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NSF will be hosting two events on February 3, one at 2:00 pm EST aimed at middle and high school students and one at 7:00 pm EST for adults or anyone who cannot attend the earlier event.

Join researcher and educator Ariel Waldman as she dives into the soils of Antarctica, and tells stories about how Antarctica is interconnected with the rest of the Earth and can inform us about the search for life on other planets. Ariel has been working alongside PolarTREC teacher Bill Henske on the Dry Valleys Ecosystem Study.

The McMurdo Dry Valleys is a uniquely dynamic ecosystem, with microscopic animals living in the soils, helping researchers understand how animals adapt to harsh and changing environments.

To register for the webinars use the following links:

• 2:00 pm EST (aimed at students)
• 7:00 pm EST (aimed at adults)

For over 30 years, the Geophysical Institute has hosted the Science for Alaska talk series as one of its largest public outreach efforts. The series brings information about current research to Alaskans from scientists with expertise across the state.

To kick-off the 31st year of Science for Alaska, the Geophysical Institute invites you to attend a new First Friday event from 5:00 to 7:30 pm at The Pub, 1731 S Chandalar Drive, University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Those who can’t join in person can tune in on KSUA student radio, 91.5 FM.

Enjoy a storytelling evening of six short, engaging, image-based talks about glaciers, earthquakes, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility, Fairbanks winter air quality, the Alaska Satellite Facility, and flooding impacts on St. Paul island. Free snacks and door prizes will be available. Attendees must be 21+ due to location. On-campus parking is always free after 5 pm.

Join the Facebook event for the Friday Friday event at the Pub.

After this kick-off event, the traditional 2023 Science for Alaska lecture series begins Tuesday, 7 February, and runs every Tuesday through 7 March. These talks start at 7:00 pm in the Schaible Auditorium, UAF campus, and will be streamed live to Zoom and the UAF and Geophysical Institute Facebook pages.

Hamptons Observatory, and co-host Suffolk County Community College, are honored to present a free, virtual lecture by multi-disciplinary scientist, explorer, and the University of Maine’s Institute for Climate Change Director, Prof. Paul Andrew Mayewski.

“Journey Into Climate” covers over five decades of expeditions filled with adventure, exploration, discovery, and contributions to the understanding of climate change. The story is told through the personal experiences of the internationally acclaimed glaciologist, climate scientist, and polar explorer, Paul Andrew Mayewski. Prof. Mayewski and his teams have traveled throughout Antarctica, the Himalayas, Greenland, the Andes, and the Southern Ocean in search of answers to how and why climate changes. By living and working in some of earth’s most remote places, their journey not only documents the role played by past changes but sheds light on the transition from a “gradualist” to a fast-changing physical and chemical climate system in which human activity goes from having a relatively minor to a remarkably consequential impact. The lessons learned are now clear: we have entered the age of climate decision where our actions will define the course of civilization and the health of our planet.

Please register to attend.

Bio

Prof. Paul Andrew Mayewski is an internationally acclaimed glaciologist, climate scientist, polar explorer and Director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, where he is also a Distinguished Professor in the Schools of Earth Sciences, Marine Sciences, Policy and International Affairs, as well as in the Business and Law Schools. He has led more than 60 expeditions to the remotest polar and the high elevations of the planet resulting in transformative contributions to climate science. In 2019, he led the placement of the highest automatic weather station on Mt. Everest. Prof. Mayewski has received several prestigious international awards, and has made numerous scientific discoveries. He has made hundreds of media appearances including several on the CBS show, “60 Minutes,” and the Emmy Award-Winning documentary series, “Years of Living Dangerously.” Prof. Mayewski has authored more than 500 scientific articles and has published two popular books: The Ice Chronicles and Journey into Climate.

The International Association for Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) is soliciting nominations for the IACS 2023 Early Career Scientist (ECS) Prize. The IACS ECS Prize is a biennial cash prize of € 1000 awarded to two early career scientists who have published the best scientific papers on a cryospheric subject as assessed by an evaluation committee. The papers must have been published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022.

The nomination deadline is 1 February 2023.

The nominee must be an early-career scientist defined as a person who is currently enrolled in a PhD/MSc program or whose highest academic degree (PhD, MSc) was obtained no longer than two years before the submission deadline.

The Selection Committee will announce the winners latest in early April 2023, and the 2023 Prize will be formally presented at the IUGG General Assembly in Berlin (12-16 July 2023).

