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Events in 2013

September 2013

AntClim21 Workshop on "Quantification of Antarctic Climate Variability"

23 - 25 September 2013, Castine, Maine, USA

The SCAR AntClim21 SRP will be holding its first scientific workshop in 2013. The goal will be to quantify and understand natural and anthropogenically-forced climate variability and change over the last few hundred years by utilising observational data, proxy records, and climate models. It will investigate rates of change, types of trends (linear, thresholds, accelerating), the onset of trends, and identification of contributing or alleviating feedback mechanisms. We will focus on key aspects of the Antarctic environment (e.g. temperature, circulation patterns and strength, mass balance, snow accumulation, sea ice extent, ocean circulation, sea surface temperature, ocean salinity).

An important outcome of the workshop will be the preparation of a report synthesizing our current state of knowledge on past variability and trends in temperature, mass/balance and sea-level, SAM, ozone and other atmospheric chemistry and snow accumulation. The synthesis will incorporate the analysis of instrumental data as well as appropriate paleoclimate data (high resolution, well dated). The report will be prepared in collaboration with ISMASS, 2,000 year array (IPICS and PAGES), ITASE and SOOS.

Attendees will consist of invited scientists working with climate models, paleoclimate data, instrumental measurements and satellite data. The local arrangements are being made Prof. Paul Mayewski (paul.mayewski@maine.edu).

International Conference - "Earth Cryology: XXI century"

29 September - 3 October 2013, Pushchino, Russia

The Scientific Council on Earth Cryology, Russian Academy of Science and Earth Cryosphere Institute would like to invite you to Pushchino, Russia for the International Conference "Earth Cryology: XXI century". The history of permafrost conferences in Pushchino was started in 1991 under the initiative of David Gilichinsky, and the revival of this meeting is a contribution to his memory.

The main topics of the conference will be:

Several roundtables will be organized: Antarctic permafrost and soils (ANPAS), TSP, CALM, Antarctic and mountain permafrost, palaeoreconstructions, PYRN. The congress language is English.

The deadline for registration is 15 April 2013.

For more information, please visit the conference website.

October 2013

6th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (MISA6 2013)

8 - 9 October 2013, Penang, Malaysia

The theme of MISA6, 'Antarctica: Science and Geopolitics in response to Climate Change' is in line with the rationale that the Poles play an integral part in the global Earth system, as they are the origin of important climatic, biological and physical processes. Polar research can provide valuable insights into crucial processes in the Earth's environment and climate, therefore studying these regions may provide an early warnings of important global changes. Consequently, scientists have found a wealth of information and have turned Antarctica and the Arctic into a natural laboratories for scientific research. The programs scheduled for MISA6 include oral and poster presentations on policy, heritage, and legacy, logistics, biological and physical sciences. ​​Concurrently, the AFoPS meeting and LRGS workshop entitled 'Challenges of Governance and Institutional Mechanism for Public Policy on Antarctica' will also be conducted.

New deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 June 2013. Notification of the acceptance of abstracts has been extended to 20 July.
New deadline for early bird registration: 15 August 2013.

For further information, please Icon of poster for 6th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (MISA6) see the poster, Icon of MISA6 brochure read the brochure or visit the Seminar website.

International Forum on "Polar Data Activities in Global Data Systems"

15 - 16 October 2013, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan

This international Forum will address effective polar data management, including submission of metadata and data, sharing of data to facilitate new interdisciplinary science, and long-term preservation and stewardship of data at the international level. To ensure the IPY data legacy, presentations on the successes and challenges encountered during IPY will highlight not only the best practices but also the shortcomings. This event is open to all scientific disciplines, and interdisciplinary data management topics are especially encouraged. A significant outcome of the Forum will be the development of a new strategy and structure for the Arctic Data Network under the auspices of SAON, IASC, and the Arctic Council. Discussions involving the different communities will provide a strong foundation to forge interdisciplinary connections and explore new horizons for polar data management. In particular, an updated plan for polar data archives, including as the PIC cloud system, will be discussed.

Abstract submission is now open with a deadline of 15 June 2013. Registration opens on 1 July 2013 until 15 September 2013.

For more information about the Polar Data Forum, please see the poster or the First Circular and visit the Forum website.

November 2013

CORDEX 2013 - International Conference on Regional Climate

4 - 7 November 2013, Brussels, Belgium

CORDEX 2013 brings together the international community of regional climate scientists to present and discuss results from WCRP regional climate studies, with a particular emphasis on the CORDEX initiative. The conference has been designed to deliver on the current status of regional climate science and modelling; to strengthen collaboration and synergies between the various CORDEX regional activities; and, in collaboration with other regional climate research initiatives, to outline the future priorities for regional climate science, with due consideration of the needs of the UN Global Framework for Climate Services and potential future IPCC and other science-based assessments.

Abstract submission and registration are now open. Some financial support is available for students, early career scientists and scientists from developing countries. The deadline for abstract submission and support applications is 20 June 2013. Early bird registration ends on 20 August 2013 and the deadline for online registration is 20 October 2013.

For more information, please visit the Conference website.

International CAWSES-II Symposium

18 - 22 November 2013, Nagoya, Japan

This International CAWSES-II Symposium, hosted by SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss the scientific accomplishments of CAWSES-II and look forward to SCOSTEP's future programmes at a moment toward the end of its five-year period. The symposium will cover the six major themes of CAWSES-II tasks:

  1. What are the solar influences on the Earth's climate?
  2. How will geospace respond to an altered climate?
  3. How does short-term solar variability affect the geospace environment?
  4. What is the geospace response to variable inputs from the lower atmosphere?
  5. Capacity Building;
  6. Informatics and eScience.

