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Today no Arctic-science events are scheduled.
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NASA: Arctic Ice Arch Has Crumbled Months Earlier Than It Should Have. An Arctic ice arch has crumbled months earlier than expected, NASA images have revealed. The structure spanning the Nares Strait between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, was found to have disintegrated through a series of images from NASA's Earth monitoring Terra and Aqua satellites, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. "The timing of the breakup affects the amount of old and thick ice that flows out of the central Arctic," Nathan Kurtz, a sea ice scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement. "The early breakup this year will likely contribute to the overall loss of Arctic sea ice thickness." Newsweek
DOD Awards Second $3.4 Million to CREATES for Arctic/ Cold Region Research. The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded another $3.4 million grant to the Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATES) at Rowan University to provide support for U.S. Army initiatives in the Arctic and other cold regions. The grant comes about nine months after the DoD awarded an original $3.4 million to CREATES for the project "Innovative Construction Materials to Protect National Security Interests in the Arctic Region." The two DoD awards were the largest to date ever presented to a faculty member on Rowan's Glassboro campus. Rowan Today
Doctor Warrants Norwegian Engagement With Arctic Issues. As High North News wrote a few weeks ago, the Environmental Lab in Tromsø is conducting research on environmental toxins in the population of the Arctic. However, even if we are '"marinated in the environmental toxins" according to scientist Jan Brox, the problem is not that big in the Norwegian part of the population compared to others. The cool climate is the reason that environmental toxins accumulate in Arctic areas. Yet due to the Gulf Stream, not much is accumulated along the Norwegian coast. High North News
Permafrost Researcher From Yukon College Joins International Project on Herschel Island. Louis-Philippe Roy stands at the edge of the Arctic Ocean on the northernmost edge of Yukon, Canada. He stares out across an endless landscape of ice and snow, broken only by a few muskoxen here and there. Right now, this place feels absolutely permanent, frozen in place. Yet, Roy knows the ground below him is unstable--thawing at an alarming rate. Where he stands, Herschel Island, is falling into the sea and taking parts of Canada's history with it. Originally a base for Inuvialuit people to hunt and fish, in the 1890s and 1900s Herschel Island, Qikiqtaruk in Inuvialuktun, became a bustling community of around 1,500. EurekAlert!
Russian Radiosonde to Monitor Situation in Arctic. The Polus radiosonde system, made by the Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (KRET), is used in the Arctic region to measure profiles of weather, radiation and climate changes, KRET's First Deputy Director General Vladimir Zverev said in an interview with TASS at the Army-2019 international military show on Tuesday. "Right, the Polus system is working in the Arctic region," he said. "Polus registers meteorology data and measures radiation and industrial pollution; the system also can warn about natural and man-made disasters, it is effective in global climate change forecasts." TASS Norway Aims for Boost in Arctic Communications. "There is bad and unstable broadband coverage in the High North," the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Torbjørn Røe Isaksen underlined as he on Friday announced the deal that is to help boost communications across the remote region. The launch of two Norwegian-owned satellites developed by company Space Norway is to radically alter the situation. The launch is due in year 2022 and internet connectivity north of the 65th Parallel will subsequently be available 24/7, the Norwegian Government informs. The Barents Observer
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Future Events
Over 70 confirmed speakers including:
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski
- Sen. Angus King
- Vice Commandant Charles Ray, US Coast Guard
- RDML Tim Gallaudet, PhD, USN Ret., Deputy NOAA Admin.
- Sen. Dan Sullivan
- USARC Commissioner Jackie Richter-Menge
- AMB Kåre Aas, Norway
- Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette, Dept. of Energy
- Hon. Fran Ulmer, Chair, USARC
- AMB Ken Yalowitz (State Dept. retired), Wilson Center
- AMB Harri Mäki-Reinikka, Finland
- AMB Marie-Anne Coninsx, EU Ambassador at Large for the Arctic
- Presidents and CEOs of four Arctic Alaska Native Regional Corps.: Rex Rock, ASRC, Wayne Westlake, NANA, Gail Schubert, BSRC, and Aaron Schutt, Doyon
- VADM Dan Abel, USCG
- Dr. Alysson Azzara, MARAD
- Dr. Rebecca Pincus, US Naval War College
- Dr. Peter Winsor, World Wildlife Foundation, Arctic Program
Mark your calendars to attend IDA-8, which some have called one of the best Arctic gatherings around. Historically, this biennial symposium was co-hosted by U.S. National/Naval Ice Center (NIC) and the US Arctic Research Commission (USARC). In 2019, these partners will join forces with the Wilson Center's Polar Institute, the Arctic Domain Awareness Center at the Univ. of Alaska, and the Patuxent Defense Forum (run by the Patuxent Partnership), and St. Mary's College of Maryland as co-hosts.
The 2-day symposium will be held in the Ronald Reagan Building Amphitheater, in Washington, DC. The event will focus on a broad cross-section of naval and maritime operations and issues in an ice-diminishing Arctic. The symposium brings together nationally and internationally recognized experts on Arctic governance, geopolitics, marine operations, infrastructure, science, and environmental observations, from the local, regional, and pan-Arctic scale. Information on prior symposia, including lists of speakers, video clips, and copies of presentations, is here. Attendance is free, and registration is now open, here. The event will be webcast live, and video recorded.
2019 Sea Ice Symposium, August 18-23, 2019 (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada). IGS co-hosts a sea ice symposium every 5 years. The Centre for Earth Observation Science (University of Manitoba) is excited to be hosting the first IGS event to be held in Canada. The symposium will include oral and poster sessions, and will provide a friendly and intellectually stimulating environment to facilitate face-to-face interactions and networking. Additional activities will include an opening reception, a banquet dinner and a mid-symposium afternoon excursion.
Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic, Sept. 23-25, 2019, (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA).The University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, VA, is hosting a conference and workshop entitled "Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic" from Sept. 23-25, 2019, sponsored by the National Science Foundation Navigating the New Arctic program, with additional support from UVA's Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures, and Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation. The UVA Environmental Resilience Institute's Arctic CoLab is organizing the event, with assistance from the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS).
EU Arctic Forum, October 3-4, 2019 (Umeå, Sweden). The European Commission, the European External Action Service, and the Government of Sweden will jointly organize a high-level EU Arctic Forum. The EU Arctic Forum will bring together key Arctic players and stakeholders to assess recent developments in the region and to discuss the new challenges ahead.The EU Arctic Forum will include several keynote addresses and two high-level panel sessions on the morning of 3 October. Foreign ministers from EU member states as well as the Arctic Council will be invited to participate.
Large-scale Volcanism in the Arctic: The Role of the Mantle and Tectonics, October 13-18, 2019 (Selfoss, Iceland). The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference will focus on the diversity of Arctic magmatism and tectonics from the Paleozoic to present-day. The conveners are Owen Anfinson, Bernard Coakley, Carmen Gaina, and Grace Shephard. The program will focus on five themes including: Theme I: pre-breakup and rifting;Theme II: seafloor spreading;Theme III: mantle-derived heterogeneity (including plumes and large-igneous provinces);Theme IV: subduction related volcanism, and, Theme V: HALIP and environmental effects. The website (link above) is open for abstract submission until June 19th and for meeting registration until September 9th. Funding is available for travel support, particularly for early career scientists. Travel support will be awarded on the basis of submitted abstracts and to promote diversity among attendees.
IX International Forum "Arctic: Today and the Future," December 5-7, 2019 (St. Petersburg, Russia). Save the date for Arctic: Today and the Future. More information to follow.
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