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Due to the spread of COVID-19, we will not be holding the in-person workshop. Instead we will have a one-day virtual ICWG Community Meeting on Thursday, April 2, for presenting and discussing information relevant to the U.S. ice coring program and for updating the IDP Long Range Science Plan. Here

AAG To Facilitate Virtual Meeting Options

Now that the in-person annual meeting in Denver is canceled, we will offer virtual options for those who would still like to present and/or participate virtually. We are currently developing guidelines for using virtual platforms and working with

The EPB will host the first in a series of webinars for the project Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Impact on Climate (SO-CHIC) at 15:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST).

This first webinar, given by project coordinator Jean-Baptiste Sallée from Sorbonne Université, will introduce SO-CHIC and

SPARC 2020 POSTPONED

DUE TO PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE RECENT COVIT-19 EPIDEMY, THE MASARYK UNIVERSITY HAS CANCELLED ALL INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES IN MARCH AND APRIL 2020.

SPARC IS THUS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 2020.
MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW SOON.

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Event Date: 19-21 May 2020 (hours to be announced soon).

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is proud to announce the much awaited 6th annual APECS International Online Conference to go live on 19 May 2020. This year’s theme, "Opening Doors: Collaboration Across Knowledge

The symposium will be held at the renowned Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavík, Iceland during 21-24 September 2020.

This symposium will bring together scientists, stakeholders and policy makers for a discussion on the latest results from studies of the entire cryosphere, which plays an

Changes in the cryosphere represent one of the major climate impacts pathways in Alaska. Until recently, projections of future snowpack responses to climate change were geographically coarse scale and poorly tailored to the needs of decision makers and stakeholders. In this presentation, I describe

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Fine-scale distributions, predator-prey dynamics, and survival of fish larvae in a dynamic coastal river-dominated ecosystem.

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Changes in the cryosphere represent one of the major climate impacts pathways in Alaska. Until recently, projections of future snowpack responses to climate change were geographically coarse scale and poorly tailored to the needs of decision makers and stakeholders. In this

Attention Arctic Encounter Participants: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the April convening of the Arctic Encounter has been postponed. Please follow the link above to review this announcement in full. Revised 2020 dates for the event will be announced as soon as possible.

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Deep-sea coral and sponge communities in the Aleutian Islands are important habitat features for many life stages of commercially important fish targets, including Atka mackerel, Pacific cod, and rockfish. The effects of commercial fishing activities on deep-sea corals and sponges

Wondering how to respect and incorporate indigenous knowledge into your research? Join us for a workshop on working with indigenous communities, organized by APECS Diversity and Inclusion & indigenous collaboration groups. The DEI and Indigenous Collaborations project groups are putting together a

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Climate-change induced alterations of the organic matter flow from various primary production sources to the benthic system in the Arctic Chukchi Sea could have major implications on carbon cycling, sequestration, and benthic food web structure sustaining upper trophic levels.The

The Antarctic Sciences (ANT) and Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics (AIL) Sections in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) will be hosting virtual office hours this week to share information with the academic community regarding NSF’s current operations. These office hours will also allow the

The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction

The Antarctic Sciences (ANT) and Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics (AIL) Sections in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) will be hosting virtual office hours this week to share information with the academic community regarding NSF’s current operations. These office hours will also allow the

PYRN is organising monthly online seminars during the time of social distancing due to COVID-19. The first seminar features a talk by ExCom member Evan Wilcox about his research on thermokarst lakes. The title of the talk is "Investigating the influences on Thermokarst Lake Water Balances between

Update: After extensive deliberation and careful consideration, the Western Snow Conference has made the difficult decision to cancel the 88th annual meeting scheduled for April 20-23, 2020 due to health concerns associated with COVID-19.

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The Western Snow Conference provides a

The Center for Arctic Policy Studies (CAPS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks kicks off its webinar series with a webinar on China/Alaska Cooperation in the Arctic, hosted by Dr. Qingchao Xu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Liz Bowman of University of Alaska Fairbanks. The 30-minute

*Update: As a growing number of States and organizations worldwide are voluntarily issuing bans on non-essential travel and gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the organizing committee for the International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and the Sub-Arctic Region has decided to reschedule