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The House Committee on Homeland Security is holding a hearing entitled "The Northern Northern Border: Homeland Security Priorities in the Arctic, Part I". The hearing begins at 1400 ET, and there will be a
live video feed
. Witnesses include Drs. Mike Sfraga, Abbie Tingstad, Victoria Hermann, and Mr. Luke Coffey.
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 The Consequences of a Rapidly Warming Arctic Will be Felt Far Afield. Around 320bc, a Greek merchant called Pytheas set off for a long journey north. He brought back reports of a land called Thule, six days north of Scotland, "where... there are no nights during the [summer] solstice...and also no days during the winter solstice". It is unclear if Pytheas made it there himself, or merely heard tales. But for this and his account of a "congealed sea", he is said to have been one of the first Arctic explorers. Were he to return today, he would find a very different landscape.
The Economist
Century-old Ship Logs Show How Much Ice the Arctic Has Lost. When retired Canadian meteorologist Michael Purves transcribes the handwritten notes from an ancient ship's log, he finds himself transported back in time a century, imagining he is on board an old cutter, a fast-moving patrol boat, as it sails through the Bering Sea. In August 1919, for example, the cutter Bear, one of the forerunners of today's Coast Guard, was en route to remote villages north of Nome, in modern-day Alaska, carrying supplies and people when it ran into heavy ice. The crew had no choice but to stop and wait for the winds to shift.
Popular Science
Ice Bound: Trapped in the Arctic Ice in the Name of Science. In September, a research icebreaker will set sail to spend a year traveling through the Arctic Ocean, including being trapped in ice close to the North Pole for the first time during the polar winter. The MOSAiC expedition aims to gather new data to unravel the mysteries of the Arctic and global climate change. E&E News science reporter Chelsea Harvey has a rare front row seat to this expedition as one of only five journalists on board.
E&E News
 Statement From the [White House] Press Secretary Regarding the Visit of President Sauli Niinistö of the Republic of Finland. President Donald J. Trump will welcome President Sauli Niinistö of the Republic of Finland to the White House on October 2, 2019. President Trump and President Niinistö will discuss enhancing cooperation between the United States and Finland, including opportunities to promote European and Arctic security.
The White House
Arleigh Burke Destroyers are Most Viable Option for Near-Term Navy Presence in Arctic. In the high latitudes, where presence increasingly equals power, the U.S. Coast Guard shoulders much of today's mission load. But experts think the Arleigh Burke destroyers of the future could share the operational burden. There is a simple reason the surface navy's current Arctic operation are minimal, explained Jim Webster, the director of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) naval architecture division's platform integrity and performance engineering group. Webster appeared as part of a panel at the recent American Society of Naval Engineers' Arctic Day 2019 conference.
USNI News
Building a Better Model: Scientist Receives Funding to Analyze and Rank New-Generation Climate Models. It's abundantly clear that arctic sea ice is melting, and doing so at an increasing rate. But the corresponding data that provides a temporal context stretches back only 40 years. Among the harsh arctic conditions, tough terrain and the polar night, observations simply weren't feasible before satellites became an option. Even with data now streaming in from above, conventional models continue to be climate scientists' most powerful tools for understanding and predicting the changing Arctic.
US Santa Barbara The Current
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Future Events
Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic, Sept. 23-25, 2019, (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA).
The University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, VA, is hosting a conference and workshop entitled "Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic" from Sept. 23-25, 2019, sponsored by the National Science Foundation Navigating the New Arctic program, with additional support from UVA's Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures, and Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation. The UVA Environmental Resilience Institute's Arctic CoLab is organizing the event, with assistance from the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS).
EU Arctic Forum, October 3-4, 2019 (
Umeå, Sweden).
The European Commission, the European External Action Service, and the Government of Sweden will jointly organize a high-level EU Arctic Forum
.
The EU Arctic Forum will bring together key Arctic players and stakeholders to assess recent developments in the region and to discuss the new challenges ahead.
The EU Arctic Forum will include several keynote addresses and two high-level panel sessions on the morning of 3 October. Foreign ministers from EU member states as well as the Arctic Council will be invited to participate.
