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The Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference will take place 20-23 May 2024 at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska.

The 2023 Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference was focused on Alaska’s role leading the energy transition from established renewable sources to innovative and emerging technologies. World-renowned speakers and experts highlighted the agenda, along with breakout tracks, panel discussions, and multiple networking opportunities.

Join the UAF Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy for this month's NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing. Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for June 2024 and the summer season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.

Visit the website to learn more and register for the online event - https://uaf-accap.org/event/may-2024-climate-outlook/

The United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) invites participation in their upcoming webinar, “Get to know Polar STEAM: collaborating with educators and artists in your polar research” on Thursday, 16 March 2024, from 18:00-19:00 UTC (10am-11am Alaska/2pm-3pm Eastern USA).

Polar STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) is an NSF-funded program that creates teams of polar researchers, educators, and artists to engage in virtual and field research in the Arctic and Antarctic. Join this USAPECS-hosted webinar to learn how you can collaborate with Polar STEAM, as well as best practices for working with K-12 students, educators, and artists in your research.

Meet the presenter:
Michelle Pratt is the Program Manager for Polar STEAM (https://polarsteam.info). Michelle worked as a K-12 teacher in Alaska for ten years, is a National Geographic Certified Educator, and worked at McMurdo station for two austral summer seasons in support of research efforts in the South Polar region.

Zoom registration link and event information: https://iarpc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpd--tqTMrGtJpF5enaTDFiuv1EdbA…

On May 16, University of Alaska Fairbanks is offering visitors the opportunity to meet scientists and learn about their research.

This year’s Arctic Research Open House will be rock-n-roll themed, titled “Tundra Struck” for the chance to learn about “rockin’ research.”

The event will take place from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, along the West Ridge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Troth Yeddha’ Campus. Free public parking is available in lots along Koyukuk Drive.

Human geographies of climate change adaptation - An international scientific conference

Dates
15-16 May 2024, with social activities on 17 May, after the Norway national day’s parade.

Location
Bergen, Norway.

Participants Targeted
Whether or not you have a degree in human geography, we want to hear from you if you are researching climate change adaptation through a human geography lens.

Conference Themes

Theme #1 — Adaptation in the Arctic: lessons that can be learned from the Arctic in terms of how rapid climate change is experienced and responded to, with insights on, for example, maladaptation, climate justice and adaptation processes.

Theme #2 — Adaptation limits: are we pursuing the pointless?

Theme #3 — Political economies of adaptation: insights on power and justice.

Theme #4 — Methodologies for just adaptation: approaches to (i) studying and understanding adaptation; (ii) combining multiples sources of knowledge, namely Indigenous, practitioners, scientific and local; and (iii) engaging communities and decision makers.

Theme #5 — Adaptation metrics and assessments: approaches to (i) shaping up the adaptation metrics dialogue, to avoid a reductionist quantitative exercise; and (ii) synthesising the rapidly expanding adaptation knowledge base and creating usable science, to inform decision making processes, the global stocktake, and IPCC and other assessments, for example through machine learning and artificial intelligence, systematic reviews, and meta-syntheses.

Theme #6 — Adaptation practice: insights on (i) social innovation; (ii) cross-scalar measures that transcend governance levels and North-South divides; and (iii) alternatives to the anthropocentrism inherent to current adaptation policy.

The Nordland Research Institute invites workshop registration for the Indigenous People with Disabilities in the Arctic: Workshop for Initiating Research Collaboration. This one-day, hybrid workshop will take place 31 May 2024 in Valnesfjord, Norway and online.

The workshop will bring together an international, interdisciplinary group of researchers and stakeholders interested in the lived experiences and inclusion of Indigenous people with disabilities in the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Sápmi. The aim is to map existing knowledge and identify knowledge gaps and develop a shared research agenda, as a basis for a research proposal. Virtual participation is possible.

The workshop is organized by the Nordland Research Institute in collaboration with the Centre for Saami and Indigenous Studies at Nord University and hosted by the Valnesfjord Health Sports Centre. The workshop is supported by the Research Council of Norway (grant no. 352065).

Registration deadline: 15 May 2024

To register, go to: https://response.questback.com/isa/qbv.dll/bylink?p=oOW356zpjxXyPf7pZcg…

For questions, contact:
Birgit Pauksztat, Nordland Research Institute
Email: bpa [at] nforsk.no

The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) anticipates issuing a solicitation for pre-proposals in October 2023 for an Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (IERP) that will support integrated research in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, centered in the Northern Bering Sea. Approximately $6.5 million dollars have been made available by NPRB for this research program. Funding partners may bring additional resources.

An Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network information session on Coastal Napping and Decision Making will be held on May 15th at 11am online. In this session we will hear how the City of Unalakleet is engaging in climate adaptation initiatives and decision-making. We will also hear about how newly developed elevation and water depth data will be used to develop future flood hazard maps for communities.

The ICESat-2 Applications Team invites registration for the 2024 ICESat-2 Applications workshop. The hybrid workshop will be held 3-4 June 2024 at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and online.

Organizers aim to bring together all end-users including ICESat-2 applications developers, satellite operators, and decision makers to discuss the current state and future needs of the community. Through this gathering, organizers hope to foster synergies and collaborations between current and new applied users as well as data users.

Workshop objectives:

Provide an overview of the status of the mission and current data products and support services from the NSIDC;
Build partnerships between current and new applied users as well as data producers and end users;
Foster synergies with between all participants, including science team members, decision makers, applied users, data users, and satellite operators;
Identify new potential applications or products from ATLAS data not currently under investigation;
Review available tools for extracting ATLAS data for a diverse community;
Understand the challenges faced by applied users (e.g., data accessibility, formatting), data users, end users, and identify solutions; and
Highlight ICESat-2 science and applications through five-minute lightning talks (abstract may be submitted at registration).

Registration deadline: 15 May 2024

Strait Science Series

BY SEA + BY AIR: FINDING WHALES IN THE BERING SEA

**Wednesday, 15 May, 6:30 pm ** ZOOM OR VIA PHONE
To understand ecological changes occurring in the northern waters, NOAA has two research efforts to find whales this summer. One is a ship-based survey for large whale species. Another is an aerial survey for belugas. Join Jessica and Kim as they detail both efforts. Come hear what NOAA hopes to learn, where / when the surveys will occur, and how results will be shared in the Bering Strait region.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://tinyurl.com/32b9xbr5
Meeting ID: 822 1709 0878, Passcode: 699733
Or call: 253-215-8782

Jessica Crance and Kim Shelden are Research Biologists with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the NOAA Marine Mammal Laboratory (Seattle).