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The 5th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium, hosted by Dalian Maritime University in collaboration with Polar Research Institute of China, will take place in Dalian, a port city in Northern China, from May 24 to 26, with the conference theme of “Towards the Future: Trans-regional Cooperation in the Arctic: Development and Protection”.

CNARC and Dalian Maritime University cordially invite proposals for oral presentations at the 5th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium. Proposals are welcome from researchers affiliated with Nordic and Chinese universities, research institutes, think tanks and organizations. All presentations will focus on Arctic-related issues, within one of the session topics:

• Session I Europe-Asia Connectivity: Promoting the Potential Utilization of Arctic Sea Route
• Session II Interaction between Arctic and Non-arctic regions: Compatibility of Arctic Strategies and Policies
• Session III Exploring the Way forward in Cooperation: Global Governance of the Arctic Ocean

The deadline for abstract submission is on March 17 2017.

The abstract (250-400 words) is to be submitted electronically to:

Mr. Li Zhaokun / Ms. Zhang Shuang, Dalian Maritime University: cnarc2017 [at] 163.com
Mr. Deng Beixi, CNARC: dengbeixi [at] pric.org.cn

Organizers announce a call for abstracts for the 21st Northern Research Basins (NRB) Symposium and Workshop entitled, "Cold-region hydrology in non-stationary world." This symposium and workshop will convene 6-12 August 2017 in Yakutsk, Russia.

Climate and landscape changes are causing the transformation of hydrological cycle in Arctic regions, with major impacts on society. The
21st NRB workshop will address the issues of hydrological research in cold regions, both in fundamental scientific and applied aspects,
including the studies of snow, glaciers, permafrost, frozen ground, groundwater, seasonally frozen rivers, and lakes.

The workshop program will include scientific sessions, a field trip to research sites, local excursions, and a Lena River cruise.

Abstracts from the following research topics are encouraged:

• Observational evidences of change in coupled permafrost-hydrology system
• Present state and future projections of local, regional, and pan-Arctic hydrology
• Modelling studies representing landscape evolution, dynamics of water storages, and permafrost degradation
• Impacts of permafrost hydrology changes on local communities
• Abstracts regarding hydrology, water resources, and water engineering in snow-dominated and permafrost regions

Partial financial support may be granted to students and young scientists on the competitive basis.

To apply for travel support, send a motivation letter and explanation of travel expenses along with the abstract when registering.

Abstract submission deadline extended: 15 March 2017.

Travel support application deadline extended: 28 February 2017.

For abstract submission template, important dates, and to register, follow the link above.

ARCUS is dedicated to connecting Arctic research across boundaries through communication, coordination, and collaboration. We are delighted to host an exclusive members-only webinar (open only to ARCUS individual members and organizational member affilliates) featuring a discussion with Dr. Stephen M. Fiore on the science of team science. Since Arctic research is often necessarily cross-institutional, cross-disciplinary, cross-sector, and international, Dr. Fiore can help us to better understand the underpinnings and challenges of such boundary-crossing team research.

Please follow the link above for the presentation abstract, speaker bio, and to register.

This workshop will focus on events that drive damage to Arctic vegetation, their causes, and consequences. With increasing frequency of
events causing damage to Arctic vegetation and an increasing appreciation of the diversity of different events that can cause browning, this workshop provides an opportunity to discuss Arctic browning drivers, subsequent consequences, prepare outputs, and develop future collaborations. It will take place from 10-11 May 2017 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Events of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Extreme winter warming
• Icing
• Frost-drought
• Herbivore and pathogen outbreaks
• Tundra fire

The first part of the workshop will include presentations and discussions of Arctic browning caused by climatic and biological events.
The second part will include break-out groups to focus on workshop outputs, collaborations, and future opportunities.

Registration deadline: 8 March 2017.

To register, go to:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNibbE62n-gCZ-L8HCTwQCarht2Xw…

More Information: https://www.state.gov/e/oes/ocns/opa/arc/ac/acmeetings/

Workshop participation is by invitation only.

The International Workshop to Reconcile Northern Permafrost Region Methane Budgets will take place 7-9 March 2017 in Seattle, WA. The workshop will bring together three research groups focused on methane from terrestrial sources (primarily wetlands and lakes), coastal sources, and inferences of fluxes based on atmospheric methane concentrations.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
(1) Communicate the state of the science among the three methane synthesis groups;
(2) Communicate the synthesis plans of each group and progress made to date;
(3) Identify potential connections to sea ice and land ice (facilitated with SEARCH ATs);
(4) Refine synthesis plans based on workshop discussions; and
(5) Identify a plan for developing an overall synthesis of methane budgets in the region.

The IAHS Scientific Assembly will take place 10 - 14 July 2017, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Submission deadline for all sessions has been extended to 6 March 2017.

