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The Herbivory Network is an international network of researchers interested in understanding the role of herbivores in Arctic and alpine ecosystems. Herbivory is a key ecological process that influences the functioning of arctic ecosystems and their responses to climate change. Herbivores are also extremely important for the livelihoods of many northern communities.

Organizers are planning a 4-day Herbivory Network meeting in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada to advance ongoing projects and start new collaborations that will contribute to a better understanding of the effects of herbivores on arctic ecosystems. The meeting will include short field visits and workshops with local communities.

There is no registration fee for the meeting, but please let organizers know if you are planning to come, because there is limited space.

The meeting will be hosted at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS), a rapidly developing research institution focusing on improving knowledge of dynamic northern terrestrial ecosystems in the context of rapid change. The meeting will host a relatively small group of researchers with the aim of focusing on hands-on work, and smaller meeting sizes are more effective for that purpose. Additional funding to support some of the workshops has been secured through UArctic and Memorial University, and additional funds are being sought from other sources. In-kind support is being provided by Polar Knowledge Canada.

The PSECCO Conversation Series provides an informal 1-hour discussion space for a small group of early career scientists to explore a topic of interest with a more experienced researcher with considerable success in the topic area. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to steer the conversation by submitting topic-related questions with registration. The host will entertain questions related to the session, so come prepared to have an active discussion.

Demystifying Federal Research Science

Participants will converse about science in the public sector of civil service. Caitlyn will prompt discussion and answer questions informed by her research perspective as an employee of the executive branch of the United States federal government.

Caitlyn Florentine is a research scientist who has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey since 2016. She focuses on the cryosphere, using an approach that integrates in situ data collected in the field, remotely sensed data, and simple numerical models. Her main research interest is in quantitative glaciology, especially regarding the physics of glacier flow and glacier-climate relationships. She is the current Principal Investigator for the Benchmark Glacier Project, which has conducted field-based research on key North American glaciers for 50+ years.

Please register to attend. Registration will open in May.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites comments to their recently published proposed draft revisions to their Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG; NSF 24-1) related to how Tribes are to be engaged when research may have an impact on Tribal interests and resources.

The public notice is published in the Federal Register and the draft PAPPG is available on the NSF Policy Office website. To facilitate review, this posted PDF of the draft PAPPG shows the proposed changes marked in yellow with explanatory comments in the margins.

Any questions should be directed to the NSF Policy Office at policy [at] nsf.gov

Deadline to submit comments: 12 June 2023

The Arctic Development Expo welcomes all researchers, Indigenous leaders, circumpolar Governments, scientists, industry experts and passionate individuals.

The Arctic Development Expo takes place in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada. This event will strive to make knowledgeable decisions to enhance circumpolar life and create innovative solutions for northern realities. The organizers look to develop the Arctic through sustainable means and will do so by concentrating on the following four themes: Natural & Renewable Resources, Climate and Energy Innovations, Indigenous Leadership and Circumpolar Governance and Knowledge Economy.

Organizers invite registration for the Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP) Workshop.

The 2023 SIMIP workshop is a hands-on workshop open for scientists at all career levels interested in the simulation of sea ice in both hemispheres in CMIP-type models, including large ensembles and high-resolution simulations. Participants will discuss and summarize the lessons learned from CMIP6-SIMIP, and make plans for future SIMIP activities and goals.

Early career scientists that want to be considered for partial travel funding through Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) to extend their stay in Bremerhaven must fill in the registration before 10 May.

Funding application deadline for early career scientists: 10 May 2023.

Registration deadline: 5 June 2023.

Multiple federal agencies engage scientists from numerous disciplines to generate projections of sea-level rise for U.S. coastlines, but how do coastal communities use this information to prepare for the future? This meeting will discuss examples of planning for coastal resilience at both a municipal and individual level, with introductions to these topics from two speakers working directly on these issues (Alexander Robel and Nadia Seeteram).

