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ARCUS invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Alec Bennett, University of Alaska Fairbanks, titled "Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Geoengineering Solutions: Cascading Security and Ethical Considerations". The seminar will be held via Zoom.

Registration is required for this event. Instructions for accessing the webinar will be sent to registrants prior to the event.

Seminar Abstract

Climate change poses sufficient risk for nation-states and residents throughout the Arctic to warrant potentially radical geoengineering solutions. Current geoengineering solutions are in the early stages of testing and development. Due to the scale of deployments necessary to enact substantial change, and their preliminary nature, these methods are likely to result in unforeseen consequences. The Arctic is an area that is experiencing rapid change, increased development, and exploratory interest, and proposed solutions have the potential to produce new risks to both natural and human systems. This talk explores potential security and ethical considerations of geoengineering solutions in the Arctic and the need for proactive and preemptive frameworks at the international level, while leveraging unique structures already present in Arctic governance.

Speaker Bio

Alec Bennett is a faculty member at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he teaches Climate Security coursework in the College of Business and Security Management, focusing on a mixture of computational and socio-political approaches to security. Alec is co-affiliated with the International Arctic Research Center, where he works on interdisciplinary research exploring the intersection between computational modeling, climate-driven extreme events, and security, from a range of perspectives. He is also a member of the Center for Arctic Security & Resilience, and helps to develop tools and frameworks toward translating Arctic research into actionable mechanisms for communities and organizations trying to plan for an uncertain future in the Arctic.

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are an important component of the hydrological cycle and have been increasingly recognized as critical to Antarctic meteorology and climatology. Since just 2014, atmospheric rivers have been identified as a sub-tropical link to the Antarctic continent and create extreme atmospheric conditions that are largely consequential to surface melt, snowfall, and ice-shelf stability.

The goals of this workshop include reviewing the current state of knowledge, identifying research gaps and emerging science, as well as actively beginning a review paper. Specific science categories include tools, dynamics, impacts, energy and moisture budgets, climate change and variability, and cross polar themes.

This will be a hybrid workshop with both in-person and online participation. The workshop will be a mix of oral presentations, thematic discussion periods, workshopping projects, and an excursion in and around the Rocky Mountains for in-person participants.

Please register to attend. Abstracts are due Friday, 19 May 2023.

Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for July 2023 and the summer season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
Please register to attend.

In an effort to address key capability gaps, the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) has established a Wildland Fire Program focused on impactful service delivery. NESDIS Wildland Fire Program projects, aimed at addressing critical active fire capability gaps, are underway, with product and service demonstrations expected to begin by July 2023. The improved products are generated using the Next Generation Fire System (NGFS), which consists of a sensor agnostic (applicable to geostationary or low earth orbit satellites) active fire algorithm and higher order capabilities, including alerting, incident situational awareness tools that are highly tolerant of cloud cover, and an event-based data model that combines time-resolved satellite fire detections with complementary geospatial data layers. Terrain corrected GOES-R ABI imagery and fire detections have also been developed. In addition, a lightning prediction model, customized for incident management, is under development. With Alaska wildland fire applications in mind, this presentation will introduce the NESDIS Wildland Fire Program, highlight product development and demonstration activities, and facilitate continued dialogue with stakeholders.

Please register to attend.

Organizers are pleased to invite you to the 36th Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP 2023). The meeting will be in-person only and will be held at the Stalheim Hotel, a scenic two hours bus ride from Bergen.

Registration is now open – it will close 6 March 2023 (or when the meeting has reached full capacity). There is limited space. First come, first served.

The FRISP meeting is an opportunity for scientists working on ice shelf processes to meet in an informal setting and to exchange ideas, results and field plans. Presentations of research on all aspects of ice shelves and their interaction with the ocean, atmosphere, and ice sheet are welcome. Presentations are encouraged, but we also welcome participants without presentation.

Abstract submission will open once the registration is closed.

The organizers of the 6th European Conference On Permafrost are pleased to welcome you at the beginning of the summer 2023 in Puigcerdà, at the heart of the Eastern Pyrenees for three exciting days of plenary lectures, oral presentations and posters, combined with several local field trips across the eastern Pyrenees (Cerdanya, Núria, Andorra, etc). Two 3-day-long regional field trips across the Pyrenees will be organized before and at the end of the conference.

