Organizers of Session GC12, "Greenland: An Island of Change in the Biological, Physical, and Social Systems," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the American GeophysicalUnion (AGU) Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, in San Francisco, California.

The Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks an enthusiastic and experienced individual for the position of Eddy Covariance Technician. The successful candidate will help manage an ecosystem ecology laboratory and assist research personnel in measurements of ecosystem-atmosphere e...

The International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP) II Marine Roundtable and the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) are organizing a workshop to start the Arctic In Rapid Transition (ART) Initiative. The ART Initiation Workshop will be held at IARC, located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 7-9 N...

The OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE): The OECD international forum designed for higher education institutions has released its July 2009 newsletter.

Organizers of Session C11, "Sea Ice Processes and Properties," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, in San Francisco, California.

The Geophysical Institute (GI) and the Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seek applicants for a PhD Research Assistantship. The successful applicant will develop a dissertation with two main components: documenting and predicting ecosystem shifts in response to climate change, and...

European research teams are offered free access (including travel) to the Ny-Ålesund Research Infrastructure in Svalbard, Norway. This is part of the Transnational Access Programme of the European Community FP6.

This innovative ten day field course in Churchill, Manitoba provides  students with hands-on field research experience in ecology, environmental science and social research and includes one week working in Wapusk National Park, a remote wilderness park along the Hudson Bay coast accessible only by  helicopter in summer,as we...

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB), the European Polar Board (EPB), the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) and the Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO) announce Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2010. ASSW 2010 will take place in Nuuk, Greenland, 15-19 April 2010. Interna...

The University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work in coupled land-surface hydrological modelling with the Improved Processes and Parameterization for Prediction in Cold Regions (IP3) network.

The Arctic Council (AC) Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat (IPS) seeks an executive secretary. The executive secretary is responsible for the administration, supervision, and management of the IPS. This is a two-year contract position, dependent on the availability of funding.

The International Polar Year (IPY) July 2009 Report is now available at:http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_report_july_2009/.

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) announce the availability of the Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC) Ice and Climate Newsletter. To view the newsletter please go to: http://tinyurl.com/msm6fc.

Well over a thousand people from the region gathered on GPRC Fairview College Campus July 4th to celebrate the merger of Grande Prairie Regional College with the historically rich campus in Fairview, Alberta. Official ceremonies included a message from the Honourable Doug Horner, Alberta Minister of Advanced Education and...

Beringia Days 2009National Park Service Shared Beringian Heritage ProgramAnadyr, Chukotka, Russia18-20 September 2009