• What Ice Sheet Scientists Can Do For Coastal Communities (Alexander Robel, Georgia Institute of Technology) (15 min)
• Living with water: Evolving adaptation preferences under increasing sea-level rise in Miami-Dade County, FL, USA (Nadia Seeteram, Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University) (15 min)

Pre-registration for the International Synoptic Arctic Survey Synthesis Workshop has opened. Please fill out the pre-registration form to show us your interest so that we can plan for the number of attendees.

The workshop aims to discuss how to move forward with synthesis of data and of results, in order to achieve the baseline understanding of the fundamental structure and function of the linked carbon-ecosystem-physical systems in the Arctic Ocean. The goals are to overview the cruise results, establish networks of archived datasets, identify teams to address the key SAS research questions, and draft synthesis papers. It also provides an opportunity for teams of modelers and observationalists to identify projects that would use the SAS data in modeling efforts that expand understanding of the Arctic system.

Pre-registration deadline: 15 April 2023
Final registration deadline: 15 May 2023

The Polar Research Board (PRB) Spring Meeting will include open sessions on the morning of both days and closed sessions for board business in the afternoons

This meeting is a hybrid virtual and in-person event in Washington DC. Open sessions include:

June 7 (10:30 am - 1:30 pm EDT)

• Federal government updates on Antarctic and Arctic activities
• Updates from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

June 8 (10:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT)

• A topical session focused on exploring impacts of rapid ice margin change on biodiversity in the coastal polar regions

Ice margins in the coastal regions of the Antarctic and Arctic are changing rapidly in response to our warming climate. This session will explore ice margin changes, how they affect the biodiversity and structure of ecosystems in these coastal waters, and primary knowledge gaps and research needs to better understand these linkages.

The North American Arctic - the region spanning Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Greenland - is increasingly recognized for its distinct landscapes, strong historic and cultural connections between communities and peoples, and rising opportunities for knowledge sharing.

This speaker series invests in the people, opportunities, and strength of the NAA by providing a platform for knowledge sharing, networking, and international collaboration on pressing issues facing the region.

This first event focuses on climate change, bringing together expertise from across the North American Arctic to share knowledge about what is happening now, and what more might be done, to support ethical, equitable climate solutions for the Arctic and the world.

Panelists

• Dr. Nikoosh Carlo, US Arctic Research Commissioner; Founder & Chief Strategist, CNC North Consulting (Alaska/US)
• Dr. Greg Poelzer, Fulbright Arctic Initiative Co-Lead Scholar; Professor, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
• Dr. Anna-Sofie Hurup Skjerdeval, Head of Secretariat, Arctic Hub (Greenland)
• Kate Guy, Senior Advisor and Managing Director, Climate Security and Cross-Cutting Issues (Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change)

Moderated by Dr. Melody Brown Burkins, Director, Institute of Arctic Studies in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth

The North American Arctic Speaker Series is a Joint Project of Dartmouth and U.S. Department of State co-hosted by the Institute of Arctic Studies in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Office of the U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region.

The Arctic is subject to a wide range of local and remote sources of air pollution, which can have harmful impacts on local Arctic communities, contribute to Arctic climate change, and harm sensitive Arctic ecosystems. Sources, processing, and fate of Arctic air pollutants are poorly constrained compared with those at lower latitudes. In particular, state-of-the-art models display diverse and poor skill in simulating Arctic air pollutant enhancements, both at the surface and aloft, while local sources of pollution from Arctic urban activities, shipping, and resource extraction have large uncertainties. Moreover, the physical and chemical processing of pollutants both during long-range transport to the Arctic and in the cold, dark conditions of the Arctic winter, are poorly known.

These knowledge gaps have implications for our confidence in predicting future Arctic climate response to remote and local emission changes, potential effects of increases in local sources, knowledge of pollution interactions with natural cycles, and societal and ecosystem impacts of Arctic air pollution.

The Air Pollution in the Arctic: Climate, Environment and Societies (PACES) initiative aims to address these key deficiencies by providing international community leadership in the coordination of large international collaborative efforts, such as coordinated field experiments and model comparison and evaluation exercises. In this proposal, organizers seek funds to help further develop the PACES initiative, and to disseminate recent PACES results to the Arctic research community.