Past Events

Six consecutive free public science lectures will be given by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in the Westmark, Fairbanks, Gold Room. January 27th, Michael West will present "The Next Big Earthquake." This is an all ages event.

The second annual Arctic Encounter Symposium will challenge participants to tackle the shared interests and concerns of the United States and the global community as we look north to the last emerging frontier – the Arctic. Leading experts, CEO's, and thought leaders from the science, technology

This symposium will explore the effectiveness of existing governance in the Arctic region, strategies for improving effective implementation, and possible alternative governance regimes. A segment of the presented papers will be published in the UCI Law Review as a symposium.

Presenters include

You and your colleagues are invited to attend the CESM Land Ice and Polar Climate Working Group Winter Meetings, Monday-Wednesday, February 2-4, 2015. This meetings will be held in Boulder, Colorado at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Laboratory. The Land Ice Working Group (LIWG)

Randi Jandt of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium will talk about the evolution of Alaska firefighting practices--field and management--over the past 50 years. We are starting to be aware of the changes in climate and in Alaskan forests: is the wildfire "problem" the same one we faced a half

Six consecutive free public science lectures will be given by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in the Westmark, Fairbanks, Gold Room. February 3rd, Michael Castellini will present "Polar Adventures: The Voyages of the Research Vessel Sikuliaq". This is an all

The Symposium acts partly as final symposium of the inter-disciplinary TEMPS-project (The evolution of mountain permafrost in Switzerland) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The main objective of TEMPS and the above symposium is an improved understanding of the vulnerability of

The cryosphere forms an integral part of the climate system of the Earth. The cryosphere contains up to 75-80 % of the freshwater supply and in the Northern Hemisphere, seasonal snow cover extends to 49% of the total land surface in midwinter. The cryosphere affects the climate system through its

This course will provide training in the description and interpretation of quartz grains of sediments from a wide variety of environments, with particular focus on periglacial sediments. During the course the participants will be available two scanning electron microscopes (SEM).

The course

The Alaska Forum on the Environment (AFE) is Alaska's largest statewide gathering of environmental professionals from government agencies, non-profit and for-profit businesses, community leaders, Alaskan youth, conservationists, biologists and community elders. The diversity of attendees and

An open workshop entitled 'New Frontiers in Submillimetre-Wave and Far-Infrared Atmospheric Science' will be held at the University of Cambridge in the UK on 10 February 2015.

The workshop is being convened as part of a pilot study to assess how current and future developments in advanced

Six consecutive free public science lectures will be given by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in the Westmark, Fairbanks, Gold Room. February 10th, Sean Barberie will present "Flying Robots! How Drones are Revolutionizing Science in Alaska". This is an all ages

Six consecutive free public science lectures will be given by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in the Westmark, Fairbanks, Gold Room. February 17, Eric Stevens will present "Weather Satellites and Alaska". This is an all ages event.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is hosting an informational webinar entitled "ICARP III: Integrating Arctic Research—A Roadmap for the Future." This event is scheduled for Wednesday, 18 February 2015 and is open to anyone interested in learning more about the 3rd International

The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) is India's premier maritime think-tank and undertakes research across the complete continuum of ocean related activities. The NMF brings forth for discussion maritime issues of importance to policy makers across the world and provides a common platform for

ASLO returns to Europe for the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting on 22-27 February 2015 at the Granada Congress and Exhibition Centre (Palacios de Exposiciones y Congresos de Granada) in Granada, Spain.

Plenary talks and special sessions will focus on global and regional patterns of aquatic systems

A workshop on “Measurements of ice structures by means of image analysis” will take place from 23-27 February 2015 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Please register no later than 8 February.

Invited speakers/lecturers include:

* Renée Heilbronner, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Universität

Six consecutive free public science lectures will be given by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in the Westmark, Fairbanks, Gold Room. February 24, Todd Brinkman will present "Changing Relationships Among Alaska Hunters, Wildlife, and Habitat." This is an all ages

Co-chaired by the Québec Government and the Nordic Council of Ministers, the International Symposium on Northern Development, organized in collaboration with Université Laval, will be held from February 25 to 27 2015 in Québec, at the Québec City Convention Centre.

The Symposium gathers

The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on 'Glaciology in high-mountain Asia' in 2015. The symposium will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 1–6 March 2015.

As the field of glaciology intersects with both atmospheric and hydrologic sciences, the symposium will