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Organizers invite abstracts and registration for the 2023 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Seminar on Polar Marine Science. This conference, with the theme of Integrating Ocean Physics and Biogeochemistry to Assess Polar Ecosystem Sensitivity to Rapid Change.

This GRC on Polar Marine Science will highlight recent advances in the understanding of physical-chemical-biological linkages and feedback processes across coupled ocean-cryosphere-atmosphere-ecosystems of the Arctic and Southern oceans. Special emphasis will be given to understand impacts on polar marine species, food webs, and habitats. Sessions will highlight recent advance in polar climate change detection and attribution, impacts of multiple stressors on biota, changes in habitat distribution, integrated approaches to collect multi-disciplinary observations, and novel methods to analyze and link long-term time-series data with conceptual and numerical models.

The conference will consist of both talks and posters. One-minute oral summaries of posters will allow presenters to address the entire group, promoting enhanced interactions, in-depth discussions, and brainstorming. A GRC "Power Hour" will be held to help address the challenges women face in polar science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.

A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will be held on the weekend prior to the GRC. The GRS will provide a forum for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists to present their work in a peer-to-peer setting. The participants will discuss cutting-edge aspects of their research, and have the opportunity to build collaborative relationships with other early career researchers as well as with established scientists and mentors.

The seminar will focus on the spatial and temporal variability of processes (and specific methodology applied) occurring in the polar oceans, with a particular emphasis on interfaces. The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and two poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.

Abstract submission deadline: 5 September 2022.

Registration deadline: 5 February 2023.

Arctic Circle is the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic and our Planet. It is an open democratic platform with participation from governments, organizations, corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental associations, indigenous communities, concerned citizens, and others. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan.

The draft program of the Arctic Circle Japan Forum program has now been published. The 3-day program contains over 100 speakers participating in more than 50 sessions. The Forum is organized in partnership with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and the Nippon Foundation.

Registration deadline is 20 February 2023.

The Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College invites registration for their upcoming webinar, COVID-19 in the Arctic: Community Perspectives.

In the Circumpolar region, communities have, and continue, to rise to the challenge of implementing complex public health measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19. To fully understand the implications of COVID-19 in the Arctic, diverse data sources were needed that include Indigenous knowledge and local knowledge with western scientific methods. Identifying community-driven models and evidence-based promising practices and recommendations are key to informing pan-Arctic collaboration and decision-making in public health during times of global emergencies.

A Circumpolar team has explored a number of questions, including: In what ways are public health measures implemented to address the COVID-19 pandemic the same or different in Arctic communities? How have Indigenous and local knowledges been integrated with recommended/mandated public health measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic? What coping strategies did Arctic communities engage in to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic? What can we learn from community case studies to inform policy and program implementation now and in the future?

The webinar will include a presentation and panel discussion with researchers from Northern Canada, Finland, Iceland, Alaska, and Greenland/Denmark.

• Dr. Gwen Healey Akearok, Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
• Dr. Christina Larsen, Professor of Public Health in Arctic Regions, Statens Institut for Folkesundhed
• Dr. Arja Rautio, Vice-President of Research University of the Arctic, and Professor of Arctic Research in Thule Institute, University of Oulu
• Dr. Katie Cueva, Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Health at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage
• Dr. Lara Johansdottir, Professor in Environment and Natural Resources, School of Business, University of Iceland

The United States Permafrost Association (USPA) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee is hosting a roundtable workshop for participants to practice their field safety skills. USPA members and non-members are welcome and encouraged to join this workshop.

Topics will include:

• Wildlife encounters
• Interpersonal conflicts
• Injuries or ilinesses

Each year, the community of leading scientists, educators, policymakers, and journalists gathers to discuss cutting-edge developments in science, technology, and policy. The next AAAS Annual Meeting will convene online and in-person in Washington D.C. and will feature groundbreaking multi-disciplinary research – research that advances knowledge and responds to the needs of humanity. The meeting will include Scientific Sessions, Workshops, 10-minute Lightning Talks, E-poster Sessions, international Expo Hall, and more.

