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In the summer of 2021, a group of Indigenous and conservation leaders traveled to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to connect with each other and the land, and to engage in place-based dialogues using traditional methods including talking circles, ceremonies and the stories of Elders who spoke of the history, importance and future of the refuge. Their goal was to promote healing and reimagine management of this landscape in ways that will incorporate traditional knowledge, as well as the traditions and ways of life of Indigenous peoples.

The IMAGO Initiative is a transformative process with the potential to reshape how our nation’s public lands – the historic homelands of Indigenous peoples – are managed. In this webinar, you will join the IMAGO team virtually as you watch a film produced during their trip, and you will hear directly from key leaders of this effort as they engage in a panel discussion.

Please join us for this virtual film screening and Q&A as we reimagine conservation through an Indigenous lens.

Panelists

Kaushik Amruthur
Owner, Photographer & Cinematographer
Kaushik Studios/Third Eye Media

Dr. Natalie Dawson
Former Vice President and Executive Director
Audubon Alaska

Meda DeWitt
Sr. Specialist/IMAGO Initiative Coordinator
HAA JOONÍ & The Wilderness Society

Karlin “Nageak” Itchoak
Senior Regional Director, Alaska Region
The Wilderness Society

Dr. Sarah James
Gwich’in Leader
Arctic Village, Alaska

Doreen Nutaaq Simmonds
Inupiat Environmental Leader
Utqiaġvik/Barrow, Alaska

Robert Thompson, aka “Captain Bolo”
Owner-Guide, Kaktovik Arctic Adventures
Kaktovik, Alaska

SCOPE (Student-led Conference On Polar Environments) is a conference where students (bachelor/master/PhD) can present their research, thesis or project work in a low-pressure environment and practice the skill of presenting. You are all welcome to participate and listen to other students' presentations and the invited keynote
speakers.

The organizers are now finalizing the program, the final version can be found on the webpage. You can look forward to the three keynote speakers:

• Svalbard Science Forum gives an interactive lecture about applications for funding, and they will explain the “Research in Svalbard” portal and all the other resources they offer.
• Rudolf Denkmann from Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) will talk about his experience of Ny-Ålesund and about his work for SIOS: A cooperative international research infrastructure - Building an observing system to answer big questions of Earth System Science. Posters of SIOS will be present at the poster session about remote sensing.
• Vegard Stürzinger will talk about: Cruise life, and why it all matters. He will also talk about the Norwegian Polar Institute, environmental science, a North pole trip, and much more!

Register now – deadline for participants is 3 October 2022.

The next Landscapes Live online seminar will be by Gino de Gelder, IRD-Univ. Grenoble Alpes. This seminar will be live on Zoom and open to anyone interested (with a limit of 300 participants). Register in advance for this meeting.

Abstract

Quantifying paleo sea-level variations is of fundamental importance to understand the complex relations between paleo-climate, -ice-sheets and geodynamics, yet uncertainties prior to the Holocene currently span several tens of meters. The world’s coastlines present an enormous geomorphologic dataset of relative sea-level changes, and recent studies have shown how they can be used within forward landscape evolution models. We take a next step, and apply a Bayesian approach to invert the geometry of marine terrace sequences to paleo sea-level. Using a Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling method, we test our model on both synthetic profiles and observed marine terrace sequences from Santa Cruz (Ca, US) and the Corinth Rift (Greece). The synthetic profiles – with known input parameters – show that there are optimal values for uplift rate and erosion rate to obtain a well-constrained inversion. Both the inversion of synthetic profiles and real sequences show how sea-level peaks are easier to constrain than sea-level troughs, but that also solutions for peaks tend to be non-unique. Synthetic profiles and profiles from several sites in the Corinth Rift both show how inverting multiple profiles from a sequence can lead to a narrower range of possible paleo sea-level, especially for sea-level troughs. This last result emphasizes the potential of inverting coastal morphology, suggesting that joint inversion of globally distributed marine terrace profiles may eventually catalyse a better understanding of local/global paleo sea-level and glacio-isostatic adjustments.

Organizers invite registration for the Greenland Natural Science Data Workshop: A National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Workshop to Assess the Current Data Ecosystem and Map the Path Forward.

