Past Events

The National Climate Assessment is a Congressionally mandated quadrennial report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The report evaluates how climate change affects people and places in the United States.

To inform development of the fifth National Climate Assessment

The second workshop of the QuIESCENT Arctic (Quantifying the Indirect Effect: from Sources to Climate Effects of Natural and Transported aerosol in the Arctic) programme will take place in Tromsø, Norway between 30 March - 1 April 2022 as part of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

After two pandemic-related cancelations, the Sixth International Summer School in Glaciology organized by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) / Oslo University, will (hopefully) be held in McCarthy, central Alaska, from 7 to 17 June 2022 (just before the IGS Symposium on Maritime Glaciers, to

This series of online discussions convened by AIMES, Future Earth, Earth Commission and WCRP aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. It supports efforts to increase consistency in

The Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage will host the Arctic Online Symposium, “Hokkaido-Alaska Cooperation Surrounding the Arctic.”

The Arctic Online Symposium will focus on cooperation between Hokkaido and Alaska in various fields surrounding the Arctic Circle, and features presentations

To register for this Zoom Webinar please visit the link above.

NAADSN will be hosting a Book Roundtable on Debating Arctic Security: Selected Writings by Rob Huebert and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, 2010-2021. The book can be found [here](https://www.naadsn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11

The Glaciers & Sea Level CT kicks off 2022 with overviews of two recently concluded NASA polar airborne missions. Josh Willis (NASA JPL) will share lessons learned from the groundbreaking Oceans Melting Greenland airborne and seagoing mission. Joe MacGregor (NASA GSFC) will share lessons learned

Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for February 2022 and the early spring season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s

Update: The AMS 102nd Annual Meeting (sessions, town hall meetings, short courses, posters, exhibits, and side meetings) will be held virtually. The Student Conference remains hybrid!

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The theme for this 102nd Annual Meeting: “Environmental Security: Weather, water, and climate for a more

The Arctic Centre will host a Winter School, aimed at (inter-) national civil servants and policy makers, politicians, managers, financial experts, (young) academics and PhD students who are looking for a nuanced and wide-ranging understanding of the Arctic. The theme of the Winter School is Our

The Alaska Marine Science Symposium (AMSS), Alaska’s premier marine research conference, has been bringing together scientists, educators, resource managers, students, and interested public for over twenty years to discuss the latest marine research being conducted in Alaskan waters. Over 700 people

Inspiring Girls Expeditions is inviting applications for its summer 2022, tuition-free, backcountry science and art education programs.

The expeditions are open to 16-18-year-old high school girls. Alaskans are encouraged to apply, and expeditions target youths who may have experienced barriers

The changing climate is influencing Alaska’s berries in many ways and many climate adaptation plans and risk assessments identify changes in berries as a concern. However, the observations of changes are often not shared broadly, and the scientific information on how berries are changing is hard to

*Update Nov. 8, 2021: We regret to inform you that due to growing uncertainties we have decided to cancel the in person IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology meeting and Workshop on the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, which was planned to be held on 25-27 January 2022 in Szczyrk, Poland. We

Alaska’s central and eastern interior (CEI), including the greater Tanana Valley and Yukon Flats, has consistently been the most fire prone area of the state during the last two decades. Toward operational and research applications, several surface fire weather indicators have been developed, such

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Network on Arctic Glaciology (NAG) invites you to an online meeting on Tuesday 25 January 2022. The meeting will start with three invited 30-minute presentations within the theme glacier – atmosphere interactions:

1. Masashi Niwano (Japan

This series of online discussions convened by AIMES, Future Earth, Earth Commission and WCRP aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. It supports efforts to increase consistency in

In light of the recently concluded annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources, a panel of leaders from the Commission will consider current challenges for fisheries management and prospects for establishing new marine protected areas in the Southern

The ArcticX Kickoff webinar (on November 17th, 2021) had strong attendance and high level of enthusiasm, notably included a cross-section of diverse backgrounds, geographies, institutional affiliations, and personal perspectives. The response to this event has been overwhelmingly positive and is

The Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium (ARICE) and Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) invite for a webinar on “Tracing Permafrost Carbon across the Beaufort Shelf - Satellites, Water, Microbes and Mud”.

The PeCaBeau (Permafrost Carbon on the Beaufort Shelf) project aims to