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The International Glaciological Society will hold a second International Symposium on ‘Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with the Ocean’ in 2016. The symposium is a follow-on to the successful 2011 IGS symposium on the same theme, which brought together 194 delegates from nearly 20 countries and resulted in the publication of 36 peer-reviewed research articles cited over 650 times since 2012. The Symposium will also serve as the first of two annual Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP) meetings to be held in 2016. FRISP (http://folk.uib.no/ngfso/FRISP/index.html) originated as a subcommittee of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Working Group of Glaciology.

THEME:
The mass balance of the Earth’s land ice (ice sheets, glaciers and ice caps) and the circulation of the adjacent oceans are strongly coupled through physical processes occurring at the ice–ocean interfaces at the fronts and bases of ice shelves and glacier tongues, and the termini of tidewater glaciers. Improved understanding of these processes is essential to realistically represent the evolution of ice sheets and glaciers in a changing climate and to improve predictions of global ocean circulation and sea-level change. The goals of this symposium are to: (1) assess the state of our knowledge of ice–ocean interactions; and (2) discuss what is needed for development of reliable, quantitative models of ice-sheet evolution.

We expect that this symposium will attract experts in ice-sheet, ice-shelf, glacier, ocean and climate studies whose research addresses interactions of the ocean (including sea ice) and land ice in the global climate system using in situ observations, remote sensing and/or modeling. While we expect most contributions to be related to the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, we encourage contributions on all aspects of interactions between ice sheets, glaciers and the ocean, towards achieving the symposium goals.

For more information please follow the link above.

Abstract submission is now open. Deadline for submission is EXTENDED until 29 March. Please note that the abstract submission system is separate from the IGS portal. You will have to register your details if you have not submitted an abstract with us before.

Interested in attending? Please register your interest. This will ensure you will receive all relevant notifications related to the symposium.

Co-sponsored by:

• Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP)
• Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean network (GRISO)
• Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• National Science Foundation
• NASA

Connect to the the Arctic! Join us for an upcoming PolarConnect event with DJ Kast and the Microbial Changes in Arctic Freshwater team. This event will be broadcast live from Toolik Field Station in Alaska. Please join us! Register today!

The deadline for registration for the 2016 UK Antarctic Science Conference is fast approaching: deadline of Friday 17th June.

The main conference will be preceded by a meeting of the UK branch of APECS - the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists - (4th-5th July), and followed by a Workshop on Southern Ocean biases in Climate Models (afternoon of 7th July).

Online booking is available at:
http://store.uea.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=28…

Accommodation on the UEA Campus may be booked on the website for the low cost of £40 per night B&B, or there are a range of other accommodations available on and off campus in the fine medieval city of Norwich.

The conference includes talks on the New UK Polar Research Vessel, the Sir David Attenborough, and the iSTAR Pine Island Glacier traverses.There will be invited talks by David Wilson (great nephew of Edward Wilson who died with Scott) on the Centenary of the Shackleton Expedition to Antarctica, and by Amanda Lynnes of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. There is an exciting programme of talks and posters on all aspects of Antarctic Science.

The programme for the main meeting can be found at the link above.

Partial registration fee rebates are available for UK-based PhD students thanks to funding by the Natural Environment Research Council.

If you have any enquiries or issues, please contact:
online.registration [at] uea.ac.uk

Conveners: Sarah Woodroffe, Natasha Barlow, Nick Rosser, Matthew Brain, Durham University

The second annual field meeting of the Sea level and Coastal Change (SLaCC) QRA Research Group will take place in North Yorkshire between Mon 4th - Fri 8th July 2016. The focus of this meeting will be on sea-level change, coastal processes and their geomorphic effects over a broad range of spatial and temporal scales in both low- and high-energy coastal environments. We welcome contributions that utilise a range of methods, from field and laboratory studies to physical and numerical modelling approaches. The meeting is being run in association with the COBRA (COastal Behaviour and Rates of Activity) project.

