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Please join us for a real-time event with teacher Jennifer Baldacci broadcasting live from Toolik Field Station in Alaska. Dr. Cory Williams will join Jenn to discuss the 2017 field season working on Arctic Ground Squirrel Studies This event's time is set to broadcast specifically for Jenn's students in Switzerland and other European classrooms. Jennifer will also host a PolarConnect event with U.S. school-friendly times on 27 April.

During the AMAP Conference, SEARCH Sea Ice Action Team Staff Member Matthew Druckenmiller will be scheduling "informational interviews" with decision-maker audiences, such as within Executive agencies, Congressional offices, NGOs, and local and state level institutions, to gather feedback on the SIAT's communication approaches and to systematically outline the preferences, potential, and obstacles for "knowledge to action".

Other SEARCH Science Steering Committee members will also be attending and participating in this event.

Join us for a real-time event with teacher Adeena Teres broadcasting live from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland! John Woods, Project Manager for NASA Operation IceBridge will be joining Adeena from Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Adeena and John will discuss the ongoing field season for the 2017 Operation IceBridge campaign.

Organizers announce a call for abstracts for a conference entitled "International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action," organized by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP). It will take place in Reston, Virginia.

This conference builds on a previous conference from 2011 entitled "Arctic Messenger of Change Conference." The 2017 conference will provide updated scientific, decision-making, and policy-relevant information across a broad array of different Arctic issues and related scientific disciplines.

The topics that will be addressed are:

• The Arctic Cryosphere
• Pollution in the Arctic
• Human Health Aspects of Pollution and Climate Change
• Global and Arctic Systems Feedback Mechanisms
• Resilience within Arctic Ecosystems
• Science and Plicy Making
• Socio-Economic Drivers and Impacts of Arctic Change

Interested participants are invited to submit abstracts on research and findings relevant to the topics identified above including reports from observational, process-based research, and experimental and modeling studies or past, present, and future change in the Arctic.

To submit an abstract for either an oral or poster presentation (550 word maximum), send the abstract by email to:
2017Conference [at] amap.no

Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 December 2016.
Registration Deadline: 24 April 2017.

For more information click on the "first announcement" pdf, follow the link above.

Organizers announce a call for abstracts for a conference entitled "International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action," organized by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP).

This conference builds on a previous conference from 2011 entitled "Arctic Messenger of Change Conference." The 2017 conference will provide updated scientific, decision-making, and policy-relevant information across a broad array of different Arctic issues and related scientific disciplines.

The topics that will be addressed are:

• The Arctic Cryosphere
• Pollution in the Arctic
• Human Health Aspects of Pollution and Climate Change
• Global and Arctic Systems Feedback Mechanisms
• Resilience within Arctic Ecosystems
• Science and Plicy Making
• Socio-Economic Drivers and Impacts of Arctic Change

Interested participants are invited to submit abstracts on research and findings relevant to the topics identified above including reports from observational, process-based research, and experimental and modeling studies or past, present, and future change in the Arctic.

To submit an abstract for either an oral or poster presentation (550 word maximum), send the abstract by email to:
2017Conference [at] amap.no

Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 December 2016.
Registration Deadline: 24 April 2017.

For more information click on the "first announcement" pdf, follow the link above.

The EGU General Assembly 2017 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. The EGU is looking forward to cordially welcoming you in Vienna.

Note on hotel reservations:
Please note that the congress ECCIMD2017 (10,000 participants) will take place in Vienna at the same time as the EGU2017. In addition, the Vienna City Marathon (40,000 participants) will take place on Sunday, resulting in many hotels being fully booked the night before. Therefore, we strongly recommend booking accommodation as soon as possible.

This cruise and pre-cruise information workshop will instruct early career marine scientists, including PhD students, post docs, and first or second year faculty members, on how to effectively plan for, acquire, and utilize time at sea for multi-disciplinary research and education.

The program will begin in Duluth, Minnesota and end in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 6-12 June 2017.

