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The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Lawrence Hamilton (Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire). The in-person seminar will convene at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership building (1201 New York Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.). This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event. Please follow the link above. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent to webinar registrants prior to the event.

This seminar, titled What People Know: Asking About the Arctic on U.S. General-Public Surveys, will be presented by Lawrence Hamilton. Dr. Hamilton is professor of sociology and senior fellow at the Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire. Over the past 25 years he has studied human-environment interactions around the circumpolar North, from Alaska to Greenland and the northern Atlantic. Much of his research involves collaboration between social and natural scientists, to investigate topics such as climate-linked migration in Arctic Alaska, fisheries crises in Iceland and Greenland, or the accuracy of predictions about sea ice. In addition to research on the Arctic regions themselves, Dr. Hamilton conducts large-scale surveys of public knowledge and perceptions outside the Arctic – as described, for example, in Polar facts in the age of polarization or Where is the North Pole?.

Seminar Abstract:

Since 2006, a number of surveys have explored U.S. public knowledge and perceptions about polar regions. At first glance, these seemed to show fairly high levels of public awareness and concern about polar climate change and related issues. Closer examination with increasingly sophisticated surveys uncovered a more complex picture, however. Some basic polar and Arctic knowledge questions, which link to people’s more general beliefs, are answered with reasonably good accuracy. But other basic questions that have answers not guessable from general beliefs tend to show lower accuracy or knowledge. Contrasting results on the “two kinds” of Arctic knowledge questions exhibit strong demographic patterns. Moreover, we see public awareness on some issues gradually rising over the years of these surveys, while on others it remains stubbornly flat. Although polar-knowledge survey questions might seem a narrow topic, these results highlight deeper characteristics of U.S. society today.

The Anchorage Arctic Research Summit (ANCARS) aims to spur innovation in how we study and understand the North. The event will provide an opportunity for Anchorage researchers to share their knowledge of the Arctic and to network with others in the community.

This year’s conference theme, “Transforming Research and Scholarship in the North" will be addressed in two morning sessions: "Transforming Research & Scholarship on Arctic Economic Security" and "Transforming Research & Scholarship on Arctic Environmental Security." Each session will feature a keynote speaker followed by a panel presentation.

During the afternoon session participants will engage in tabletop discussions that focus on creating interdisciplinary frameworks. Participants at each table will be asked to address a research challenge in the context of interdisciplinary effort.

Organizers invite abstract submissions for keynote and panel presentations on the focus of the two session topics: Arctic Economic Security and Arctic Environmental Security. Both topics are broadly defined to ensure a diversity and balance of perspectives, including perspectives rooted in Indigenous world views, non-traditional research methods, and/or framed in terms of gender.

Abstract submission deadline: 6:00 pm (AKDT) 25 March 2019.

For questions, contact:
Daniel Ahrens
Email: nxnsummit [at] anchoragemuseum.org

Seminar 10 in the Series: From Science to Solutions: The State of the Carbon Cycle, the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2). We plan to host seminars in this series on most Tuesdays, Feb. 26 - May 28.

Webinar Access:

We will use Adobe Connect. To join the session, go to https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/nosscienceseminars, enter as "Guest", and please enter your first and last name. 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 fifth annual Arctic Encounter drew over 100 speakers, 32 sponsors, 11 media partners, 13 guest performers and artist exhibitors to the downtown Seattle waterfront to discuss and debate emerging challenges and solutions in Arctic security, including energy, environment, international relations and geo-politics, and economics. The 2018 Arctic Encounter also featured photography and fashion installments, the Far North Fashion Show on the red carpet during the keynote seated dinner, artist exhibitor sales of their work, and more. The Arctic Encounter was thrilled to welcome over 300 participants from across Alaska, the U.S., and the world to the 2018 convening.

Please join us at the sixth annual Arctic Encounter Seattle to engage the topic of innovation in the Arctic, specifically disruptive business and investment models, energy and power, climate research, national security, new economic and trade models, and popular media trends impacting the Far North.

The ICE LAW Project investigates the potential for a legal framework that acknowledges the complex geophysical environment in the world’s frozen regions and explores the impact that an ice-sensitive legal system would have on topics ranging from the everyday activities of Arctic residents to the territorial foundations of the modern state.