Fairbanks BEST Homeschool joins the Geophysical Institute for an afternoon of night sky wonder. Bring your family and friends for space exploration, hands-on aurora activities and stargazing inside a planetarium.

This event will take place from 3:30 to 5:30 pm AKST. All ages welcome! (Adult supervision required.)

The Joint Science Education Project (JSEP) is a hybrid remote and field experience in Greenland for students from the U.S., Greenland, and Denmark. They are currently seeking students with a passion for science, openness to new experiences, and who will be strong cultural ambassadors for the U.S.

Students who successfully complete the one week Remote Course in 2023 will be eligible to apply to join a JSEP Field Expedition to Greenland in future years. JSEP offers hands-on learning, polar research opportunities, and unique cultural experiences. Students become part of an international and intergenerational network of students, educators, and scientists.

Eligibility: Current high school juniors who are U.S. citizens can apply for the summer 2023 Remote Course. Students who completed the remote program in 2020, 2021, or 2022 and who will turn 18 before or on 1 June 2023 are eligible to apply for the summer 2023 field program in Greenland. Previous travel and research experiences are not required. All expenses are covered, and the field program offers a $1,500 stipend.

The application deadline is 31 January 2023.

Inspiring Girls Expeditions is a collaborative multi-institutional partnership with branches located around the world. The program leads tuition-FREE expeditions for high school girls* that interweave field science, art, and backcountry travel combining science, art, inquiry, and outdoor exploration.

Expedition teams are selected through an application process. When selecting teams, Inspiring Girls looks for diversity in the applicants' backgrounds and interests; they believe the diversity of their program makes their expeditions stronger and more insightful. They look for applicants who will share their perspectives and learn from one another; team members are not chosen based solely on their individual applications. The team is chosen as a whole, according to what each member brings to the team.

In the U.S., the Inspiring Girls Expedition program seeks 16–18-year-old girls* still enrolled in high school or graduating from high school the same year as the expedition.

All application materials for Inspiring Girls Expeditions in the United States and Canada are due January 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm AKST. Applications, eligibility and selection criteria, and more information can be found on their website.

*Inspiring Girls Expeditions welcomes cisgender girls and transgender, agender, Two Spirit, nonbinary, intersex, and genderqueer youth.

This 5-day in-person workshop will provide researchers with an overview of reproducible and ethical research practices, steps and methods for more easily documenting and preserving their data at the Arctic Data Center, and an introduction to programming in R. Special attention will be paid to qualitative data management, including practices working with sensitive data. Example datasets will draw from natural and social sciences, and methods for conducting reproducible research will be discussed in the context of both qualitative and quantitative data. Responsible and reproducible data management practices will be discussed as they apply to all aspects of the data life cycle. This includes ethical data collection and data sharing, data sovereignty, and the CARE principles. The CARE principles are guidelines that help ensure open data practices (like the FAIR principles) appropriately engage with Indigenous Peoples’ rights and interests.

Arctic Frontiers welcomes you to submit abstracts to their upcoming conference Moving North.

Sea ice, new species, technology hubs and the impacts of climate change are all moving closer to the Arctic, whilst simultaneously, the people of the Arctic are moving south, providing both challenges and opportunities for sustainable development. The knock-on effects of the war in Europe are vast, including food and fuel security, fertilizer and agriculture limitations, energy demand, and supply chain issues.

The conference will have seven science sessions with the following titles:

• Occupational health and safety in the Arctic
• City transformation by and for the citizens of the Arctic using digital technologies and visualisation
• Modelling and monitoring challenges to maritime safety in a changing Arctic
• Plastic pollution, priorities and perspectives in the Arctic
• Impacts and adaptations in response to Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean
• Adaptive management of rapidly changing Arctic ecosystems using interdisciplinary and system-science approaches
• Assembling the valuable and vulnerable North

The extended abstract deadline is 26 September 2022.

The field of geographic sciences takes many forms and has been continuously evolving over the years. Physical geography specifically deals with aspects of climate, weather, wind currents, and aquatic movements. A subfield of physical geography is the field of climatology. As a recently established field under the umbrella of geographic sciences, climatology aims to address the continuous damage mankind is inflicting upon the earth’s natural atmosphere, weather, and climate by studying its causes, effects, and practical mitigation techniques.