Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts for Poster Session (young scientists) NCP / AMAP Symposium on Human Health and Arctic Environmental Contaminants The Frobisher Inn - Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada 10-12 June 2009 Poster abstract submission deadline: 22 May 2009 For further information, including information on the agenda, flight group rate, venue and accommodations, please visit here. The Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) and Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) are hosting a joint symposium in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada from 10-12 June 2009. The results of the two assessments on human health effects of environmental contaminants in the Arctic over...

The Joint International Conference on Cryospheric Changes and Influences—Cryospheric Issues in Regional Sustainable Development will be held in Lijiang, China during August 12-14, 2010. The aim of the conference is to promote our understanding of changes in all components of the cryosphere and their interdependence and causes, our current capabilities to model and assess these changes, and mitigation and adaptability strategy for the changing global climate and cryosphere. To fulfill the aim, the conference strives to enhance and co-ordinate efforts in monitoring the cryosphere, to model and understand the cryosphere’s role in the climate system, to assess changes in the cryosphere as indicators of climate change, to quantify the frangibility of cryosphere and th...

Conference Date: 8-10 June, 2009 Location: Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway The Norwegian Polar Institute is hosting a climate conference initiated by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Scientists and government representatives will meet to address the challenges and impacts created by melting glaciers in high-mountain regions, including effects on downstream countries. For more information about the conference please see http://hmg.npolar.no/en/index.html. Special Travel Grants are available to participants from developing countries included in the DAC List of ODA Recipients, may apply for partial or full grants to cover travel-, hotel-, and/or registration expenses....

Research aircraft Polar 5 finishes Arctic expedition Unique measurement flights in the central Arctic completed Bremerhaven, April 29th 2009. The Arctic campaign PAM-ARCMIP (Pan-Arctic Measurements and Arctic Climate Model Intercomparison Project) ended yesterday in Ottawa with the participation of the research aircraft Polar 5. The campaign which lasted four weeks yielded unique measurement data on sea ice thickness, trace gases, aerosols and meteorological parameters thanks to the great range of the aircraft and modern measurement equipment. We were out and about in mainly unchartered territory. Our most northerly position was 88°40' N. Flight operations of this kind require a high degree of proficiency and a lot of experience, reports Dr. Andreas Herber, ph...