Scientific programme of the IAHS Scientific Assembly:

• 01 Water security and the food-water-energy nexus: drivers, responses and feedbacks at local to global scales
• 02 Hydrology and the Anthropocene
• 03 Understanding spatio-temporal variability of water resources and the implications for IWRM in the semi-arid east and southern Africa
• 04 Water Balance and Crop Water Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Agricultural Watersheds
• 05 Land use change impacts on water resources
• 06 Water resources management and the competition/balance between humans and ecosystems (eco-hydrology)
• 07 Measurements in the 21st century: innovation in hydrological observations
• 08 Environmental and artificial tracers as indicators in hydrology
• 09 Innovative ICT tools for water management and science
• 10 Prediction in ungauged basins
• 11 Modelling hydrological processes for prediction under change
• 12 Probabilistic forecasts and land-atmosphere interactions to advance hydrological predictions
• 13 Extreme events: links between science and practice
• 14 Advances in cold-region hydrological models: Integration of process understanding and application to climate and landcover changes
• 15 Operational snowmelt runoff modelling: Advances and prospects for water management
• 16 Water quality and sediment transport issues in surface water
• 17 Long-term evolution in catchment water quality
• 18 Changing biogeochemistry of aquatic systems in the Anthropocene: inter-comparison of data and models for predicting water quality
• 19 Advancements in modeling and characterization of aquifer
• 20 Methodologies for risk assessment of groundwater contamination
• 21 Quantifying uncertainty in hydrological systems: A Bayesian point of view
• 22 Nonstationarity in Hydrology: Theories, Methods and Applications
• 23 Multivariate statistics for hydrological application
• 24 Stochastic hydrology: simulation and disaggregation models
• 25 Graduate Schools in Water Sciences
• 26 Facilitating Scientific contributions in water diplomacy and cooperation processes

This seminar will be available online as a live-stream event to those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event.

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings some of the leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest to federal agency officials, congressional staff, non-governmental organizations, associations, and the public.

This seminar will be presented by Heather A. Conley, the Sr. Vice-President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and will discuss the future of Arctic shipping, including areas of cooperation between Arctic actors.

To learn more about Heather A. Conley and to register, please follow the link above.

This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office. A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the webinar will be sent to 'Webinar Only' registrants prior to the event.

For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #arcuswebinar

The Regional Sea Level Changes and Coastal Impacts conference will take place at Columbia University, New York, New York from July 10-14, 2017.

Sea level change is already impacting coastal communities globally and will continue to do so. To meet urgent societal needs for useful information on sea level, the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) has established the theme “Regional Sea-Level Change and Coastal Impacts”, as one of its cross-cutting “Grand Challenge” (GC) science questions.

The GC Sea Level has designed and developed an integrated interdisciplinary program on sea level research reaching from the global to the regional and coastal scales. In particular, the program aims for close interaction with relevant coastal stakeholders to make sure that the results effectively support impact and adaptation efforts and wider coastal zone development and management.

The WCRP, jointly with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC), is organizing an international conference on sea level research that will address the existing challenges in describing and predicting regional sea level changes, and in quantifying the intrinsic uncertainties. It follows 11 years after the first WCRP sea level conference (Paris, 2006), and three years after the last Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It will provide a comprehensive summary of the state of worldwide climate-related large scale sea level research.

The conference is a 5-day event with a leading theme guiding the activities of each day. The structure of the conference will consist of plenary sessions followed by extensive poster sessions. In the evenings we are planning to hold "think-tanks" focusing on new science frontiers and activities.

Deadline to submit an abstract has been extended to February 28, 2017.

Registration opens March 15, 2017.

Future Earth Norway, Nord University and UiT The Arctic University of Norway invite PhD students working in fields relevant to healthy oceans and the sustainable utilization of resources to a week-long interdisciplinary PhD course in marine sustainability.

We start in Bodø with lectures, a field trip and side event. We then board the Hurtigruten for stakeholder dialogues with some stops along the way in the Lofoten Islands. We´ll finish in Tromsø with further lectures, group work and another side event.

Along the way participants will improve their understanding across disciplinary boundaries and explore ideas and research methodologies around pathways to the sustainable use of the ocean under global change. Leading lecturers will support participants to better integrate knowledge from the natural and social sciences into their research, and side events, stakeholder dialogues and practical training in co-production will equip participants to integrate different perspectives into their work.

Venues:
27 February to 1 March: Nord University, Bodø
1 to 2 March: The Hurtigruten - Bodø to Tromsø
2 to 5 March: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Course credits: 10 points (ECTS) from the UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Limitations: 20-25 participants
Organizers: Future Earth Norway, Nord University, and UiT The Arctic University of Norway