changes in ice sheets and sea level that remain to be fully explored and explained. Recent methodological improvements bear the potential to reduce uncertainties in local sea-level reconstructions, which will be crucial for reconciling sea level-based estimates of past ice sheet volumes.

The meeting will run over 3 days:

• Day 1 (July 21st) will be dedicated to the ecological and environmental interpretation of proxy-based datasets.
• Day 2 (July 22nd) will focus on cutting-edge chronological attribution techniques, which is critical to link sea level data to climate archives in order to better understand the drivers of change.
• During day 3 (July 23rd) the participants will be split in two separate groups, each working on one specific time period, to refine reconstructions and database protocols based upon the discussions from the previous days. One group will focus on the Holocene, coordinated by the HOLSEA (an INQUA working group) leader Nicole Khan, while the second group led by Alessio Rovere will work towards the inception of the World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines.

We welcome abstracts that fit with the themes of the first two days of the meeting on state-of-the-art approaches which aim to improve proxy-based reconstruction of past sea level. We particularly welcome submissions from disciplines beyond traditional paleo sea level research that may broaden community expertise. Abstract submission closes at 23:59 GMT on the 27th February 2019. Attendance will be capped to help promote discussion. Acceptance of abstracts will be confirmed by 15th March 2019 following review by the organizing committee for fit with the meeting (irrespective of career stage). Registration will close on the 18th April 2019.

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 August 2019 and the fall season. Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Available online or in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks.

We strongly encourage pre-registration for webinars. The audio portion of the call is through a toll-free phone line and the slide presentation is streamed via computer. Follow the link above to register.

Passive microwave sensors on low earth orbiting satellites have the ability to monitor several parameters associated with the Earth's hydrological cycle - falling precipitation, snow and ice parameters, soil moisture, etc. These observations are particularly useful for high latitude locations where geostationary satellites have limited coverage. In this presentation, a review of the methodology used to retrieve this information will be given, then followed by several practical applications for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.

We strongly encourage pre-registration for webinars. The audio portion of the call is through a toll-free phone line and the slide presentation is streamed via computer.

The 8th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations is co-hosted by the U.S. National Ice Center, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, and the Woodrow Wilson Center.

This two-day event will feature experts speaking on Arctic marine operations, ocean and environmental issues, science, policy, law, and governance. Participants will learn about the impacts of an ice-diminishing Arctic Ocean on marine transportation, resource development, scientific research, federal, state, local, and international operations, and policy implications in the rapidly evolving Arctic. The symposium will be webcast and recorded, and a reception will be held at the conclusion of the first day. Participants are invited (and encouraged!) to present posters on science, technology, operations, or other related subjects.

Abstract submissions are due by July 10th and can be completed here.

The 2019 UK Arctic Science Conference will take place 11 to 13 September 2019 and will be hosted by Loughborough University. This three day conference brings together UK Arctic scientists from all natural and social science disciplines to present and discuss recent findings.

Registration for this interdisciplinary conference is free, and the themes of the conference include: Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Terrestrial, Marine and Human/Social.

The call for Registration and Abstract Submission is now open. The deadline for abstract submission is 12th July 2019 and the deadline for registration is 30th August 2019.

Innovinc Organization extends a heartfelt welcome to the inaugural “World Congress on Geology & Earth Science” with the theme of “Providing Innovative Research Methodologies for Geosciences".

Geoscience-2019 brings together senior and early-career geologists and earth scientists from organizations, universities, associations, companies and media from all over the world especially but not limited to career scientists. The participation of these individuals from different sectors and countries will enhance international collaborations and increase the involvement of the international community.

Geoscience-2019 is uniquely positioned to attract a focused audience of earth science and geosciences professionals. The technical program at Geoscience-2019 attracts industry leaders worldwide for its well-regarded keynote, oral and poster presentations. The breadth and depth of the technical program is international in scope and appeals to multiple earth science and geosciences disciplines.

Geoscience-2019 will provide the platform for active discussions regarding the real time issues, examining the current practices and determining the policies of the future endeavors occupy a prominent place in this conference. In fact, many critical challenges have to be taken into account: Environmental, Scientific and technical, Governance, Natural hazards, Earthquake’s, Climate Change challenges.

Seminar No. 4 in the NCA4/NOAA 11-part Seminar Series: The Fourth National Climate Assessment: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States.

Webinar Access:

Please register at: [URL TBD]

Users should use either IE or Edge on Windows or Safari if using a Mac. Audio will be available thru the computer only; no phone. Questions will be addressed in the chat window. This Webcast will be recorded, archived and made accessible in the near future.

The main symposium will take place from Tuesday morning, 9 July, until the afternoon of Friday 12 July. On Monday 8 July there will be a presymposium short-course on ice penetrating radar science and engineering for early-career researchers. Also on Monday 8 July, side meetings will also be scheduled for collaborative radar sounding projects including BedMap3 and the SCAR AntArchitecture project.

Theme:
Radio-echo sounding is a powerful geophysical technique for directly characterizing the subsurface conditions of terrestrial and planetary ice masses at the local, regional and global scales. As a result, a wide array of orbital, airborne, towed and in situ instruments, platforms and data analysis approaches for radar sounding have been developed, applied or proposed. Terrestrially, airborne radar-sounding data have been used in physical glaciology to observe ice thickness, basal topography and englacial layers for more than five decades. More recently, radar-sounding data have also been exploited to estimate the extent and configuration of subglacial water, the ice-sheet surface, the geometry of subglacial bedforms, the spatial variation of basal melt, englacial temperature, and the transition between frozen and thawed bed. Planetary radar sounders have been used or are planned to observe the subsurface and near-surface conditions of Mars, Earth’s Moon, comets and the icy moons of Jupiter. These instruments provide critical subsurface context for surface-sensing, particle, and potential-field instruments in planetary exploration payloads. This symposium will discuss advances in radar-sounding systems, mission concepts, signal processing, data analysis, modeling and scientific interpretation.

Suggested Topics:
We seek papers and presentations that advance the understanding radar sounding and its use in physical glaciology. Key focus areas include (but are not limited to):
1. Radar systems: development, performance and platforms
2. Data: intercomparison, validation and release
3. Radar processing: propagation, inversion and automation
4. Englacial structure: layers, deformation and accretion bodies
5. Attenuation: near-surface properties, temperature and chemistry
6. Bed conditions: topography, roughness, thermal state and hydrology
7. Interpretation: comparing observations with modeling and theory
8. Planetary radioglaciology: radar investigations of planetary cryospheres

Abstract and Paper Publication:
Participants wishing to present a paper (oral or poster) at the Symposium must submit an abstract by 31 March 2019. Abstracts need to be submitted via the IGS website. Accepted abstracts will be posted on the Symposium website.

The Council of the International Glaciological Society will publish a thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on topics consistent with the symposium themes. Submissions to this issue will not be contingent on presentation at the Symposium, and material presented at the symposium is not necessarily affirmed as being suitable for consideration for this issue of the Annals. Participants are encouraged, however, to submit manuscripts for this Annals volume. The deadline for submission of Annals papers is 1 August 2019.