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The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) invites members of the Arctic Community to participate in a survey to examine Arctic-Research information needs and how ARCUS can better meet these needs.The information from the survey will be used internally by ARCUS to make improvements to current communication channels. ARCUS asks that you complete the survey no later than Friday, 15 July 2015.

In return for your participation, you will be entered into a drawing for a free Arctic umbrella (see https://www.arcus.org/orders). If you choose not to provide any contact information, you will not be entered and the survey responses will remain anonymous.

The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete.

For more information about ARCUS, go to:
https://www.arcus.org

Participation Deadline: Friday, 15 July 2016.

For questions, please contact:
Liz Bowman
Liz [at] arcus.org

Recent extreme cold weather outbreaks across the mid-latitudes have been the subject of great interest to the public and debate among the scientific community, with some researchers proposing a link to the warming Artic. To learn about the latest observational and modeling studies that examine these linkages, join Judah Cohen (AER Inc./MIT) and Lantao Sun (U. Colorado, Boulder/NOAA ESRL) for this webinar.

Cohen and Sun will discuss the roles of Arctic sea ice loss and snow cover change, natural variability, El Niño-Southern Oscillation and other possible connections in causing the “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” pattern.

Both Cohen and Sun have recently published articles on the attribution of cold winters across the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes. Cohen argues that the cold winters are at least partially forced by a warming Arctic, while Sun argues it is simply natural variability. The webinar will be a unique opportunity to hear scientists discuss very different causes for the same observed weather phenomenon and highlight why this topic remains controversial.

The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) announces ARCTIC ALERTS 2016, a media roundtable in which Arctic researchers will outline the unprecedented changes taking place in the Arctic environment and the local and global consequences. This year continues the recent trend of remarkable anomalies in the Arctic, and the presentations and discussion will focus on their connections to global changes.

The roundtable will take place at The National Press Club in Washington, DC on 13 July 2016 from 1-3 pm (EDT). Five brief presentations by scientific experts will be followed by questions from—and discussions with—journalists. In addition to the presenters, other scientific experts will be available to address journalists’ questions.

This roundtable is designed as a discussion between the researchers and journalists, so we won't be taking questions from the audience. Nonetheless, others are welcome to attend in listen-only mode. Please notify Brendan Kelly (bpkelly [at] alaska.edu) if you plan to attend so that we can accommodate everyone.

Connect to the the Russian Arctic! Join us for an upcoming PolarConnect event with Stanley Skotnicki and the Vegetation Impacts on Permafrost research team. This event will be broadcast live from Northeast Scientific Station in Cherskiy, Russia. Register today!

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) will host a webinar entitled "Systematic Improvements to Reanalyses of the Arctic (SIRTA) White Paper Review and Discussion".

A draft White Paper, which has been prepared at the request of the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC), is now available for community review and comment. This white paper on atmospheric reanalyses, with a focus on issues related to Arctic reanalyses, was requested in May 2015 by the IARPC Principals. A small working group was formed in the fall of 2015 under the leadership of Richard Cullather, Tom Hamill, David Bromwich, and Xingren Wu. The working group held four open meetings for the community to share ideas and provide input to the white paper.

The working group was asked to develop a white paper to:

• Evaluate the state, utilization, limitations and potential utility of the current Arctic reanalyses
• Inventory and assess the currently planned operational and experimental observations of the Arctic system to improve reanalyses
• Examine reanalyses products and forecast models for potential improvement
• Assess the potential utility of YOPP and CMIP6 as focal points to facilitate progress

Based upon these instructions, the working group has prepared a white paper which is now available for further community review and input.

For questions, contact:
Sara Bowden
Email: bowden [at] arcus.org

The International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks announces that the 2016 IARC Summer School will be held 11-23 July.

Arctic climate is the result of a complex interplay between the atmosphere, the ocean, sea ice and a terrestrial component in which freezing and thawing are critical to variations over a range of timescales. Since changes in the Arctic may well have global implications, it is essential that Arctic climate simulations be enhanced in order to reduce the uncertainties in projections of climate change.

The two-week summer school will bring graduate students and young scientists together with specialists in Arctic climate and climate modeling to convey to a new generation of scientists the opportunities and challenges of Arctic climate modeling.

The summer school will consist of background lectures in the mornings and mini-projects and informal discussions in the afternoons. Mini-projects will be performed in collaboration with faculty members or lecturers. All participants will give short presentations on their mini-projects at the end of the two-week period.

Application deadline: 15 February 2016

University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) seeks applicants for an Undergraduate Summer Field Course in High Arctic Environmental Change. The course will take place from 11 July to 6 August 2016 in Svalbard, Norway.

The field-based course for undergraduate students at UNIS will investigate how climatic and watershed processes influence the modern glacial, fluvial, lacustrine, and periglacial systems in the high Arctic setting of western Svalbard. During this course, students will gain experience in aspects of glaciology, fluvial hydrology and sediment transport, periglacial geomorphology, physical limnology, and pro-glacial lacustrine sedimentation. Students will use a network of environmental monitoring instrumentation to interpret seasonal, annual, and long-term changes in the high Arctic terrestrial system. The course is taught by instructors from UNIS Arctic Geology Department and guest instructors.

Application deadline: 15 February 2016.

For questions, please contact:
Mike Retelle
Email: mretelle [at] bates.edu

The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) announces the call for contributions for the 2016 Sea Ice Outlook July report (based on May and June data). We encourage all past contributors to submit Outlooks for this report and we also hope to see new participants.

The Sea Ice Outlook provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. A post-season report will provide an in-depth analysis of factors driving sea ice this summer as well as explore the scientific methods for predicting seasonal conditions. The June report can be found at: https://www.arcus.org/sipn/sea-ice-outlook/2016/june.

We are accepting pan-Arctic outlooks, regional outlooks (including those specific to the Alaska region), and informal contributions.

Contributors should review the detailed submission guidelines at:
https://www.arcus.org/sipn/sea-ice-outlook/2016/july/call

All submissions should be sent to: sio2016 [at] arcus.org.

Submission deadline: 6:00 p.m. (AKDT) on Monday, 11 July 2016 (firm). Contributions received after the deadline will be posted to the website but may not be incorporated into the Outlook report or discussion.

For questions, contact Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS
Email: betsy [at] arcus.org

Organizers announce that the Girls on Ice 2016 Expeditions are now accepting applications. The 2016 program includes two expeditions. The original North Cascades expedition in Washington State will be held 10-21 July 2016, and an Alaska-based expedition will take place 17-28 June 2016.

Girls on Ice is a unique, free, wilderness science education program for high school girls. Each year a team of nine teenage girls and three instructors spend 12 days exploring and learning about mountain glaciers and alpine landscapes through scientific field studies with professional glaciologists and mountaineers.

Applicants must be at least 16 years old by the Alaska program start-date (17 June) and no older than 18 on the North Cascades program end-date (21 July). International students are welcome to apply to the North Cascades expedition. The Alaskan expedition is primarily intended for girls from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

Application deadline: 29 January 2016.

The international Polar Libraries Colloquy meets every four years to conference and present papers and posters relating to library and museum collections of with special collections in this field will attend. The colloquy is open to all and will include paper and poster sessions, keynoter Fran Ulmer (invited) and field trips in the area.