Confirmed invited speakers:

• Ivan Haigh (University of Southampton)
• Martin Hurst (British Geological Survey)
• Tom Spencer (University of Cambridge)
• Nick Rosser (Durham University)
• David Evans (Durham University, field trip leader)

The meeting will take place over four days, with oral and poster presentations on Tues 5th and Weds 6th July at Whitby Museum, North Yorkshire, UK. We will then visit coastal and glacial sites of interest along the North and East Yorkshire coastlines on Thurs 7th and Fri 8th July.

Registration and abstract submission is now open via our online booking system (please see our website above for more information and to register). The number of participants will be limited so we encourage you to register as early as possible. We particularly encourage postgraduate students and Early Career Researchers to attend as a way of receiving mentoring and support as training for larger, more formal international meetings.

Registration closes July 1st, 2016.

The goal of the workshop is to develop and propose a strategy to improve estimates of the SMB of the GrIS that build on community input. The outcomes of the workshop will provide, among other things, community-driven guidance to funding agencies on targeted research activities. Presentations and breakout sessions for discussion will focus on the improvement of Greenland SMB estimates and projections through the application and interpretation of remote sensing data (e.g., Operation IceBridge, OIB, Icesat, GRACE, MODIS, SSM/I), the analysis and improvement of modeling toolsand the reduction and constrain of uncertainties in accumulation (e.g., compaction, densification), mass loss and associated processes (e.g., water retention in snow and firn; meltwater outflow to the ocean; albedo). The workshop participants will be engaging in discussions to address questions such as: What are the parameters most affecting SMB and how well can we model their current and historical evolution? Which measurements are currently available about these parameters? What are the uncertainties associated with estimates of the parameters identified above and how are they spatially and temporally distributed? Which measurements are mostly needed and where? The discussion will initially focus on the parameters identified during the PARCA 2015 and 2016 and follow-up discussions: a) runoff and outflow; b) accumulation; c) densification and compaction; d) albedo; e) water retention in firn.

More information about the Workshop format, agenda and details will be provided before the summer. In the meantime, those who are interested in participating are encouraged to register.

​Financial support is available for a limited number of participants, mostly junior and international colleagues.

The Workshop is free of charge for registration but participants might be requested to cover expenses for lunch and other meals in case the number of participants exceed the estimated original number.

A social dinner is planned for the evening of Thursday. This is by invitation and by first-come first-serve basis. There is a limited number of seats and those who are interested in participating should mention this in the registration form.

Should they be interested, participants are invited to submit an abstract. All abstracts will be presented as posters during the breaks.

We kindly encourage participants to submit scientific papers presented at the Workshop to the Special Issue on the Mass Balance of the Greenland ice sheet on the journal the Cryosphere (http://www.the-cryosphere.net/special_issues/schedule.html#12).

Participants should arrange their own trip and logistics. Those who will receive financial support will be notified and should anticipate their expenses and then submit request for reimbursement.

The SEARCH Permafrost Action Team is seeking to fill a Postdoctoral research position based at the International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). This position is funded by the Alaska Climate Science Center in collaboration with Northern Arizona University (NAU). The fellow will assist in a National Science Foundation funded project: Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH). Within SEARCH, the Permafrost Action Team seeks to document and understand how degradation in near-surface permafrost will affect Arctic and global systems using synthesis science. In particular this position will examine Arctic impacts of degrading permafrost on fish, wildlife, ecosystems (services) and/or human infrastructure. The foci of the position are (1) to conduct new synthesis research on one of several topics important for understanding the impacts of degrading permafrost, (2) assist with the coordination of a permafrost synthesis network addressing this topic. The researcher will be expected to organize and maintain data sets synthesizing permafrost research, as well as participate in data analysis and writing publications. In addition, the researcher will help plan meetings, engage stakeholders and coordinate other activities to build and maintain a national and international research network. In addition to expertise in permafrost, ecosystems, or global change biology, candidates with experience connecting permafrost issues to community sustainability, climate impacts on native/indigenous peoples, and/or Arctic infrastructure and resource development are especially encouraged to apply. Position is located at UAF with research visits to NAU. Experience with data synthesis and/or data management will be helpful. This is a benefited position and salary is commensurate with experience.

