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Arctic Circle and the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) are pleased to announce that registration has now opened for the Abu Dhabi Forum. Arctic Circle - UAE: Third Pole Himalaya Process.

Governments, universities, companies, research institutions, organizations, associations and other partners were invited to submit proposals for Sessions to the Arctic Circle Secretariat. The deadline for submissions was December 9th, 2022.

The melting of the Third Pole / Himalayan glaciers carries water security implications for 1.65 billion people. The region will experience profound ecological and geophysical transformations as a result of climate change. As outlined in the 2019 Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, the scope of these consequences is not fully understood and scientific data is lacking.

Scientific efforts to understand these phenomena require access to data across borders. The inspiring history of international scientific cooperation in the Arctic, including on glaciological research, is of great significance to the future study of the Third Pole / Himalayan glaciers. The past two decades of Arctic dialogue can offer valuable guiding principles for improving the shared understanding of the glaciers themselves, as well as the consequences of their melting, such as impacts on downstream ecosystems, energy production, agriculture and industry.

At the Arctic Circle Abu Dhabi Forum the relevance of the experience of international collaboration in the Arctic to the future of the glaciers in the Third Pole / Himalayan region and the water resources of Asia will be addressed. The leadership of the United Arab Emirates in clean energy research and investment will be highlighted within an exploration of the contributions of the renewable energy transition to the global fight against climate change.

Join IARPC for a webinar on the Alaska Arctic Observatory & Knowledge Hub (AAOKH). AOOKH is a partnership for residents of Arctic Alaska coastal communities to share expertise and knowledge of changing coastal conditions. Roberta Tuurraq Glenn, AOOKH’s Project Coordinator and Community Liaison, will give an overview of the project and her new role. She will also share information about AAOKH’s new storymap, which shows observations with particular impacts to subsistence activities, travel access, and community infrastructure.

The Arctic Centre invites registration for their Winter School. The theme of the Winter School is Our Connection with a Fast-Changing Arctic.

Hosted by the Arctic Centre, the Winter School is aimed at (inter-) national civil servants and policy makers, politicians, managers, financial experts, (young) academics, and PhD students who are looking for a nuanced and wide-ranging understanding of the Arctic.

During the week, lectures, discussions, and group work will take place in which topics related to the theme will be addressed from an integrated perspective on a sustainable society.

General topics addressed in the lectures will include:

• Climate Change: climate forcing gasses, Arctic amplification, ice caps and sea level rise, polar vortex, and mitigation and adaptation
• Arctic Ecosystems: sea ice as platform for life, permafrost, carbon pools, trophic mismatch, species extinction, and grazing
• The Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic: overview of the different Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic, colonial history and decolonial actions, and Indigenous Peoples as rights holders
• Governance and Science Cooperation: UNCLOS, treaties, wilderness concept, and pollution
• Sustainable Development and Business: Arctic Economic Forum, tourism, shipping, natural resource exploitation, and economic development

Registration deadline: 1 October 2022.

The next Karthaus course will be held from 24 May to 2 June 2023 in Karthaus (northern Italy).

The Karthaus Course on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System provides a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions. Topics include: continuum mechanics, sliding and hydraulics, numerical modelling, polar meteorology, ice-ocean interaction, ice cores, interaction of ice sheets with the solid earth, etc. The course is meant for Ph.D. students that work on a glaciology-related climate project. Some places are available for junior scientists. The course corresponds to 3 EC credit points.

Deadline for applications is 15 January 2023. Notification about the decision of the organizing Committee by 1 March 2023.

Join researcher Jean Pennycook live from the Cape Royds penguin colony in Antarctica! A seasoned researcher, Jean is part of a team conducting globally unique demographic studies of Adélie penguins in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The study uses penguin-borne sensors to evaluate foraging conditions and behavior and environmental conditions on Adélies.

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2023 will take place in Vienna, Austria from 23 to 28 April 2023.

The EGU General Assembly 2023 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.

The abstract submission deadline is 10 January 2023, 13:00 CET.

Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and policy and the International Arctic Research Center recently released a report reviewing the Southeast Alaska drought of 2016-2019. During this webinar, we will discuss the drought history, causes and ecosystem impacts in the region. Select community perspectives will be highlighted and the likelyhood of future drought events will be reviewed. For Tribes, communities and decision makers in Southeast Alaska, this report will provide ready access to “what happened” and can inform planning, adaptation and mitigation activities in the future.

Please register to attend.

The Mathematics on Ice Forum meet once a month to discuss mathematical aspects of ice dynamics and bring together the community in an informal online atmosphere.

In each meeting there are two presentations and time for discussions and ice-breaking in small sub-groups. The format is intended to stem from your contributions – give a talk, join the discussions, and invite further participants. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to contribute. The organizers would like to encourage in particular PhD students to present their research.

Theme: Numerical ice sheet modeling

Noemi Petra (UC Merced)
"Exploiting Low-Dimensional Structure in Bayesian Inverse Problems Governed by Ice Sheet Flow Models"

Mauro Perego (Sandia)
"Ice sheet initialization with MALI: advances and standing challenges"

Organizers invite session abstracts for the Sixth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS-VI).

To promote interdisciplinary studies in marine environmental science and to foster the next generation of ocean scientists, the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University (MEL) initiated the first Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS) in 2014. Since then, XMAS has grown to become one of the largest international conferences in the field of marine sciences in Asia and acts as a hotspot to exchange research interests in global and regional oceans.

In its sixth iteration, XMAS-VI will be held in Xiamen from January 9th to 12th, 2023 with the theme focusing on Multidisciplinary and Solution Sciences for a Sustainable and Healthy Ocean. The symposium will consist of various interconnected sessions covering physical oceanography, marine biogeochemistry, biological oceanography, geological oceanography, and marine ecotoxicology along with workshops and other events for emerging topics in marine environmental sciences such as ocean-based carbon removal, ocean sustainability, etc.

Abstract Deadline: 30 September 2022.

The 26th Alpine Glaciology Meeting will be held at the Swiss Federal Institute WSL in Birmensdorf, near Zurich, Switzerland 9-10 February 2023.

At its 26th edition, the Alpine Glaciology Meeting is an annual, community-building gathering addressing researchers that are active in the field of glaciology. While the meeting is held on a 5-year cycle in Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, and Germany, it welcomes glacier-interested researchers from around the world. Similarly, the contributions presented in form of oral talks or poster presentations are not limited to Alpine glaciology, but encompass other glacierized regions on Earth and other cryospheric disciplines.

The meeting nurses an informal and friendly atmosphere, meant to facilitate scientific exchange between researchers of all career stages.

The possibility for submitting an abstract and registering will remain open until 9 January 2023.