travel grants for SCAR Biology Symposium

Can you please announce a call for travel grant applications to
attend the Xth SCAR International Biology Symposium in Hokkaido,
Japan in July 2009. Pending final approval, NSF funds will support
airfare for 7-8 graduate students and other early career scientists
who are planning to attend and present at the Symposium. Details in
the attached Word and PDF files. Will it be possible to include both
versions as downloadable documents? They contain an application form
and not everyone may be able to use the PDF version.

Any questions, lease contact me.

Thank you, Deneb Karentz

_________________________________

Deneb Karentz, Professor and Chair
Dept. of Biology HRN342
2130 Fulton Street
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080

karentzd@usfca.edu
415 422-2831 (office)
415 422-6363 (fax)
_________________________________

Students on Ice Expedition Announcement

Students on Ice Expedition Announcement
IPY Antarctic University Expedition
13-28 February 2009
Antarctica

Applications will be processed on an ongoing basis.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.uantarctic.org/index.htm

--------------------
Students on Ice Expeditions is now accepting applications for the
International Polar Year (IPY) Antarctic University Expedition 2009, a
two-week, ship-based, field course in Antarctica, 13-28 February 2009.
This expedition provides the opportunity to study in one of the most
exceptional and remote places on Earth. The theme for this expedition is
"Environmental Leadership," which will be explored through the history,
culture, general science, and politics of Antarctica. One of the
objectives of this expedition is to provide students from around the
world the opportunity to bridge the gap between theory and practice by
providing experiential learning and field experience during the early
stages of their academic career. Once in Antarctic waters, all students
will make frequent field trips to the Antarctic mainland via inflatable
Zodiacs from the main ship. These landings will be supplemented by
lectures and lab exercises in dedicated space aboard the expedition
vessel, the M/V Ushuaia.

The IPY Joint Committee has endorsed the Antarctic University Expedition
2009. The expedition will have approximately 70 University students, and
19 University faculty, scientists, experts, and educators.

Undergraduate and graduate students from around the world and from any
university can apply to embark on this first ever university expedition
to Antarctica. The expedition provides firsthand experience of the
effects of climate change and an increased awareness of the
environmental issues facing our societies.

Currently, Students on Ice has four partner universities offering accredited
courses during the expedition, University of Alberta, University of Northern
British Columbia, the University of Ottawa, and Concordia University, which
is also giving the opportunity to students to complete an internship during
the expedition. The courses being offered during this expedition are in
glaciology, Antarctic tourism, and practical study in Earth and
atmospheric science. Faculty members from other universities will also
be joining the expedition to participate in developing a long-term
strategy and program for future university expeditions to the Arctic and
Antarctica.

Interested students, professors and sponsors are welcomed to contact us
to participate in this extraordinary expedition. For more details please
visit the expedition website: http://www.uantarctic.org.

Or contact:
Eric Corneau
Special Projects Coordinator
Students on Ice Expeditions
Natural Heritage Building
1740 Chemin Pink
Gatineau, QC J9J 3N7
Canada
Toll free: 866-336-6423
Phone: 819-827-3300
Fax: 819-827-9951
Email: eric@studentsonice.com

Are you going to AGU this year?

Dear APECS member,

Are you going to AGU (American Geophysical Union) this year?

If so, please join us on Thursday, December 18, from 12 - 2, in the San Francisco Marriott, Pacific Room A for a mentor panel discussion, Q&A about APECS, and opportunities to get involved or share your activities. If there are certain things you would like to discuss, let us know (apecsinfo@gmail.com)

On Thursday night there will be an IPY reception at the Exploratorium. We encourage all APECS members to attend this reception to meet other APECS members as well as the many senior polar scientists that will be attending.... and its free!

There will also be an IPY exhibit booth this year and we have been invited to help with this booth and share all the great things APECS is doing. If you would be interested in spending a few hours the booth, please email Rhian (ipy.ras@gmail.com) with your availability. This is a great opportunity to network with other researchers!

If you are presenting a poster or have a talk at AGU, please let us know as we are putting together a list of presentations by APECS members.

For a list of events and things other APECS members are doing there, visit: http://arcticportal.org/apecs/agu2008

If you are going and need to find a roommate or a place to stay, let us know and we'll try to help out.

Thanks and we hope to see you in San Francisco!
Jenny and Rhian

"Saving the world, one email at a time"

- - -

Dr. Jenny Baeseman

Director - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

University of Colorado

1560 30th Street, Campus Box 450

Boulder, CO 80303 USA

907-687-5168

jbaeseman@gmail.com

skype: jbaeseman

and

Affiliate Assistant Research Professor

International Arctic Research Center

University of Alaska - Fairbanks

930 Koyukuk Drive

PO Box 757340

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340

"Observations of High Latitude Climate Change"

Call for Abstracts
"Observations of High Latitude Climate Change"
MOCA-09 Joint Assembly, July 2009
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

IAMAS, IAPSO and IACS invite the international atmospheric, oceanographic and cryospheric research community to MOCA-09, their Joint Assembly, to be held in July 2009 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Session conveners for (J01) "Observations of High Latitude Climate Change" seek abstract submissions for relevant papers that bring together observational descriptions of the high latitude regions in the atmosphere, ocean and cryosphere from 200 years ago to the present. Topics from both polar regions as well as from in situ and space based observing platforms are the basis for this symposium. New observations collected via recent efforts, including the International Polar Year (IPY), International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE), and other ongoing long-term observational and paleo-climate efforts related to climate change at the poles, are solicited. In addition, presentations dealing with observational and data assimilation methods are welcome. Sample topic areas include ice core observations, mass balance investigations (surface, airborne or satellite based), satellite observations (e.g. altimetry, clouds, icebergs, etc.), ocean monitoring studies (e.g. ARGO, AON, etc.), polar surface observing networks (e.g. Automatic Weather Stations, ground-based GPS, etc.), and data syntheses from reanalysis.

Abstracts are due 23 January 2009. Please submit abstracts here: http://www.iamas-iapso-iacs-2009-montreal.ca/e/02-abstracts_submission_e.shtml

Questions regarding this session should be directed to mattl@ssec.wisc.edu.

Convenors:
Matthew Lazzara (IAMAS), Shelley Knuth (IAMAS), David Reusch (IAMAS), Michael Town (IAMAS), Peter Haugan (IAPSO)