Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2015
14-18 December 2015
San Francisco, California
Session #8477 "Global Eyes on the New Arctic: Impacts of Rapid Warming
on Ecosystems, Society & Policy"
Convened by the SEARCH Sea Ice Action Team and the National Academies'
Polar Research Board
Abstract submission deadline: 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
For further information, please go to:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session8477
The SEARCH Sea Ice Action Team and the National Academies' Polar Research
Board announce a call for abstract submissions for a general session
entitled "Global Eyes on the New Arctic: Impacts of Rapid Warming on
Ecosystems, Society and Policy" that will convene during the AGU 2015
Fall Meeting being held December 14-18 in San Francisco, California.
Session Organizers:
Lauren M. Everett, Jennifer Ann Francis, Hajo Eicken, and Henry Huntington.
Session Description: Once considered a frozen and desolate region,
irrelevant to all except those who live and/or work there, the Arctic
has recently become a literal and figurative "hot spot" of interest to
the world. Rapid disintegration of sea- and land-ice is hampering
indigenous ways of life and disrupting natural systems while also
creating new opportunities for commerce and other human activities. This
session will illuminate our rapidly evolving understanding of the
effects of system-wide Arctic change on physical, ecological, societal,
and political domains well beyond traditional Arctic boundaries and
vice-versa.
Session Guest Speakers:
- Julie Gourley, U.S. Senior Arctic Official at the U.S. State Department
- Larry Hamilton, Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire
- Brendan Kelly, Director of Conservation Research and Chief Scientist
at the Monterey Bay Aquarium - Andrew Revkin, Senior Fellow at the Pace Academy for Applied
Environmental Studies and The New York Times Dot Earth blogger
Abstract submission deadline: Wednesday, 5 August 2015
For further information, please go to:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session8477
Or, contact:
Jennifer Francis
Email: francis [at] imcs.rutgers.edu
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