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This conferences will provide opportunities for researchers and managers to share information and research results, conduct workshops on specific issues, and to hold related meetings. The 4th conference will officially be an international conference.

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http://seaduckconference.com/

The objective of this session is to discuss interrelationships in terms of the viability of coastal communities, their vulnerability, and policies and strategies for adaptation to local and global change.
Organizers are soliciting contributions both on physical processes, ecological perspectives, and ecosystem services and on social, economic, and governance aspects, including the following topics:

• Physical perspectives: High-frequency environmental forcing (atmospheric and oceanographic), sea-level changes, on/offshore permafrost dynamics and gas hydrate stability, sea-ice dynamics, biogeochemical transformations, sediment dynamics, etc.;

• Ecological perspectives: Ecosystem services and biodiversity, including coastal ecosystems, habitats, species, etc.;

• Socio-economic perspectives: Socio-economic transformations, including market and non-market sectors; economic wellbeing and local economic impacts; fisheries, hydrocarbon exploitation, marine shipping, and related risks and prospects for coastal communities; community vulnerability and adaptation; governance and institutions, etc.

Confirmed keynote speakers for the session are Mikhail Grigoriev, Permafrost Institute RAS, Yakutsk, Russia; and Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, NordRegion, Stockholm, Sweden. The session will serve as the launch
venue for Arctic Coasts as the new LOICZ research hotspot.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.loicz-osc2011.org/index.asp

Beringia Days is a public forum sponsored by the National Park Service that highlights activities and projects involving the Beringia region of the United States and Russia. The conference brings together the Native peoples of Alaska and Chukotka as well as Russian and American scholars, researchers, environmentalists, and representatives of government and non-governmental organizations. Cooperators report on projects funded through the Shared Beringian Heritage Program (SBHP) at the National Park Service. The conference is a bi-annual occasion that attracts a wide variety of people working on or interested in the Beringia region. It encourages discussion and provides a venue to explore opportunities for cooperation and collaboration. Participants from Alaska and Russia use this meeting to develop shared goals and partnerships.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.nps.gov/akso/beringia

This is an informal two-day meeting at which presentations are welcome on all aspects of ice and snow research. Postgraduate students in particular are welcome to attend and present their work. The meeting will consist of both oral and poster presentation sessions. Delegates are also encouraged to register for the annual dinner, which will take place at Selwyn College on the Wednesday evening. Accommodations will also be available at Selwyn Collge, starting at £47 for bed and breakfast on a first-come first-serve basis. There may be some accommodation available through arrangements with local students although places will be limited, further details will be posted on the meeting website as soon as possible.

Abstract submissions will be accepted until Friday 22nd July. Please check the website and further announcements will be made when online registration is available.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/events/igs2011/index.php

More information will be forthcoming

The aim of the conference is to promote our understanding of changes in all components of the geosphere-biosphere system and to assess the causes and consequences of these changes for ecosystems and humans. The important focus of the conference will be the strategy to mitigate and adapt to a changing global climate and environment.

The conference is endorsed by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and is considered as a preparatory “young scientist” meeting for the major international science conference “Planet Under Pressure 2012: New knowledge towards solutions” organized by the Global Environmental Programs in London in 2012 (www.planetunderpressure2012.net). The best projects presented at the Vistula Spit conference will be selected for the London “Planet Under Pressure 2012” meeting.

English is the conference language for oral presentations and posters. The conference does not provide simultaneous interpretation services.

For more information, please visit:
http://loac.igras.ru/indexeng.php

The Centre for Micromorphology Symposium provides an opportunity for researchers in the micro-scale analysis of sediments and soils to present and discuss their findings in an informal setting. In particular we welcome papers from postgraduate and early career researchers. The symposium this year also celebrates the pioneering work of Professor Jaap van der Meer, who retires in September 2011. This years keynote speaker is Professor John Menzies (Brock University, Canada).

To register for the symposium (deadline 15th August) or to submit a title and abstract for either an oral or poster presentation (deadline 1st August) please contact Dr Simon Carr by e-mail (s.j.carr [at] qmul.ac.uk).

There is no charge for registration, although there will be a limit on the number of delegates, so early registration is encouraged.

Organizers of a session entitled "Winter Climate Change and Ecosystem Functioning" announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany,
Switzerland, and Austria, scheduled for 5-9 September 2011 in Oldenburg, Germany.

The guiding theme of 41st Annual Meeting is ”Ecological Functions, Patterns, Processes”. True to this motto we hope to stimulate scientific discussions circling around the functional responses of species and communities towards environmental changes and effects on ecosystem processes, as well as temporal and spatial components of ecosystem organization that support biodiversity. The meeting aims at representing the full scope of ecological research at the different levels of organization (from genes to landscapes) without neglecting its societal importance. Therefore, a vital discussion on the role of applied ecological research for environmental planning should form a distinct part of the meeting.

The deadline for early registration and submission of papers is 15 May 2011.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.gfoe-2011.de/

The overall objective of the Open Assembly in Hveragerði, Iceland, is to address the impact of dwindling ice - terrestrial as well as ocean bound - on the complex interface of nature and society in all climatic zones of the world, with an emphasis on the Arctic, the Antarctic and the Himalayans. In light of the man-made part of climate change, particularly meaning global warming, and the natural phenomena of ice is gradually becoming a concept of global politics - a common heritage of humankind- affecting societal life in quite dramatic ways on a global scale. This turn in the interrelationship and working of the society/nature interface is the focus of the Assembly.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.nrf.is/nrf-calendar/details/24-6th-nrf-open-assembly-our-ice…

The Melnikov Permafrost Institute (Yakutsk, Russia), the Institute of Northern Mining (Yakutsk, Russia), the Cold and Arid Regions Engineering and Environmental Research Institute (Lanzhou, China), and the Heilongjiang Institute of Cold Region Engineering (Harbin, China) will host the Ninth International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering to be held in Mirny, Yakutia. The aim of the symposium is to provide a forum for discussion of permafrost engineering issues, as well as for exchange of practical experience in construction and maintenance of engineering structures on frozen ground.

For additional information, please contact Lilia Prokopieva at prokopieva [at] mpi.ysn.ru.