August 5, 2021 | Washington, DC USA
Full Committee Hearing On The Role Of And Programs Within the DOE’s Office Of Science
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing to examine the role of the programs within the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science. | |
Microplastics Discovered in the Arctic Ecosystem | |
Around the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, rhodoliths made up of coralline red algae provide ecological niches for a wide variety of organisms. A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Bayreuth and Senckenberg Research Institute in Wilhelmshaven has recently discovered a large quantity of microplastics in this ecosystem. | |
In Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea, a Commercial Pink Salmon Fishery Emerges | |
At the Bering Strait port of Nome and elsewhere in Norton Sound, the commercial fishing industry is seeking to take advantage of oceanic changes that have brought waves of pink salmon north. Pink salmon, the most plentiful of Alaska’s five salmon species, are mostly netted in waters further south. But they have been showing up in larger numbers in the northern Bering Sea. With just a two-year life cycle — compared to five or more for king and sockeye salmon — pink salmon populations are quicker to change territory as ocean conditions warm. | |
Amazing Insights into the Farther Moving Species in the World | |
According to a new study by the University of British Columbia, Arctic terns have the longest annual travel world record and use several selected routes. This is an important discovery that can help in efforts to protect species. Globally, arctic terns are declining and their geographical extent is wide, which poses a challenge for researchers who want to identify bottlenecks when various tern colonies move. | |
Arctic Narwhals and Beluga Whales Can be Detected and Monitored from Space | |
The emergence of new technologies in remote sensing gives scientists a new way to detect and monitor wildlife populations. In this study, we assess the ability to detect and classify two emblematic Arctic cetaceans, the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) and beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), using very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery. We analyzed 12 VHR images acquired in August 2017 and 2019, collected by the WorldView-3 satellite, which has a maximum resolution of 0.31 m per pixel. | |
August 23-26, 2021 | Rankin Inlet, Canada
Arnait Tulliningit
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The Government of Nunavut is hosting a leadership forum in August to build capacity among Nunavummiut women. The GN’s department of Family Services is hosting the four-day event with funding provided through the federal government’s Women and Gender Equality Canada department. The forum aims to empower Nunavut’s women and girls using traditional knowledge, skills, and their roles as natural leaders. | |
NEW THIS WEEK | 11:00 am ET on September 14, 2021 | Virtual
What Can We Learn from Ignorance? Arctic Energy Frontiers, Environmental Regimes, and Indigenous Rights Movements Since the 1970s
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In this talk, Prof. Andrew Stuhl will examine the state of knowledge that Pimlott experienced as a constitutive element of energy frontiers, environmental regimes, and struggles for Indigenous rights in the late twentieth-century Arctic. This event is part of the Arctic Environmental Humanities Workshop Series and is hosted by The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. | |
October 14-17, 2021 | Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
Arctic Circle Assembly
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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. | |
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OCTOBER 24–29, 2021 | BOULDER, COLORADO, USA
2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost/19th International Conference Cold Regions Engineering
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For the first time, a Regional Conference on Permafrost will be combined with the bi-annual 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. This conference is hosted by the US Permafrost Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the International Permafrost Association, the Permafrost Young Researchers Network, and the University of Colorado Boulder. A complete list of planned sessions is available here. | |
November 2-4, 2021 | Houston, Texas USA
The Maritime Risk Symposium
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The Maritime Risk Symposium is an annual three-day conference in which government and maritime industry leaders, port representatives, researchers, and solution providers convene to examine current and emerging threats to maritime security. Government agencies, commercial entities, institutions of research, and higher education come together to discuss various threats, challenges, and risks to international and domestic maritime sectors. | |
November 10-11, 2021 | Brussels, Belgium
EU Arctic Forum and Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue
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The European Commission and the European External Action Service will organize a high-level EU Arctic Forum and the Annual Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue. The EU Arctic Forum will bring together key Arctic players and stakeholders to assess recent developments in the region and discuss challenges ahead. The event will provide a strategic outlook for the updated EU Arctic policy and delve into topics that are of particular significance for the Arctic’s inhabitants. | |
November 17, 2021 | Portland, Maine USA
New England Arctic Network 2021 Meeting
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The New England Arctic Network (NEAN) will host its 2021 meeting at the University of New England in Portland, Maine. Additional information will be published soon. | |
November 30- December 3, 2021 | Anchorage, Alaska USA
Reducing Arctic Risks and Advancing Cooperation, Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2021
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Arctic Symposium 2021 continues momentum in Arctic defense and security collaboration established in prior ALCOM-hosted events. AAS21 seeks to address the challenges faced by the U.S. military and our allies and partners in understanding and responding to our respective national interests. AAS21 is planned and organized by the Arctic Domain Awareness Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) in support and in compliance to guidance from Alaskan Command (ALCOM) Staff and Commander. More information available soon. | |
December 6-10, 2021 | Virtual
A Blue Arctic Ocean: U.S. Arctic Research and Marine Infrastructure Needs
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Hosted entirely online the ArcticNet Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 (ASM2021) is a hub for Arctic research in Canada. The ASM2021 brings together researchers from the natural, health, and social sciences to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing Arctic region, shaped by climate change and modernization. This conference will push the boundaries of our collective understanding of the Arctic and strengthen our ability to address the Arctic issues of today and tomorrow. | |
December 13-17, 2021 | New Orleans, LA USA & virtual
A Blue Arctic Ocean: U.S. Arctic Research and Marine Infrastructure Needs
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The National Academies’ Polar Research Board is convening the following session at the Fall AGU meeting (Dec. 2021), and we welcome proposals for presentations in this session. Abstract submission deadline is August 4, 2021. Submissions to this session can be made at: AGU Fall Meeting 2021 (confex.com), and general submission instructions at: Abstracts | AGU Fall Meeting 2021. | |
MAY 9-12, 2022 | HANKO, FINLAND
2nd Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses
| Organizers announce, that due to the coronavirus outbreak, the 2nd Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses has been postponed to 2022. 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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