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This town hall with SEARCH (www.arcus.org/search-program) leadership will provide a forum for exchanging information and ideas on SEARCH. SEARCH recently received new funding for a suite of interdisciplinary Arctic science, synthesis, and communication activities. The town hall will provide updates on new SEARCH funding and activities, including those related to the SEARCH 5-year science goals and the Arctic Observing Network; discuss how researchers can participate in SEARCH; gather input from the community; and address questions. Members of the Arctic science, education, and policy communities are invited to attend. We encourage students and early career investigators to participate.

The submission of poster abstracts for the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) 2016 has been extended until December 15th, 2015, or until capacity is reached. Information on AOS 2016 themes can be found on the Summit website and at the page below. Please follow the link to submit your abstract.

AOS 2016 will be held in conjunction with the Arctic Science Summit Week 2016 in Fairbanks, Alaska, 15-18 March 2016. Please join us!

Town Hall Announcement
Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)
Accelerating the Pace of Arctic Research
2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meetings

Date: Monday, 14 December 2015
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Moscone West, Room 2006
Session Number: TH25G

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) will convene a town hall meeting entitled "Accelerating the Pace of Arctic Research" during the 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meetings in San Francisco.

This town hall provides a forum for exchange of information on IARPC, a working group of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), and will include a discussion of IARPC collaborations with the research community. Specifically it will discuss how:

• IARPC is accelerating the pace of Arctic research.
• The Arctic research community can engage in IARPC Collaborations, an innovative partnership between the Federal and non-Federal research communities.
• The Arctic research community can inform the future of IARPC planning.

The town hall will be convened by:

• Simon Stephenson, Senior Advisor, NSF Geosciences
• Martin Jeffries, Program Officer and Arctic Science Advisor, ONR
• Tammy Dickinson, Principal Assistant Director for Environment and Energy, OSTP, EOP
• Sandy Starkweather, Implementation Scientist, IARPC
• Jessica Rohde, Web Manager and Project Coordinator, IARPC.

Members of the Arctic research, education, and policy communities are invited to attend.

For more information, please contact:
Jessica Rohde
Email: jrohde [at] arcus.org

Welcome to the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. With nearly 24,000 attendees, the AGU Fall Meeting is the largest Earth and space science meeting in the world. Now in its 48th year, the AGU Fall Meeting is the best place to present your research, hear about the latest discoveries, trends, and challenges in the field, and network and make connections that can enhance your career.

The AGU Fall Meeting brings together the entire Earth and space sciences community for discussions of emerging trends and the latest research. The technical program includes presentations on new and cutting-edgeAmerican Geophysical Union - Fall Meting 2012 science, much of which has not yet been published, meaning you’ll return to work with knowledge you can’t get anywhere else.

With more than 1700 sessions, the AGU Fall Meeting’s scientific program spans the Earth and space sciences, offering something for everyone no matter their scientific discipline. The meeting offers a unique mix of more than 23,000 oral and poster presentations, a broad range of general sessions, more than 50 formal and informal networking and career advancement opportunities, and an exhibit hall packed with nearly 300 exhibitors showcasing new and relevant research tools and services that could help scientists and researchers streamline their work.

Important Dates

• June 10: Abstract Submission Opening
• August 5: Abstract Submission Deadline
• December 14: Fall Meeting Begins

Please visit the conference website for more information.

The 5th annual meeting of the Permafrost Carbon Network will take place on Sunday, 13 December 2015 in San Francisco. We are working on our agenda and will post more details once the meeting comes closer, but we already hope to see many of our members join us.

This annual meeting is open to all interested members of the Permafrost Carbon Network. Please send a email to Christina Schädel at Christina.Schaedel [at] nau.edu for more details.

A two day workshop will be held 12-13 December 2015 in advance of the AGU 2015 Fall Meeting in San Francisco to discuss the design and implementation of a Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean Observing System (GrIOOS). The aim of GrIOOS is to provide long-term time series of critical in situ glaciological, oceanographic and atmospheric parameters at several key locations around Greenland.