This course will include a four-day cruise on the University of Minnesota's research vessel Blue Heron on Lakes Superior and Michigan,
as well as a pre-cruise workshop.

Small stipends are provided for participant travel costs, research supplies, and shipping.

Space is limited and applicants must be an employee or student (U.S. Citizen or permanent resident) at a U.S. institution or a U.S. citizen
working abroad.

To apply, go to: https://goo.gl/forms/6yLk9JSubJSnjjvH3

Application deadline: 21 April 2017

For questions, contact:
Doug Ricketts
Email: ricketts [at] d.umn.edu

The EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2017 will be held from 4 to 8 September 2017 at the Helix Conference Centre Dublin, Ireland.

A key challenge for the meteorological and climatological communities is how best to harness the wealth of data now available – both observational and modelled – to generate and communicate effectively relevant, tailored, and timely information, ensuring the highest-quality support for users' decision-making.

This is relevant for the whole spectrum of users: from specific user groups such as the emergency management agencies, local planners and enterprises that are weather sensitive, to individual members of the general public. Realizing the value of meteorological and climate information to government, industry, and all sectors of society is the focus of this conference.

Some of the prevalent issues to be discussed include:

• Observation data
• Instrumentation
• User focus and support tools
• Big data
• Open data
• Communication
• Decision-making under uncertainty
• Weather and climate predictions and projections

Abstract submission deadline is 21 April, 2017.

For more information, please go to the website above.

Navigating the combined challenges of climate change, globalization, and a shifting geopolitical landscape requires leadership at all levels and in all sectors of society. The rapidly changing Arctic illustrates the complexity of the task, with issues ranging from safeguarding human security in the Arctic and globally to managing a transition to a post-petroleum future. Central to the challenge are the close links between Arctic change and global processes. Navigating them will require insights about these connections, along with leadership skills and networks for working together across national and cultural contexts.

The aim of this workshop is to increase the capacity of individuals who may become the next generation global leaders to understand and act on the new security and governance challenges that are developing in the context of global environmental change. It will bring together a small group of young professionals with leadership aspirations with the specific task of using Arctic change as a starting point for defining what global security and governance might entail in the next 20-30 years and to explore their own roles in addressing them.
The workshop will take place 30-31 August 2017, hosted by University of Lapland’s Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland. It is supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra), the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS), the University of Lapland’s Arctic Center, and the project Arctic Governance and the Question of Fit in a Globalized World funded by the Swedish Research Council Formas. Convener is Dr. Annika E. Nilsson, Mistra-Arctic Fellow at GMFUS and Senior Research Fellow at Stockholm Environment Institute.

We invite young professionals (age 20-35) with aspirations for leadership roles in relation to politics, community development, or research to apply to the workshop. The workshop is free of charge and local costs are covered by the organizers. Some funding is available for travel support, but we also encourage participants to look for other ways to cover travel costs. If you need support for travel costs, please provide motivation and a budget. We aim for a final selection of participants that will reflect a diversity of experiences and perspectives from within and outside the Arctic.

The application should include cover letter with:

• Short presentation of yourself
• Motivation: How you and others would benefit from your participation
• Some words about how you see global-local interactions in your area of interest
• Some words about where you see yourself as a leader in five to ten years from now
• Optional: Request for travel support with budget
• CV

Application deadline: 20 April 2017

For further information, please contact: annika.nilsson [at] sei-international.org

We would like to draw your attention to the third year of Students in Polar and Alpine Research Conference that will take place in Brno at the Department of Geography at Masaryk University.

If you are interested and would like to learn more about a program and how to contribute or take part, please see the announcement at the link above.

Do not hesitate to contact us in case of any uncertainties or questions by email (geopolarbrno [at] gmail.com), or you can also directly contact the main conference coordinator -lenkaondrackova [at] mail.muni.cz

Deadline for registration and abstract submission is April 7, 2017