The organizing committee is fully committed to organizing an on-site conference to have the possibility to meet in-person, although they are also considering a hybrid format including online attendance depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Important dates

• The call for session proposals extended to 8 May 2022
• Abstract submission extended deadline is 5 February 2023
• Decision on abstracts (orals/posters) is 24 March 2023
• Early bird registration until 30 March 2023

The next UK Arctic Science Conference will be hosted by the British Antarctic Survey with support from the NERC Arctic Office in Cambridge, United Kingdom, 11-13 September 2023.

The in-person event will be hosted at the BAS Aurora Innovation Centre in Cambridge. The conference will be hosted in a simple hybrid format over Zoom.

The call for sessions is now open and organizers invite proposals to be submitted.

Important Dates:

• 16 January: Call for sessions closing
• 20 February: Call for abstracts and conference registration to open
• 16 June: Call for abstracts extended deadline
• 25 August: Conference registration closing

Join the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 for a unique event that combines the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) XI, UArctic Congress 2024, and High North Dialogue 2024.

The congress takes in Bodø, Norway from 29 May to 3 June 2024, hosted by Nordland Research Institute and NORD University. Bringing three conferences together in Bodø – one of the 2024 European Cultural Capitals - will be an extraordinary showcase of Arctic cooperation.

The congress includes high-level plenary sessions, several parallel sessions, network activities, and social and cultural events. It is an excellent opportunity for researchers, policymakers, businesses, and students to exchange knowledge and meet and connect across the Arctic. IASSA and UArctic will also hold their General Assemblies.

Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 takes place on Sami land. The congress’ logo honours the local cultures and we welcome you to Bodø in Lule Sami, Pite Sami, Norwegian and English.

Themes and Sessions

The themes of Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 will follow those of Norway’s Arctic Council chairship priorities in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Norway’s chairship of the Arctic Council focus on several core issues , including the impacts of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to enhance the well-being of people living in the region. Looking to the future, Arctic Youth and Arctic Indigenous peoples, cross-cutting priorities of the Norwegian chairship, will also be overarching themes at Arctic Congress Bodø 2024.

The main themes are (taken from the Norway’s Arctic Council chairship priorities):

1. Oceans
2. Climate and the environment
3. Sustainable economic developments
4. People of the North
5. Other

Organizers welcome proposals for sessions. Sessions must be submitted under either the main themes or sub themes. In addition, topics which are not covered by the proposed themes should be submitted in the theme “Other”. All sessions are encouraged to include youth, local and Indigenous people as speakers or discussants, and sessions should be transdisciplinary when possible. The language of the proposed sessions and the Congress is English.

The deadline for session proposals is 15 June 2023.

The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with a location in the high Arctic and easy accessibility, represents a unique platform for high quality international research and education.

Svalbard Science Conference focuses on achieving excellent science through cooperation, enhancing cooperation and quality within Svalbard research, building and strengthening interdisciplinary and international networks and consolidating Svalbard as an attractive platform for Arctic research.

The conference will be held at Scandic Fornebu, Oslo, Norway 31 October - 1 November 2023.

Organizers now invite researchers, research managers, and stakeholders to the fourth Svalbard Science Conference. The organizing committee for SSC2023 will be The Research Council of Norway, The Norwegian Polar Institute, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, and Svalbard Science Forum.

There will be talks from invited keynotes and organizers invite participants to take an active role through presentations, poster sessions and group discussions.

Important Dates

• Registration to the conference is now open.
• Call for papers and abstract submission deadline is 15 June 2023.

This event aims to raise awareness toward the inequalities researchers with disabilities face in the polar field, and wider STEM. Throughout the workshop speakers will reflect on their journey into STEM, the barriers they have faced, and what accommodations have been required when conducting fieldwork with - or as - a researcher with disabilities.

Additionally, there will be an opportunity to ask questions to both the speakers, and event organiser Accessibility in Polar Research.

Accessibility in Polar Research (APR/@accesspolar) is a small network made up of five disabled ECRs who have all faced adversity within the polar field and are passionate about making polar research more inclusive. From our current work the network has used its platform to carry out its aims: (i) highlight the positives of disabilities (ii) spread awareness of difficulties researchers face and, (iii) provide/distribute resources and suggestions to improve inclusivity.