ADAC Funded Solicitation Opportunity. Proposals due October 7, 2019.
The Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) announces a competitive search to address research challenges associated with multiple Arctic response capability gaps and shortfalls in science and technology discerned from a two-part workshop conducted via "
Stressing the System...managing a complex Arctic Crisis
"
Arctic-related Incidents of National Significance workshop, (Arctic-IoNS). These workshops were conducted at University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus, Nome Alaska on 18-19 April 2019 and at the University of Alaska Anchorage from 20-22 May 2019.
ADAC principally seeks proposals that can smoothly transition from research to solutions and needed capability for USCG and other DHS Arctic maritime operators.
ADAC anticipates approximately three to five projects in varying funding amounts may be awarded under this solicitation. In order to facilitate suitable alignment to the research questions and associated project length as described in this RFP, ADAC respectfully recommends proposals scoped between approximately $200,000 to $350,000 U.S. dollars.
Proposals
must be submitted in a single PDF
(electronic format) to ADAC at the following email address: [email protected]; with courtesy email to:
jtroe2@alaska.edu and [email protected]
.
If application via electronic submission to email is not feasible, delivery via postal mail or commercial mail to:
Arctic Domain Awareness Center
University of Alaska Anchorage
BOC3 Suite 120
Anchorage, AK 99508
Deadline for receipt of the application (and validated by email response) is
112th Meeting of the US Arctic Research Commission. October 9, 2019 (Reykjavik, Iceland). Details to follow...
2019 Arctic Circle Assembly, October 10-13, 2019 (Reykjavík, Iceland). The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. It is attended by heads of states and governments, ministers, members of parliaments, officials, experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, indigenous representatives, environmentalists, students, activists and others from the growing international community of partners and participants interested in the future of the Arctic.
Large-scale Volcanism in the Arctic: The Role of the Mantle and Tectonics, October 13-18, 2019 (Selfoss, Iceland).
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference will focus on the diversity of Arctic magmatism and tectonics from the Paleozoic to present-day. The conveners are Owen Anfinson, Bernard Coakley, Carmen Gaina, and Grace Shephard. The program will focus on five themes including: Theme I: pre-breakup and rifting;Theme II: seafloor spreading;Theme III: mantle-derived heterogeneity (including plumes and large-igneous provinces);Theme IV: subduction related volcanism, and, Theme V: HALIP and environmental effects.
The website (link above) is open for abstract submission until June 19th and for meeting registration until September 9th. Funding is available for travel support, particularly for early career scientists. Travel support will be awarded on the basis of submitted abstracts and to promote diversity among attendees.
ASM2019 Annual Scientific Meeting, December 2-5, 2019 (Halifax, NS Canada). Canada's North is experiencing unprecedented change in its sea and terrestrial ice, permafrost and ecosystems under the triple pressures of climate change, industrialization and modernization. The impacts of these pressures can be seen on food and energy security, shipping, sovereignty, northern community health and well-being, and sustainable development and resource exploitation. All these issues have brought the North to the forefront of national and international agendas.
With a focus on networking events, this gathering of
leading Arctic researchers, graduate students, Northern community representatives, government and industry partners and stakeholders from all field
s will provide all with
valuable connections where innovative ideas and initiatives
can
develop
in
support of health
and sound
governance in the Arctic.
** New this week **
Greenland Science Week, December 2-5, 2019 (Nuuk, Greenland). The Arctic research conference, Polar Research Day, will be held in Nuuk on December 4, 2019. Alongside the one-day conference, several additional science events are planned and organized, so that the conference, a public outreach day, themed workshops, seminars and networking activities will be part of Greenland Science Week. The event will include opportunities to meet and network with a broad range of researchers, business community, government employees and society in an Arctic context, and the organizers anticipate participants from all disciplines in discussions of Arctic science in relation to Greenland. Greenland Science Week is organized by Ilisimatusarfik, AAU Arctic, Sermersooq Municipality and Greenland Perspective.
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