With the swift expansion of Greenland-focused research, NSF and other funders have supported the development of key data, tools, and programs. As these projects mature, coordination and community discussion are required to ensure that projects are working together; that gaps in data, tools, and workflows are identified; and that there is a shared vision for future development that can support efficient and effective research across a broadening group of participants.

This workshop will focus primarily on data, tools, and workflows necessary to improve organization and insight within the natural sciences and ensure this community is well-prepared to contribute within broad models of co-production and interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, or convergent research. Organizers hope that the workshop is one activity within a larger continuum that should include data use, data sovereignty, and co-production discussions hosted in Greenland.

Workshop attendees will work together to:

• Map the ecosystem of Greenland natural science data archives, tools, and workflows
• Identify and prioritize gaps in the data and tool ecosystem
• Brainstorm routes to close gaps in the data to insight system
• Bring judgment and prioritization to identified routes

Participants will be selected based on application information, achieving a large cross section of perspectives, and available participation support budget.

Registration deadline: 1 August 2022.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Center for One Health Research is please to announce the 2023 international conference One Health, One Future from February 28th- March 3rd, 2023 at the Westmark Hotel in Fairbanks, Alaska.

This years theme for the conference is Voices of One Health: Embracing Change & Transformation (Innovation & Creativity leading to Change, Reengagement, and Resilience).

The organizers invite faculty, staff, and students of higher education, researchers, K-12 educators, community leaders, administrators, non-profit partners, government agencies, and other professionals to participate.

The conference will engage in dynamic conversations and networking opportunities through hands-on workshops, individual/panel presentations, posters, and plenary sessions.

This is expected to be the largest circumpolar One Health conference held in the United States in 2023, with participation anticipated from across the Arctic region.

In the event that there are still COVID-19 restrictions, the organizers will also be offering an online, non-participatory, zoom link to watch the conference presentations.

Important Dates

• Registration Opens: August 2nd, 2022
• Call for Proposals & Poster Release: August 2nd, 2022
• Abstract Proposal & Poster Submission Deadline: October 5th, 2022
• Accepted Proposal & Poster Notification: October 21st, 2022
• Last Date to Register as Presenter: November 4th, 2022
• Presentation & Poster Submissions Due: January 5th, 2023
• Review Process: January 6th – Feb 6th, 2023
• Standard Registration Deadline: February 14th, 2023

ARCUS invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Charlie Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), titled "Decomposing Submarine Permafrost in the Canadian Beaufort Sea". 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

Sediments beneath the Arctic continental shelf are undergoing substantial warming. This warming is associated with the sea level transgression at the end of the last ice age, when relatively warm ocean water flooded over a much colder terrestrial periglacial landscape. The warming is still propagating down into subsurface sediments causing the glacial-aged permafrost wedge to thin and retreat landwards. Models of the impact of transgression on subsea permafrost have recognized the potential existence of a slowly moving groundwater system that carries waters seaward under the extensive glacial-age relict permafrost bodies hosted within shelf sediments. Pore waters sampled in 50 sediment cores taken from 90 to 1000 meter water depths along the shelf edge and upper slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea freshen with sub-bottom depth, suggesting near-seafloor sediments are pervasively bathed in brackish water. Their isotopic composition suggests relict permafrost is the source for the freshening waters along the shelf edge. High-resolution bathymetric surveys of the shelf edge of the Canadian Beaufort Sea reveal a remarkable coalescence of seafloor morphologic features (e.g., slump-scars, submarine-pingos, and steep-sided closed depressions) in the areas where these waters are emerging. Repeat mapping also shows multiple new steep-sided depressions that developed in the 9-year-long interval between surveys. The largest is 28 meters in depth and 220 meters across. These morphological changes occur near the maximum seaward limit of the submerged glacial-age permafrost and are attributed to groundwater flow, ascending along the relict permafrost boundaries and inducing segregated ice in relict permafrost to melt.

Speaker Bio

Charlie Paull presently holds a position as a Senior Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). He is a marine geologist with ~45 years of experience studying seafloor morphology, sediment transport, and pore water geochemistry to understand the processes that shape continental margins. In recent years he has focused on the utilization of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and Remotely Operated Vehicles to image, observe, and sample the seafloor. Through collaborations with colleagues at the Geological Survey of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Korean Polar Research Institute, he as participated in seven expeditions to the Canadian Beaufort Sea. On all these expeditions MBARI’s robotic tools have been utilized to investigate seafloor geomorphic features that may have geohazard implications.

