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ICESAT-2 Cryospheric Science Hackweek, June 15-19, 2020 (Virtual).ICESat-2 Cryospheric Science Hackweek is a 5-day hackweek to be held at the University of Washington. Participants will learn about technologies used to access and process ICESat-2 data with a focus on the cryosphere. Mornings will consist of interactive lectures, and afternoon sessions will involve facilitated exploration of datasets and hands-on software development.
Alaska Electric Vehicle Workshop, June 16-17, 2020 (Virtual)
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The first virtual Alaska Electric Vehicle Workshop co-hosted by the
Alaska Center for Energy and Power
and the
U.S. Arctic Research Commission is to be held
June 16-17, 2020 (9 am to 1 pm AKDT)
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The goal of the workshop is to connect stakeholders and help develop a clearer vision of electric vehicle research and policy priorities for Alaska and the Arctic.
Local, national, and international speakers will engage with each other, as well as audience members, on topics including vehicle charging behavior,
cold weather performance, electrical grid impacts and policy opportunities.
Registration and workshop details can be found at
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Arctic Reading for the Quarantine:
If you find yourself looking for a good read, consider boosting your Arctic knowledge with this report.
 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, June 2020).
Mapping the Coast of Alaska: A 10-year Strategy in Support of the United States Economy, Security, and Environment. Alaska's 66,000 miles of Arctic and sub-Arctic shorelines constitute a tremendous strategic, economic, and ecological resource to the Nation. Accurate and contemporary mapping of Alaska's coastal and nearshore regions is critical to informed use of these vast resources, maritime domain awareness, safeguarding of the health and security of coastal communities, and strengthening of the Blue Economy. The November 2019 Presidential Memorandum on Ocean Mapping of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and the Shoreline and Nearshore of Alaska calls for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the State of Alaska, and the Alaska Mapping Executive Committee (AMEC) to develop an Alaska coastal mapping strategy. The Alaska Coastal Mapping Strategy (Strategy) builds on decades of effort to modernize Alaska's geospatial infrastructure, including AMEC's creation in 2012, and envisions an Alaska that in 2030 possesses seamless coastal mapping data.
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 A Carbon Sink Shrinks in the Arctic. New research by University of Delaware doctoral student Zhangxian Ouyang and oceanographer Wei-Jun Cai, and an international team of researchers, demonstrates that rapid warming and sea-ice loss have induced major changes in the western Arctic Ocean. The research team's findings - published in Nature Climate Change - show that the Arctic Ocean's ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere can vary greatly depending on location.
Eurasia Review
Coastal Erosion on Yukon's Only Arctic Island Exposes Looming Climate Threat. Researchers are looking toward Herschel Island, the northernmost point of Yukon, to understand how coastal erosion is contributing to the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Erosion across Arctic coastlines has become something of a truism. But it could be the sleeping giant of carbon dioxide release, which, in turn, leads to a warmer planet.
The Narwhal
Environmental Impact Assessment Cannot be Scrapped-Dmitry Kobylkin. "Since Soviet times, the Arctic has accumulated a lot of industrial waste that poisons not only the environment but also the lives of the local population. Before implementing new projects, it is necessary to deal with the accumulated damage," said Natural Resources Minister Dmitry Kobylkin during his working trip to Norilsk. He also noted that industrial companies need to fundamentally rethink their attitude toward the Arctic and take a more responsible approach to nature. "Any attempt to roll back environmental requirements is unacceptable. And the environmental impact assessment cannot be scrapped," he said.
The Arctic
 Russia Has No Intention of Delegating Responsibility for Arctic to Other Countries- Envoy. Russia is not interested in delegating its share of responsibility for the Arctic Region to other countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry's special envoy, senior official in the Arctic Council Nikolai Korchunov said in a video conference entitled An International Element of the Strategy for Development of the Arctic until 2035: Opportunities and Threats. "Ever more often claims are being heard that the Arctic Council is no longer relevant and another organization should be created instead to incorporate non-Arctic countries that would decide Arctic issues..."
TASS Russian News Agency
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Future Events
113th meeting of the US Arctic Research Commission, June 22, 2020, 9 am to noon, Alaska Time (Virtual)
. After postponing the Commission's original
 113th meeting, scheduled (for in-person participation
) for March 24, 2020 at the University of Maine, in Orono, ME, USARC has renumbered its meetings, and will now meet virtually, on June 22nd. The three-hour-long meeting will focus on commission business and on an initial discussion of the outline and content of USARC's next publication "Report on the Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research 2021-2022 for the US Arctic Research Program Plan." The part of the meeting open to the public (from 9:00 am until 10:15 am, Alaska time) will be on commission business. The remainder of the meeting will not be open to the public, because the discussions on the next goals report are pre-decisional and deliberative. Details, an agenda, and the URL link to the YouTube live broadcast of the meeting can be found here
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Arctic Science Storytelling Webinar With Film Michael Snyder, June 24, 2020 (Virtual). Great stories can change the world, and you have one to tell! Join the Migration in Harmony NSF-Research Coordination Network and our collaborator, award-winning filmmaker Mike Snyder, in this virtual workshop to learn how you should think about your research topics and experiences in the context of a story, how to develop photographer and videographer partnerships, and how to pitch your work to different outlets. The event is hosted by Migration in Harmony. Migration in Harmony: An Interdisciplinary Network in Littoral Species, Settlements, and Cultures on the Move (MiH-RCN) is an international, cross-disciplinary network of Arctic migration researchers funded by the National Science Foundation.
Arctic Circle Assembly, October 8-11, 2020 (Reykjavik, 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.
3rd Arctic Science Ministerial, November 21-22, 2020 (Toyko, Japan). Since the last Arctic Science Ministerial in 2018, changes in the Arctic ecosystem and the resulting impacts locally and globally have been severely felt. While the reasons for these changes in climate largely stem from activities outside of the Arctic, the Arctic is warming at a rate of nearly double the global average. Considering the need for climate change mitigation, adaptation, and repair measures, the relevance of an international Arctic Science Ministerial has never been greater. It is necessary to strengthen scientific cooperation and collaboration among both Arctic and non-Arctic States in order to develop our understanding of the rapid changes impacting the Arctic. The First Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM1) was hosted by the United States in 2016, and two years later, the Second Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM2) was co-hosted by Germany, Finland, and the European Commission. The Third Arctic Science Ministerial will be co-hosted by Iceland and Japan.
Arctic Science Summit Week, March 20-26, 2021 (Lisbon, Portugal). The Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Local Organizing Committee will host the Arctic Science Summit Week 2021. The Conference is organized by FCT, Ciência Viva, AIR Center, the Portuguese Arctic Community and by IASC and partners. Framed by the overarching theme for the Science Conference "The Arctic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts," Lisbon invites International experts on the Arctic and Indigenous Peoples to discuss the "New Arctic" and also its impacts and interactions to and with the lower latitudes.
Save the Date: 2nd Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses, May 3-6, 2021 (Hanko, Finland). Organizers announce, that due to the coronavirus outbreak, the 2nd Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses has been postponed to 2021. This symposium will bring together molecular microbial ecologists specializing in different organism groups to share our latest results and discuss methodological problems, as well as future prospects in the field, including practical international collaborations. The environmental focus will be on cryospheric environments including sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost, but excellent research in other polar environments is also invited. The methods to be discussed will focus on 'omics' techniques, ranging from single cells to metagenomes, but research using additional methods is encouraged as well.
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