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IARPC Collaboration Teams meet on a regular basis to implement the Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017. Most meetings are open to the Arctic research community. Collaboration teams facilitate communication and collaboration between Federal agencies, the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and State, local and tribal groups.

Contact Sara Bowden, bowden [at] arcus.org, if you would like to join this meeting.

Discover how you can maximize the use of film and basic video editing, with a focus on GoPro technology, to better communicate and document your fieldwork in a two-part workshop on Tuesday, May 20 hosted by Frontier Scientists.

David Selle, UAF videography instructor known for his work with the Discovery Channel, specifically the Alaskan-based series Ice Road Truckers, will facilitate the morning session. Selle will assist researchers, students and instructors in the creation of their own video recordings and encourages attendees to bring samples of their footage and their own camera gear to experiment with at the workshop. This morning session, will be held in the Murie Building, room 107, from 9 a.m. to noon.

In the afternoon participants will get the chance to import and edit their footage using Adobe Premier Pro, with Azara Mohammadi, University of Alaska Publication Staff at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center. Learn how to quickly chop up and rearrange your footage with a focus on individualized attention with Mohammadi from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the West Ridge Research Building, room 009.

Both workshop sessions are free and open to all UAF affiliates but space is limited. To register, or for more information contact Liz O'Connell at liz [at] frontierscientists.com or 907-550-8413. Or you may contact Azara Mohammadi at apmohammati [at] alaska.edu or 907-450-8635.

The deadline to register is Friday, May 16.

ACCAP Climate Webinars promote dialogue and a forum for discussion and information exchange between all stakeholders in Alaska. Accessible statewide, the webinars identify existing information gaps and how best to fill them. Each webinar starts with 20–30 minutes of presentation followed by discussion and questions from participants.

ACCAP has another exciting webinar scheduled for May 20, 2014 at 10am AK time. Kris Hundertmark of the University of Alaska Fairbanks will present a webinar titled:
Moose and caribou in the face of climate change: winners or losers?

Climate change will have impacts on animals living in northern environments that go far beyond shifting habitats, and some species may fare better than others. This presentation looks at factors involved in evaluating the impact of future climate change on moose and also presents the results of a recent study that predicts changes in the genetic diversity of caribou relative to changing climate.

Pre-registration for webinars is strongly encouraged. The audio portion of the call is through a toll-free phone line and the slide presentation is streamed via computer. For instructions on participating through your home office or at a satellite viewing location with others in your community, please see our webinar information page. General webinar information including podcast subscription information and instructions on how to join a webinar can be found at the link above.

In a continuing effort for the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory to stay abreast of recent observations concerning trace gases, aerosols, radiation, ozone, and climate forcing, and to provide a forum in which these observations can be relayed and discussed, we will be presenting the Global Monitoring Annual Conference (GMAC) to highlight research results of the past year. The meeting is not limited to NOAA reports and includes observations related to these themes by both independent and cooperative investigators, other national and international programs, and our colleagues across Arctic and Antarctic research disciples. We welcome your active participation at this annual conference held in Boulder, CO.

Defence IQ is delighted to announce the 2nd Annual Arctic Patrol and Reconnaissance event at the Royal Danish Defence College, Copenhagen on the 19th-20th May.

The Arctic is undergoing major environmental change and subsequently, the security and economic landscape is changing with it. The melting of the ice-caps is opening up new waterways and opportunities for natural resource extraction, bringing with it increased human, commercial and state involvement in the region. However, these new opportunities also bring risks with militaries and coastguards now faced with the huge responsibility of performing patrol, surveillance and emergency response tasks.

This year’s Arctic Patrol and Reconnaissance event will bring the Arctic and Observer nations together to discuss the latest operational challenges and developments in the region. Cooperation will be a major theme of the conference, both across operations and joint exercises and also on a technical level with the need to explore data share opportunities. With the Arctic Council’s introduction of the Search and Rescue and Oil Spill Response Agreements, this will form a new area of debate, deliberating the strategies and technology needed to meet these new duties.

The ‘PAST Gateways’ (Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways) Second International Conference and Workshop will take place in Trieste, Italy, May 19-23, 2014. The abstract submission deadline is 10 February 2014.

'PAST Gateways' (Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways) is an IASC endorsed network research programme, the scientific goal of which is to understand Arctic environmental change during the period preceding instrumental records and across decadal to millennial timescales. The focus of the six year programme is on the nature and significance of Arctic gateways, both spatial and temporal, with an emphasis on the transitions between major Late Cenozoic climate events such as interglacials to full glacials and full glacial to deglacial states, as well as more recent Holocene fluctuations. There are three major themes to the programme: (1) Growth and decay of Arctic Ice Sheets; (2) Arctic sea-ice and ocean changes, and (3) Non-glaciated Arctic environments. PAST Gateways follows on from the previous network programmes of 'PONAM' (Polar North Atlantic Margins), 'QUEEN' (Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North) and, most recently, 'APEX' (Arctic Palaeoclimate and its EXtremes). It is interdisciplinary in nature and seeks to bring together field scientists and numerical modellers to advance understanding about Arctic climate change. The network involves scientists from across Europe, Russia, Canada and the USA.

IARPC Collaboration Teams meet on a regular basis to implement the Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017. Most meetings are open to the Arctic research community. Collaboration teams facilitate communication and collaboration between Federal agencies, the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and State, local and tribal groups.

Contact Sara Bowden, bowden [at] arcus.org, if you would like to join this meeting.

The 2014 US-IALE Annual Symposium will be held Sunday, May 18 through Thursday, May 22 in Anchorage, Alaska! This will be the first time Alaska has been the host of a US-IALE Symposium and we hope you’ll join us and experience our diverse landscape. Alaska is the land of extremes and has a unique cultural component to their landscapes.

US-IALE fosters landscape ecology in the United States, providing a link among practitioners in landscape ecology in the U.S. and the international community, and promoting interdisciplinary research and communication among scientists, planners, and other professionals concerned with landscape ecology.

Registration is open. Information on cost to attend and what's included can be found on the symposium website. Register by April 14th to take advantage of early-bird registration pricing!

IARPC Collaboration Teams meet on a regular basis to implement the Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017. Most meetings are open to the Arctic research community. Collaboration teams facilitate communication and collaboration between Federal agencies, the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and State, local and tribal groups.

Contact Sara Bowden, bowden [at] arcus.org, if you would like to join this meeting.

Working in an Arctic climate with logistical challenges often means necessary equipment can't be ordered off the shelf.

Say you need an infrasound-sensing unit that has a reliable off-the-grid power supply, but also can communicate its data from a remote location to your home office. You can find the unit at Instrument Development Services, a facility within the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The machinists and electronics experts within IDS can design, manufacture and test a variety of devices for use among researchers within the University of Alaska and the public.

From 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 15, IDS staff will provide a symposium on their diverse capabilities and services. The presentation will take place in the Globe Room of the Elvey Building on the UAF campus. A tour of the IDS machine and electronics shops will follow the presentations.

Instrument Development Services projects are varied and can be tailored to individual research needs. Recently, IDS created a prototype rocket that was built and launched from Poker Flat Research Range. The work was used to test instrumentation for partners at Dartmouth College. Additionally, IDS staff has created data loggers, magnetometers, pinbone removal devices and specialized drills that can bore through colossal glacial ice.

The IDS shops have reliable, sophisticated manufacturing equipment, including a new 3-D printer.

The presentation and tour are free.

CONTACT: Debbie Coxon, Geophysical Institute Operations manager, 907-474-7411 or dcoxon [at] gi.alaska.edu.