The scientific endeavor aims to provide findings, models, tools, and advances to better understand and address the myriad complex challenges facing society. Meeting this goal requires collective objectivity determined by a wealth of individual and diverse perspectives and experiences—a sample as broad as the diversity of disciplines in the scientific endeavor itself.

The 2023 AAAS Annual Meeting will feature groundbreaking multi-disciplinary research – research that advances knowledge and responds to the needs of humanity. Drawing from work ranging from astronomy to zoology, the program committee seeks proposals that highlight breakthroughs in science and technology and, in particular, those that incorporate the importance of diversity – in its investigators, subjects of study, and translational implications.

Registration is required for this free, virtual event.

Hamptons Observatory and co-host, Suffolk County Community College, are honored to present a free, virtual lecture by polar explorer and inventor, Ramon Larramendi.

The Inuit Windsled was invented by polar explorer, Ramon Larramendi. It is the first wind-powered mobile platform capable of traveling extensively through the remote interiors of Greenland and Antarctica. Ramon undertook this project when he realized that the strong polar winds could be used to facilitate the transport of people and equipment through the ice and that the Inuit dog sleds could adapt to take advantage of that wind energy. The Windsled is a very efficient alternative for zero emissions, lightweight, interdisciplinary scientific polar research in otherwise inaccessible regions. It has already traveled more than 18,000 kilometers on nine expeditions. In this lecture, Ramon will describe the challenges of polar exploration, the history of the Windsled and its potential for science.

The Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) announces a call for proposals for the SIOS−Planet cooperation project to demonstrate the usability of high-resolution Planet data in the Arctic.

This call of proposals is to provide free access to high-resolution optical satellite data acquired by Planet’s satellite constellation to stimulate geospatial product generation in Svalbard. In cooperation with Planet, SIOS is inviting project scientific proposals from the global Arctic science community to demonstrate the usability of high-resolution data in Svalbard.

Those submitting proposals must have an account with SIOS. You may request an account through the SIOS registration page.

Proposal webform opens: 2 January 2023
Proposal submission deadline: 28 February 2023

Polar Impact invites registration for their Impact Mentorship Initiative Event Series panel discussion on meaningful collaborations in polar research, polar policy, and polar communities.

Whether participants are building a career in polar research, have decades of polar experience, or want to learn more about how communities, scientists, and decision makers can better work together to solve complex problems, this panel discussion will offer insights and inspiration for all.

Panelists

Karen Heywood
Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Twila Moon
Deputy Lead Scientist and Science Communication Liaison at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, part of the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Peter Morse
Next-generation lead permafrost expert at Natural Resources Canada’s Geological Survey of Canada

Arthi Ramachandran
Incorporates science advice into all aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction and emergency preparedness, Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada

The Arctic Building and Construction (ABC) project invites you to a free online seminar on Arctic urban space design with an international panel of architects and scholars working on the design of communities and settlements across different Arctic territories. The webinar will focus on contemporary experiments and experiences with urban space design in different locations: infrastructure, recreation, participation, play, weather and climate.

The Webinar is organized by the Oslo Centre for Landscape and Urban Studies (OCULS) at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), in collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

(The ABC sub-project Architecture and Urban Space (Arkitektur og Byrum) is currently mapping the design, use, and perception of outdoor space in contemporary housing development in Greenland.)

Evans Onyango will present “Plate to Plate: Rupture of the Great Alaska Earthquake.”

The 1964 magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake ruptured an area approximately 92,000 square miles from Anchorage to Kodiak Island and caused massive landslides and tsunamis. In 2019, scientists deployed a dense array of 398 portable seismometers on Kodiak Island within the southern rupture area of the 1964 earthquake to image the boundary between the subducting Pacific Plate and the base of the North American Plate. The research found significant differences between the northern and southern rupture zones.

Learn about the analysis of seismic waves recorded by these small soup can-sized seismometers, how and why the results differ from the northern rupture area of the Great Alaska Earthquake, and implications for rupture dynamics in the region.

Talks are free and for the public. All ages are encouraged to attend.