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Walruses: Under Review!

Thursday, January 11 | 6:30 pm | ZOOM OR VIA PHONE

Currently, Pacific walruses are not listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Should they be? During 2024, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is required to conduct a Species Status review to determine if Pacific walruses should be listed under the ESA. Come learn more about the ongoing review process and how you can contribute. Bring your questions and share your perspective!

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 880 2250 9615, Passcode: 431797
Or call: 253-215-8782

Dan Bjornlie and Joel Garlich-Miller are walrus biologists with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Marine Mammal Management.

IASC is now accepting proposals for consideration for IASC funding in 2024 until 8 January 2024 at 13:00 GMT. The funding is provided by the five IASC Working Groups (WGs) (Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial) and aimed at encouraging and supporting science-led international programmes by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities.

Proposals can be submitted for:

• Cross-cutting Projects(relevant for two or more IASC Working Groups); or
• WG-specific Projects(relevant for only one IASC Working Group)

Proposals may include, but are not limited to, projects that contribute to the engagement phase during 2024 of the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV) process. IASC is coordinating the ICARP IV process (2022-2026) by engaging its partners in Arctic research to enable a community-wide undertaking to discuss the state of Arctic science and the place the Arctic occupies in global affairs and systems, to consider the most urgent knowledge gaps and research priorities for the next decade, and to explore avenues to address these research needs. More information on ICARP IV is available on the ICARP IV website. Detailed information on the call for proposals for each project type, the evaluation criteria used and how to apply is available on the IASC website.

The Arctic Data Center invites applications to participate in their upcoming in-person workshop, Scalable and Computationally Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research. This workshop will take place 25-29 March 2024 in Santa Barbara, California.

This workshop at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) will provide researchers with an introduction to advanced topics in computationally reproducible research in Python, including software and techniques for working with very large datasets. This includes working in cloud computing environments, docker containers, and parallel processing using tools like parsl and dask. The workshop will also cover concrete methods for documenting and uploading data to the Arctic Data Center, advanced approaches to tracking data provenance, responsible research and data management practices including data sovereignty and the CARE principles, and ethical concerns with data-intensive modeling and analysis.

This course is intended for those who need to take their skills to the next level to maximize efficiency working with big datasets or running computing-intensive processes.

Support to travel and/or lodging may be available.

Application deadline: 22 December 2023

For more information, go to:
Workshop Application Webform

For questions, contact:
Angie Garcia
Email: agarcia [at] nceas.ucsb.edu

Join UAF Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy for this month's Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing. Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss some forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for January 2024 and the winter season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.

How can long-term observations of Arctic marine environments best benefit Indigenous Peoples and the broader region? The international ROADS initiative takes aim at this lofty goal. Join us to explore what this might mean for the Bering Strait region.

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Meeting ID: 898 8305 9801, Passcode: 988529
Or call: 253-215-8782

Hajo Eicken is director of the UAF International Arctic Research Center.

Join Harvard Kennedy School’s Arctic Initiative for a debrief with Arctic experts recently returned from the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. The panelists will reflect on their key takeaways from the conference and answer any questions you might have about its outcomes, with a focus on Arctic biodiversity, permafrost thaw, and Indigenous peoples.

The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies announces an abstract deadline of 15 December 2023 for contributions to JACSS Vol. 1, Ed. 2. Journal of Arctic and Climate Security Studies (JACSS) Volume 1, Edition 2 Call for Submissions

Potential authors are invited to focus on Arctic security issues ranging from geophysical to geostrategic.

Please submit abstracts or inquiries to the editorial staff TSC-JACSS [at] af.groups.mil for expected publication in the summer of 2024.

JACSS is a peer-reviewed publication. Articles are unclassified, and readers can access articles from all over the world. Submissions will be received in
English language, clearly written for an informed audience of defense and security affairs practitioners and academics.

The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission has formally announced it will be hosting the final triannual meeting for 2023 at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage on 13–16 December. Requests for presentations are due no later than one month prior. Approved presenters must provide copies of their presentations to the AEWC staff one week before the meeting. Once finalized, the agenda can be found on the AEWC website.

The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies invites participation in the upcoming Arctic Multidomain Legal (AML) Coursescheduled for 12-14 December 2023. For more information about the course, and to review all FY24 course dates, please click the provided link.

As an introductory survey course, AML is intended for Arctic practitioners and security professionals in the United States and Allied countries who have little to no exposure to the law, but whose positions require them to have a greater understanding of Arctic legal frameworks, instruments, and concepts. It will examine the most relevant Arctic legal frameworks, instruments, and concepts across multiple domains.

This three-day course will be taught virtually using synchronous and asynchronous learning methods four times during FY2024. The course will run from 08:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. AKST each day. Students will engage in legal exercises in an assigned breakout group.

We invite you to place a request for registration soon, as space is quite limited. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the course, please let me know.

To register, please visit the following link: https://forms.office.com/g/H0Mw5C4t7H

The conference is being organized by the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Migratory Bird Management Division, with significant financial and logistical support from other US Fish and Wildlife Divisions; U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Science Center; Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Threatened, Endangered, and Diversity Program; Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management; Audubon Alaska; and Alaska Biological Research Associates, Inc.

This year marks the 20th Alaska Bird Conference. The Conference regularly attracts between 150 and 200 participants reporting on their latest findings and new initiatives. By design, the conference retains a familiar and friendly atmosphere, welcoming new students and ornithologists into the fold, and providing a much-anticipated gathering for those who work with and care about Alaska’s birds.

The theme of the conference is “Bring Birds Back”. Organizers chose this theme to highlight the peril many migratory bird species face today as they transit between their breeding, migratory stopover, and wintering areas.

Abstracts for Oral Presentations and Posters are due 11:59 pm AKDT 2 October 2023.