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McGill University: Government of Canada Funds Collaborative Research to Clean Arctic Oil Spills. Today, the Honorable David Lametti, Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada and Member of Parliament for LaSalle-Emard-Verdun, announced on behalf of the Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, that McGill University will receive more than $3.7 million for two research projects that will help minimize the environmental impact of oil spills. Minister Lametti also announced funding for two research projects led by Concordia University. Together, this investment will top $8.2 million and support 19 scientific trainee positions. Insurance News Net
 Deep Snow Cover in the Arctic Region Intensifies Heat Waves in Eurasia. Persistent abnormally hot weather can cause negative impacts on human health, agriculture, and natural environments. A heat wave - a spell of hot days with the mercury rising much higher than the average temperature - has been reported more frequently in Europe and Northeast Asia in recent years. "Internal atmosphere-land interactions in Eurasia are believed to be an important factor in triggering abnormal summer temperatures. Space Daily
China Looking to Expand Satellite Coverage in Arctic Experts Warn of Military Purpose. China's Ministry of Transport is dispatching a team to measure and optimize the country's communications capabilities in Arctic waters along Russia's coastline. The team will be assessing a number of technologies, including Very High Frequency (VHF) radio connectivity, medium-frequency Navtex systems, and the DSC system part of the Global Maritime Distress Safety System, Xinhua Chinese news agency reports. Additionally, the team aims to evaluate coverage of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System along the route and to propose possible optimizations for the positioning of future satellites for the yet-to-be fully completed system. Chinese officials cite improved communications with its growing number of commercial vessels in the Arctic as a primary impetus for technology upgrades. High North News
 August Brought Heat to Nunavut's High Arctic. If you wanted to go somewhere to experience a warmer-than-usual August in Nunavut or Nunavik, then Alert, Resolute Bay, Gjoa Haven, Clyde River and Kuujjuaq would have been excellent choices. The average temperatures last month for these communities were above normal, by 3.4 C overall for the Canadian Armed Forces Station in Alert, 3 C for Gjoa Haven, 2.6 C for Resolute Bay, 2.6 C for Clyde River and 1.4 C for Kuujjuaq. Nunatsiaq Online
Icebreaker Wars for Control of the Arctic. Defense and geopolitical experts have been watching issues of development in the Arctic with growing interest and concern. Once a remote area devoid of geopolitical maneuvering, that is no longer the case. Even with the observed shortening of the winter season and now ice-fee summer passages through the Arctic seas, icebreakers are still critical, and perhaps growing even more so as the world looks to the vast potential resources of oil, natural gas, and minerals in the Arctic and who has sovereignty over them. Radio Canada International
 Climate Change in the Arctic is Destroying Viking Artifacts. In Norse mythology, there are many myths that once known, are now lost. But the Norse, of course, left behind more than their tales. They also left behind their things and, in places like Anavik, on the western coast of Greenland, their dead. And long before Vikings came to Greenland, the indigenous Inuit people left behind mummies, as well as hair with intact DNA.As the world warms, remains like those at Anavik and the Corpse Headlands will decompose before archaeologists are ever able to unearth them. ZME Science
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Future Events
** New this week** Climate Change Discussions, September 8-13, 2019 (Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Juneau, Alaska USA). Climate scientist Dr. KATHARINE HAYHOE will be in the following Alaska cities to discuss CLIMATE CHANGE.
Dr. KATHARINE HAYHOE is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on developing and applying high-resolution climate projections to understand what climate change means for people and the natural environment.
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.
ADAC Funded Solicitation Opportunity. Proposals due October 7, 2019. The Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) announces a competitive search to address research challenges associated with multiple Arctic response capability gaps and shortfalls in science and technology discerned from a two-part workshop conducted via "Stressing the System...managing a complex Arctic Crisis" Arctic-related Incidents of National Significance workshop, (Arctic-IoNS). These workshops were conducted at University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus, Nome Alaska on 18-19 April 2019 and at the University of Alaska Anchorage from 20-22 May 2019. ADAC principally seeks proposals that can smoothly transition from research to solutions and needed capability for USCG and other DHS Arctic maritime operators. ADAC anticipates approximately three to five projects in varying funding amounts may be awarded under this solicitation. In order to facilitate suitable alignment to the research questions and associated project length as described in this RFP, ADAC respectfully recommends proposals scoped between approximately $200,000 to $350,000 U.S. dollars.
Proposals must be submitted in a single PDF(electronic format) to ADAC at the following email address: rakee@alaska.edu; with courtesy email to:
jtroe2@alaska.edu and ematthews@alaska.edu. If application via electronic submission to email is not feasible, delivery via postal mail or commercial mail to:
Arctic Domain Awareness Center
University of Alaska Anchorage
BOC3 Suite 120
Anchorage, AK 99508
Deadline for receipt of the application (and validated by email response) is
112th Meeting of the US Arctic Research Commission. October 9, 2019 (Reykjavik, Iceland). Details to follow...
2019 Arctic Circle Assembly, October 10-13, 2019 (Reykjavík, Iceland). The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. It is attended by heads of states and governments, ministers, members of parliaments, officials, experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, indigenous representatives, environmentalists, students, activists and others from the growing international community of partners and participants interested in the future of the Arctic.
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.
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