For more information about this position please contact Dr. Ted Schuur (ted.schuur [at] nau.edu). To apply, please submit required documents to the IARC Post Doctoral Fellow pool position located at http://careers.alaska.edu/cw/en-us/job/497662/post-doctoral-fellow. Application review starts June 30 and position will remain open until filled.

The Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) will be holding a webinar to discuss the development of recommendations regarding Federal public-private partnerships (P3s) to support critical US Arctic maritime infrastructure needs.

This webinar will provide an opportunity to discuss the current elements of the CMTS report “A Ten-Year Prioritization of Infrastructure Needs in the U.S. Arctic" and seek input from interested parties for the refinement of P3 finance examples and recommendations, including best practices for successful P3 engagement and any specific opportunities or ongoing projects that could inform the document recommendations.

For questions, please contact ArcticMTS [at] cmts.gov.

WEBINAR DETAILS:

Online Session via WebEx

Web link: https://www.webmeeting.att.com
You will be directed to an online page, where you will be asked to insert the meeting number and participant code.
Meeting Number: 8773361839
Participant Code: 7705293

When inserting your name, type your name and (in parentheses) your agency/ organization, for example, “John Smith (CMTS).” This is the name we will see listed in the webinar chat box. Sign in as a “Participant.”

Log in SIMULTANEOUSLY by conference line OR use the conference line alone, if preferred, to hear the audio.

Phone conference number: 877-336-1839
Phone conference access code: 7705293#
When prompted, join the conference as a “Participant.”
The webinar may end early when no further questions or comments are provided.

The meeting will be from April 4-7, 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Sessions should address one of the three sub-themes: Changes in the Arctic, Global Implications of Arctic Changes, and Impacts of Global Change on the Arctic. Session proposal deadline is June 30, 2016. To submit a session proposal, go to:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SX6ajAY5jaWnDaPJPX2qOd_T1gmPgtGddXKYQB…

Speaker: Jeremy Mathis, Director NOAA Arctic Research Program (ARP)

With critical past, and potential future environmental changes affecting Alaska and the Arctic Region, the United States needs to rapidly expand long-term observing of the ice and marine environment across the greater Arctic Ocean Basin, as well as conditions across the state of Alaska. This will allow us to better monitor changes across the region, and support stakeholders with improving prediction capabilities for weather, marine ecosystems, sea-ice, and climate.

Please follow the link above to visit the website and register.

The WIHAH conference is bringing together Alaskan, U.S., and international engineers, health experts, researchers, community members, policymakers, and innovators to discuss health benefits, challenges and innovations associated with making running water and sewer in remote northern communities safe, affordable and sustainable. A conference proceedings publication and a summary report of the meeting will be produced. This conference will consist of expert speaker and poster presentation sessions, along with selected innovative technical demonstrations. It will take place at the Hilton Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska.

This circumpolar conference is identified as an official event in conjunction with the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, as an endorsed project of the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is partnering with a number of U.S. agencies to sponsor this informative conference. Federal sponsors include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Arctic Research Commission; U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the U.S. Department of State; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Program.

Conference themes:

Human health benefits from household water and sanitation in Arctic rural communities
Climate change impacts on water and sanitation infrastructure in the Arctic
Innovative engineering approaches to increase access to water of adequate quality and quantity, including water reuse
Methods of ownership, operations and maintenance to maximize useful life of water and sewer systems in the Arctic
Regulations and policies affecting access to and the cost of providing adequate quantities of water in the home
Conference registration:

There is no registration fee. However, due to space and cost limitations and to ensure broad participation from different countries and areas of expertise, attendance is by invitation only. If you would like to attend the WIHAH conference and/or give a presentation, please provide information about how your expertise or experiences would add value to the conference by filling out the “Expression of Interest” web form due on the corresponding date indicated below.

Important dates:

Participants who want to present at the conference must submit the Expression of Interest web form by June 24, 2016. The form includes a field for abstract submission (300 words max). Types of presentation include 20 to 40 minute talks, posters, and exhibition or demonstration of an innovation.

Participants who want to attend the conference without giving a presentation must submit the Expression of Interest web form by July 1, 2016.