The workshop will be limited to ~35 participants. Expressions of interest to attend are being solicited from the international community at this time (one page maximum). These should be sent to grioos2015 [at] gmail.com by August 23, 2015 and state clearly the proposed contribution to the workshop. Expressions of interest from groups representing a particular discipline, technique, or field site are strongly encouraged. Participants selected will represent the glaciological, oceanographic, climate, and instrumentation engineering research communities, with special attention to including early-career investigators, women, and underrepresented minorities. Attendees will be notified in September 2015.

The workshop is sponsored in part by SEARCH, CliC (Climate & Cryosphere), and GRISO (Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean Science Network), as well as potentially other groups. Participants will be expected to cover their own travel to San Francisco (the workshop precedes the AGU Fall Meeting) but some funding will be available for the extra accommodation and meal costs.

In this webinar, Fran Ulmer will provide an overview of the rapid changes that are taking place in the Arctic: social, economic, environmental, and governmental. She will also summarize the Arctic Council history and current agenda. Learn more about the U.S. Arctic Research Commission at https://www.arctic.gov.

Webinar co-sponsored by the NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center, the EBM Tools Network, OpenChannels.org, and MPA News. Register online.

Introduction to ​Alaska's Shorelines and Understanding Shoreline Change
Jacquelyn Overbeck
Div. of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Dept. of Natural Resources, State of AK

Coastal vulnerability is often described by the rate of shoreline change along a section of coast. These rates range from long-term change (e.g., 1 foot per year of retreat) to erosion from a single storm event (e.g. 100 linear feet of erosion). Rates of shoreline change, however, are highly dependent on the type of shoreline being measured, the calculations being used to determine the rate of change, and the data available to define shoreline positions. The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys' Coastal Hazards Program has created an online tooll with a written guide to provide background on how shoreline positions are defined and how rates of shoreline change are determined. This talk will introduce the shoreline and shoreline change to the general user with examples from the Alaska Shoreline Change Tool that show some of the uses and limitations of shoreline change rates and projections of shoreline positions.

In Anchorage:
OSM Conference Room (2nd Floor)
US Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office
1011 E. Tudor Rd.

Online
Join WebEx meeting
Meeting number: 749 403 701
Meeting password: !WaLCC2015

Call-in toll-free number (Verizon): 1-866-730-5871 (US)
Attendee access code: 111111

When making important resource management decisions in the face of accelerating impacts from climate change, managers and conservation practitioners must prioritize areas for adaptation actions. 'Climate Refugia' are often highlighted as potential target areas for conservation because they are buffered from climate change and therefore can help to ensure greater protection of wildlife and resources. This presentation will summarize the physical processes that create climate refugia, discuss a new framework for locating and managing them, and use examples to illustrate ways to identify and verify climate refugia.

This one-day conference will focus on the role of the Arctic Council as a forum for Arctic cooperation, the place of the Arctic in Canada’s foreign policy and approach to the circumpolar world, the role of the Arctic in global relations in light of the increasing interest in the region by European and Asian states, and the voice of Indigenous Peoples within the Arctic Council and in shaping circumpolar countries’ Arctic policies.

2016 is the 20th anniversary of the Arctic Council. Has the Council successfully served its role as an effective forum for Arctic cooperation? How has the Arctic Council shaped Canada’s circumpolar policies? What can the Arctic states do to foster greater cooperation to address climate change? What’s the best approach to achieve state sovereignty while maintaining the Arctic Council as a platform for international cooperation? Have Indigenous Peoples played a meaningful role within the Arctic Council and in shaping circumpolar states’ Arctic policies? What progress have Indigenous Peoples made in the past 20 years in their struggle for recognition and implementation of Aboriginal rights?

Our expert presenters will reflect on those and other related topics during the conference, followed by responses from expert panel members and interactive debates among them. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for our expert faculty and delegates to share their insight, knowledge and experience on a broad range of issues related to the Arctic Council, international cooperation in the Arctic region, the development of the Arctic, the evolution of Canada’s Arctic policies and the roles of Indigenous Peoples.