Date

  1. Call for Session Abstracts
    ICES Annual Science Conference
    18-21 September 2017
    Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  2. Lecture Registration Available
    Changing Arctic: How It's Affecting Our Weather
    2 February 2017
    Washington, D.C.

  3. Call for Abstracts - Extended Deadline
    2nd Asian Conference on Permafrost
    2-6 July 2017
    Sapporo, Japan

  1. Call for Session Abstracts
    ICES Annual Science Conference
    18-21 September 2017
    Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Organizers of a session entitled "Poleward shifts and ecological changes
of Arctic and Subarctic zooplankton and fish in response to climate
variability and global climate change" announce a call for session
abstracts. This session will be held during the International Council
for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Annual Science conference, which
will convene 18-21 September 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

High latitude marine ecosystems are characterized by substantial
climate-driven seasonal, inter-annual, and decadal environmental
variability that defines the phenologies of the ecosystem. Large
calanoid copepods of the genera Calanus and Neocalanus dominate the
biomass, but smaller calanoid and cyclopoid copepods are dominant
numerically. The small polar cod (Boreogadus saida) still largely
dominates the pelagic fish assemblage of Subarctic and Arctic seas in
many areas, but other forage fish, such as the capelin (Mallotus
villosus) and the sand lance (Ammodytes spp), also are important. The
large copepods form essential links in the food webs between
phytoplankton, microzooplankton, and planktivorous fish, seabirds, and
mammals such as the large baleen whales. The polar cod is a major prey
for seabirds, seals, and toothed whales. Ongoing climate change will
have significant impacts on environmental seasonality and associated
plankton phenology, production, and distributions that can cascade
upward to the upper trophic level consumers.

For this theme session, presentations on how climate variability and
change influence the distribution of zooplankton and fish, and the roles
of both these groups in their wider high-latitude ecosystems, are
invited.

Topics encouraged include:

  • Case studies of shifts in distribution and population dynamics,
  • Trophic linkages of zooplankton and fish in marine food-webs and
    ecosystems,
  • Roles of advection and expatriation,
  • Assessments of likely changes due to global climate change, and
  • Results from long-term monitoring as well as theoretical and modeling
    studies.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2017.

To submit an abstract, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/ICES-Call-for-papers.

For more details about this session, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/ICES-SessionE-Arctic-Zoop-Fish.

For more information about the ICES Conference, go to:
http://ices.dk/news-and-events/asc/ASC2017/Pages/default.aspx.

For questions, contact:
ICES Secretariat
Email: info [at] ices.dk

  1. Lecture Registration Available
    Changing Arctic: How It's Affecting Our Weather
    2 February 2017
    Washington, D.C.

Organizers announce a call for registration to an evening lecture
entitled "Changing Arctic: How It's Affecting Our Weather." This lecture
will convene 6:00-8:00 p.m. EST, Thursday, 2 February 2017 at the Naval
Heritage Center in Washington, D.C.

Profound changes in the Arctic have coincided with more frequent extreme
weather events across the mid-latitudes, such as Washington, D.C. These
events include intense heat and rainfall, and severe winter cold spells
and snow storms. Scientists are actively addressing if and how Arctic
change is connected to these events, which affect economies,
geopolitics, security, and society at large.

This lecture will feature experts discussing scientists' understanding
of these events and the impact this has on society. An opening reception
will provide networking opportunities before the lecture.

Featured Speakers:

  • Tony Busalacchi, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  • Heather A. Conley, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
  • Chris Mooney, Washington Post (moderator)

This event is open to the public. Registration is required.

To register for this event, go to:
https://usclivar.org/changing-arctic-evening-lecture-registration.

For more information about this event, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/Changing-Arctic-Lecture.

For questions, contact:
Kristan Uhlenbrock
Email: kuhlenbrock [at] usclivar.org

  1. Call for Abstracts - Extended Deadline
    2nd Asian Conference on Permafrost
    2-6 July 2017
    Sapporo, Japan

Organizers announce an extended call for abstracts for the 2nd Asian
Conference on Permafrost (ACOP2017). This conference will convene 2-6
July 2017 in Sapporo, Japan.

Extended abstract deadline: Tuesday, 31 January 2017.

This conference, hosted by International Permafrost Association (IPA).
will cover all aspects of frozen ground, both permafrost and seasonal
frost, and related natural and technological topics.

The proposed sessions include:

  • Periglacial Geomorphology;
  • Ground ice dynamics;
  • Mountain permafrost and geohazards;
  • Permafrost eco-hydrology;
  • Permafrost mapping and techniques;
  • Climate change and the carbon balance in permafrost;
  • Frozen ground physics;
  • Frozen ground engineering;
  • Asian frozen ground;
  • Paleo-permafrost;
  • Extrazonal permafrost and seasonal frost;
  • Living and working on frozen ground: cultural and historical
    significance of permafrost; and
  • Outreach, education, and history.

Plenary speakers will be Tazio Strozzi, GAMMA Remote Sensing AG; Anna K.
Liljedahl, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and Arne Instanes, the
University Centre in Svalbard.

The conference offers opportunities for pre- and post-conference field
excursions, including:

  • Daisetsu Mountains, Japan
  • Artificially frozen ground sites, Tokyo and Fukushima-daiichi nuclear
    power plant;
  • Mongolia;
  • Kamchatka Peninsula;
  • Northeast China; and
  • Mt Fuji, Japan.

Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 31 January 2017.

Early registration deadline: 31 March 2017.

Registration deadline: 2 June 2017.

For more information about the conference, go to:
http://acop2017.arc.hokudai.ac.jp/.

For questions, contact:
ACOP2017 Organizing Committee
Email: acop2017 [at] arc.hokudai.ac.jp

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