The International Oil Spill Science Conference 2022 (IOSSC) will be in Halifax, Canada. This conference is co-hosted by the Multi-Partner Research Initiative of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Industry Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC), and Oil Spill Research Group of Concordia University. The conference aims to provide a platform for professionals, scholars and students from the oil spill response community, government, industry, and academia to work together to deal with the challenges in the field of oil spill response. The conference will bring experts from around the world to present their latest research in the field of oil spill science including spill prevention, contingency planning, and environmental rehabilitation.

The program at this conference that will allow members to reflect upon and celebrate past accomplishments, renew friendships, extend networks, and jointly explore current and future research directions. The organizers welcome you to join for an exciting four days of learning, sharing ideas, and networking in IOSSC 2022.

International Oil Spill Science Conference (IOSSC) 2022 is now ready to receive abstracts and the deadline to submit an abstract is June 17, 2022.

If you have any questions, please contact the organizers at iossc2022 [at] gmail.com

The topics of International Oil Spill Science Conference (IOSSC) 2022 include, but are not limited to arctic oil spill response, oil containment and recovery, spills of opportunity and field trials, oil spill waste management and disposal, etc.

This IARPC Program Manager Chat features the Marine Mammal Commission, which provides independent, science-based oversight of domestic and international policies and actions of federal agencies addressing human impacts on marine mammals and their ecosystems. Executive Director Peter Thomas and Energy Policy Analyst/Alaska Native Liaison Vicki Cornish will provide an overview of the Marine Mammal Commission's work, research funding opportunities, and ways for the Arctic research community to collaborate with the commission. After their presentation, there will be time for Q&A.

Please register for this event via Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The WCRP Digital Earths Lighthouse Activity and Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) Core Project are jointly convening a workshop to bring together all relevant communities interested in ultra-high-resolution modelling.

This workshop is motivated by the urgent need for improved climate information and the major advantages and scientific potential of ultra-high-resolution climate modeling.

This workshop aims to:

• Bring very high-resolution modellers of different communities (atmosphere, ocean, land, ice but also global and regional) and sub-components (physics and diagnostics) together
• Raise awareness of scientific and computational issues faced by the various communities when moving to ultra-high-resolution
• Discuss the applications and use of ultra-high resolution global models by identifying things that we already know do not work or that we anticipate not to work
• Share current progress in simulating various spheres at ultra-high-resolution and in coupling them
• Identify key challenges and joint community tasks that can be achieved within one- to two-years

The intended outcomes include the establishment of a global research network with expertise in ultra-high-resolution (kilometer-scale or finer) global and regional Earth system modelling including its individual components. The workshop outcomes will be documented in a white paper.

Deadlines

• Abstract submissions: 31 August 2022
• Registrations: 19 September 2022

*UPDATE: Due to the worldwide COVID19 pandemic the IPICS OSC initially planned for 2020 had to be postponed. Also in 2021 the global situation did not allow to organize a truly international ice core conference with safe participation from all regions of the globe. The IPICS SSC therefore decided to postpone by another year. The local organization committee is now proud to announce that the IPICS OSC will take place in October 2022 and is looking forward to see all of you in person in picturesque Crans Montana in the midst of the Swiss Alps.

New confirmed dates: October 2 - October 7, 2022*

Ice cores provide information about past climate and environmental conditions as well as direct records of the composition of the atmosphere on timescales from decades to hundreds of millennia. With the pioneering work of Hans Oeschger of University of Bern on carbon dioxide in polar ice cores, a long tradition of ice core research in Switzerland began. Less known is that Hans Oeschger also initiated a high-alpine drilling project on Colle Gnifetti in Switzerland in the 1970s. To acknowledge Hans Oeschger’s important contribution to these two ice core fields and to foster the link between the corresponding communities the theme of the conference is Ice Core Science at the Three Poles.

Abstract submission, registration, and travel support application is open since January 1st, 2022. Deadline for abstract submission is April, 30th, 2022.