Polar Regions, Climate Change and Society
The German Society of Polar Research (DGP) cordially invites you to attend the 28th International Polar Conference to be held in Potsdam, Germany from 1 to 5 May 2022.
"Polar Regions, Climate Change and Society" will be the motto of the conference.
The polar and alpine environment faces dramatic changes, which are observed in all climate components including the atmosphere, ocean, ice, and soils. These changes have consequences not only for fauna, flora, and marine organisms, but also for human beings, their settlements and local and non-local economy. In view of the biases in space and time, whole-year and long-term observations are desperately needed as well as comprehensive views into past climates and geological settings. This requires ambitious sample strategies, new technologies, installation of modern infrastructure and modelling efforts covering the relevant processes and scales in space and time.
Deadline for registration and abstract submission has been extended to 9 March 2022.
Topics
Oral and poster contributions are welcome in the field of polar and high mountain research covering the following themes and related topics:
- Polar Research in a Changing Society
- Humans in the Changing Arctic
- Coole Klassen – Polarbildung in der Schule
- Atmosphere, Sea-ice, and the Polar Ocean
- Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Sea-level Rise
- Hunting for the Oldest Ice
- Tectonics and Geodynamic Processes of Polar Regions
- Stratigraphy and Evolutionary Dynamics at High Latitudes
- Facing Polar Climate Change: Insights from the Past
- Changing Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Systems in the Eurasian Arctic
- Permafrost in a Warming World: Impacts and Consequences
- Organisms in the Face of Climate Change: Discoveries and New Approaches
- Astronomy and Astrophysics in Polar Regions
- Needs for Innovative Polar Infrastructure
- Polar Resources and Governance: Chances and Risks
- Polar Ecosystems: State, Changes and Management
- Polar Research through the Lens of an Artist
- Report Colloquium of SPP “Antarctic Research”
Conference Language: English (selected sessions may be held in German).