The conference will feature the following elements:

• ICE LAW subproject leaders will discuss findings from the workshops and community meetings that they have been holding for the past three years.
• Four keynote speakers will share their thoughts on topics that join the physical and regulatory environments of the Arctic.
• The ICE LAW conference will be held in conjunction with the first annual Summer School of the DurhamARCTIC programme, an interdisciplinary training initiative for PhD students and early career researchers. Funding will be available for eligible PhD students and Early Career Researchers to attend this joint event.

The conference will run from 1700 on Thursday 25 April through noon on Saturday 27 April, and will be free of charge.

For more information, please follow the link above.

The two day conference aims to promote discussion on UK astrobiology. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations will be accepted in ALL aspects of Astrobiology (including research, applied impact and outreach). The keynote theme is 'The habitability of cold and icy environments', aiming to facilitate discussion between planetary scientists and researchers within the terrestrial cryosphere.

There will be a linked UK Space Agency sponsored early career event for PhD students/early career scientists on the afternoon of Wed 24th April, where representatives from different sectors of the UK Space sector (academia, government, industry) will discuss their different career pathways, alongside a workshop to develop key skills for effectively communicating science to different audiences and media.

PhD students will receive a discounted conference registration fee if they submit an abstract for a talk or poster. Accommodation subsidies will also be available for those attending the early career event. See website above for further details.

Abstract deadline: 20th March 2019.

Snow avalanches are the most deadly natural hazard on National Forest land, killing around 25-30 people in the U.S. each year, with 3-4 of those fatalities occurring in Alaska. Avalanches also pose a serious threat to transportation infrastructure across the state, including vital highways and railroads. Several avalanche forecasting centers work throughout the winter to help keep Alaskans safe by issuing backcountry avalanche forecasts and performing avalanche control work. Weather is one of three main contributors to avalanche hazard and a successful avalanche forecasting center relies heavily on accurate and timely weather observations and forecasts. This presentation will discuss ways in which various NWS offices provide support to avalanche forecasting operations and highlights how the NWS Anchorage office has engaged its core partners while providing vital support during significant avalanche events across Southcentral Alaska. Additionally, this presentation will discuss new and up and coming technology, including testing of a coupled weather and snow cover model to simulate snowpack and avalanche conditions throughout several mountain ranges in Southcentral Alaska.

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.

“ECSD5 2019” is the fifth “European Conference on Scientific Diving” organised by the IO PAN Scientific Diving TEAM, in Sopot, first time in Poland. Conferences of this series were originally initiated by the European Scientific Diving Panel in 2015 by combining “The Research in Shallow Marine and Fresh Water Systems" and “The International Symposium on Occupational Scientific Diving" into one general meeting held once a year.

The intent of ECSD is to provide a large, international forum for presenting the latest research results carried out in Europe using diving. ECSD conferences each time attract European leaders in the field of scientific diving and provide a convenient platform for exchanging experiences, establishing new contacts and future collaboration. Organizers wish to gather a broad group of international specialists as well as to consolidate the Polish scientific diving community (limited to max. 100 people). Participation from Early Career Researchers is strongly encouraged!

Deadlines:

• January 1st - Registration opening
• January 15th - Abstract submission deadline / Early bird registration deadline
• February 1st - Acceptance confirmation
• February 15th - Late registration deadline

The Polar Prediction Workshop will be held at the University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), in Norman, Oklahoma. Deadline to register is March 15, 2019.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces the next two webinar in their Public Webinar Series. These webinars, NSF Program Manager Chats: Arctic System Science and Social Sciences, will take place Wednesday, 24 April 2019 at 3:00 p.m. EDT (Social Sciences) and 4:00 p.m. EDT (System Science).

Between 2015 and 2018, the Arctic Sciences Section at the National Science Foundation (NSF) invested $76 million dollars in Arctic Social and System Sciences. With the arrival of new program officers to the Arctic Section, there are many new and continuing opportunities to fund Social and Systems Science research in the Arctic, including through the Arctic Social Science, Arctic System Science, and Arctic Observing Network Programs, as well as the Navigating the New Arctic Big Idea.

To clarify opportunities for funding and to provide a chance to answer questions and receive feedback from the research community, two NSF Program Officers – Colleen Strawhacker and Roberto Delgado – will lead two back-to-back webinars for the Arctic Social Science and Arctic System Science communities. The first webinar will focus on Arctic Social Science funding and answer questions from the research community regarding opportunities that exist within the Arctic section to fund social science-related research. The second webinar, immediately following, will focus on opportunities related to Arctic Systems Science Research.