The main functions of CAWSES-II are to help coordinate international activities in observations, modelling, and applications crucial to achieving this understanding, to involve scientists in both developed and developing countries, and to provide educational opportunities for students of all levels. The symposium offers keynotes/lectures that will be interesting for all participants every morning and more specific sessions of presentations in the afternoon.

Abstract submission is now open and the deadline is 30 June 2013.

For more information, please see the Symposium leaflet or visit the Symposium website.

December 2013

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting

9 - 13 December 2013, Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA

A session at the AGU Fall Meeting entitled "Geospace Research from Antarctica" (SA007) will provide an Antarctic focus for research into the atmosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere system.

The uniqueness of Antarctica for conducting geospace research has been acknowledged for decades. Over the last decade, new instrumentation and new automated monitoring stations in Antarctica have enabled exploration of new and diverse scientific ideas that include investigations of aurora, the magnetosphere-ionosphere system, wave-particle interactions, geomagnetic fields, upper atmosphere composition, neutral wind dynamics, and the sources, propagation and dissipation of atmospheric waves. This session solicits contributions describing studies in space physics and aeronomy from Antarctica. Inter-hemispheric and conjugacy studies, as well as studies incorporating Antarctic observations in the global context, are also welcomed.

Registration is open and early bird rates apply until 8 November.

For further information, please visit the Conference website.

International Conference on "Cold: Adaptation, Representations, Production, Effects"

12 - 14 December 2013, Université de Versailles, St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

The objective of this conference is to think about the idea of "cold" in all of its multiple disciplinary variations — geographical, cultural, medical, biological, climatological, engineered, physical, linguistic and sociological. Defined by Étienne Lalou as "both a relative and subjective sensation," cold is invisible. Its manifestations can only be appreciated in the effect it has on bodies and objects as well as through human adaptation (architecture, transportation, clothing, social and cultural practices), representation (literary, filmic, pictorial) and its technical or technological production (refrigeration and cooling, air conditioning, freezing, etc.)

Organizers welcome contributions that bring together more than one discipline and that address both general and specific issues associated with the idea of cold.

Call for Papers - Proposals can be sent by email (imaginairedunord@uqam.ca) until 31 August 2013 at the latest. They should contain the title of the conference, a brief description (10-20 lines), the name of the speaker, his/her institutional affiliation and status, as well as his/her full postal and email addresses. Answers will be sent by 1 October 2013.

For more information, please visit the Conference website.

Events in 2014

International Symposium on Sea Ice in a Changing Climate

10 – 14 March 2014, Hobart, Australia

Although sea ice – which covers a vast though seasonally-variable area of the global ocean – is one of the fastest-moving responders to climate change (and variability) on Earth, understanding the response is far from simple. For one thing, overall sea ice response in the Arctic appears to be quite different from that in the Southern Ocean – although there are regional similarities. Sea ice is not only a sensitive indicator of climate change (and variability); it also plays a key though poorly-understood role in modulating such change through, for example, complex feedback mechanisms. This symposium represents a timely opportunity to showcase recent advances in our knowledge of the global sea-ice environment, and to encourage holistic discussion of recent change and long-term trends and their effects (physical, ecological and biogeochemical).

Abstract submission is open, and the deadline has been extended to Friday 20 September 2013.

For more information, including the First and Second Circulars, please visit the Symposium website.

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2014

7 - 12 April 2014, Helsinki, Finland

ASSW 2014 will include the 2nd Arctic Observing Summit (AOS).

ATCM XXXVII - CEP XVII

12 - 21 May 2014, Brasilia, Brazil

For more information, please visit the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website.

4th European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP4)

18 - 21 June 2014, Évora, Portugal

EUCOP4 is the Regional Conference of the International Permafrost Association in 2014 and will host the Council Meetings of the association. High scientific profile oral and poster sessions are expected.

Pre-Register now to receive EUCOP4 updates and help us in the planning.

For more information, please visit the Conference website.

Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Open Science Conference

23 - 27 June 2014, Bergen, Norway

The Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) project is an interdisciplinary global environmental change research initiative that is focused on understanding the sensitivity of marine biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems to global change and predicting ocean responses to global change and the effects on the Earth System and human society.

The IMBER Open Science Conference will provide a synthesis of a range of topics related to marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem research and the human dimension of global marine change. The title of the conference is "Future Oceans – Research for marine sustainability: multiple stressors, drivers, challenges and solutions" and its goals will be:

Abstract submission is now open, with a deadline of 15 January 2014. Contributions are welcome from all marine and oceanographic communities!

For more information, please visit the Conference website.

22nd IAHR International Symposium on Ice

11 – 15 August 2014, Singapore

Sponsored by the International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), the aim of this Symposium is the development of international collaboration, exchange of experience between scientists of different countries in research of ice processes, and determination of the most significant tasks for investigations.

For more information, please visit the Symposium website.

XXXIII SCAR Meetings and Open Science Conference

22 August - 3 September 2014, Auckland, New Zealand

A draft list of sessions for the 2014 SCAR Open Science Conference is now available. Abstract submission opens on 1 October 2013 and closes on 14 February 2014. Registration opens on 2 December 2013.

For more information, please visit the Conference website.

First Circular

Events in 2015, and beyond

2015

ISAES XII - 12th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences

July 2015, Goa, India

2016

11th International Conference on Permafrost - ICOP 2016

20 - 26 June 2016, Potsdam Germany

XXXIV SCAR and Open Science Conference

To be held in Malaysia.