Planning, Adaptation and Response to Climate Change
The Alaska Marine Science Symposium (AMSS), Alaska’s premier marine research conference, has been bringing together scientists, educators, resource managers, students, and interested public for over twenty years to discuss the latest marine research being conducted in Alaskan waters. Over 700 people attend this 4-day long conference held annually during the month of January.
Each day of the conference highlights important Alaskan marine ecosystems: Gulf of Alaska (Tuesday), Bering Sea & Aleutian Islands (Wednesday), and the Arctic (Thursday). Research topics discussed range from ocean physics, fishes and invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, to local traditional knowledge. Since its inception, NPRB has been a proud sponsor and one of the leading organizers of AMSS.
Since the Alaska Marine Science Symposium is virtual this year, we would like to invite proposal submissions for virtual panel discussions.
Our theme this year will be on Planning, Adaptation and Response to Climate Change. In the past several years, Alaska has experienced unprecedented marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea, increasing coastal erosion, receding glacier extent, permafrost loss and other changes, all of which have had profound effects on Alaska marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Under Climate Change, we expect increased climate variability, marine heatwaves are expected to increase in frequency, intensity and duration. We encourage panel topic submissions that not only explore changes that have occurred in recent years but examples of proactive efforts that are underway to tackle the challenges we are now facing and how people are planning for the future.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 October 2021.
Online registration deadline: 20 January 2022.