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Palm trees in latest SCAR newsletter

The latest issue of the SCAR newsletter is now available. SCAR is the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

The latest issue looks back at the XXXII SCAR Meetings and Open Science Conference in July and forward to the XI SCAR Biology Symposium next July.

The newsletter is news and announcement feature from SCAR, which includes articles, news stories, polar and APECS events and this issue even has a story about palm trees in Antarctica!

Click here to read the newsletter.

October 12, 2012
IASC Progress Summer edition
The summer edition of the IASC is available. This Progress edition covers:
- Indian Research in the Arctic: Collaborative Research on Ny-Ålesund
- From Carl Weyprecht to the Future Polar Research Institute – A Long History of Austrian Activities in the Arctic
- Czech Contributions to Polar Science
- The Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) project, and
- …much, much more
The next edition of the newsletter will be produced jointly with our sister organization, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). This bipolar issue will include a report on the outcomes of the Symposium on Research Urgencies in the Polar Regions and the ICSU General Assembly, the latter which includes a dedicated polar session.

Download IASC Progress Summer 2011
July 25, 2011
A New EU-Arctic Newsletter is out

The EU-ARCTIC FORUM, established in 2010, provides the European Parliament a platform on all issues with regard to the Arctic, facilitating exchange and input of information as well as interlinking the fragmented debates on the Arctic within the EU.

The newsletter informs about activities in particular of the EU-ARCTIC-Forum and gives an overview on the development of the Arctic issues within the European Union.

The June 2011 Newsletter can be read HERE

July 1, 2011
New CliC Newsletter – Ice and Climate News
The new edition of the the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Newsletter is available for download here. This June issue consists of contributions on the Carbon and Permafrost (CAPER) Initiative, integration across cryospheric disciplines, workshop reports and project updates.

CliC was initiated by the World Climate Research Programme ( WCRP ) in 2000. Its goal is to stimulate, support, and coordinate research that focuses on processes by which the cryosphere interacts with the rest of the climate system.

The contents of the CliC newsletter are
- Integration across cryosphere disciplines
- New CliC SSG members
- Norway/China collaborations
- Brazil update
- Water resources and cryosphere in mountains and N. Canada
- CliC-related IPY activities in Russia
- Progress in Chinese cryospheric research
- The carbon permafrost initiative
- Asia-CliC data workshop
- Arctic surface-based sea-ice observations
- IGOS partnership cryosphere theme: where are we now?
- International NRB symposium and workshop
- Early career scientists on polar marine research
- SWIPA update: lake and river ice
The CliC Newsletter – Ice and Climate News
July 15, 2009
Call for Contributions: “Northern Notes,” IASSA Newsletter

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) invites contributions for the next issue of the Northern Notes newsletter.

Contributions are invited from both members and non-members of the Association on issues of interest to Arctic social scientists. Articles, reports, announcements, reviews (books, films, etc.), and conference or meeting announcements should be submitted by 2 February 2009 to IASSA secretary, Lára Ólafsdóttir, at iassa@svs.is.

Northern Notes is published on the web by the IASSA secretariat twice a year with a Spring/Summer and a Fall/Winter issue, and is available to all web users. To view past issues of the newsletter, please go to: http://www.iassa.gl/newsletters.htm.

Contributions to Northern Notes may include special features on issues and topics of interest to Arctic social scientists, information and announcements from members, announcements of meetings, workshops or conferences, news about upcoming IASSA activities, information about new publications of interest to the Arctic social science community, and announcements of new websites and links of interest.

IASSA invites contributions by 2 February 2009 for the following standard categories of the newsletter:

Features:

Contributions on issues and research activities of interest to the Arctic social science community, including new research, current and upcoming research activities and events, etc.

Departments:

News from Members
New books, Journals, Dissertations & Film
Conferences, Workshops, and Meetings
On the Web
Funding Opportunities

Remember to send us the following details along with your article or announcement:

Name and affiliation of the author
Book announcements: All titles, publishing details, distributor and ISBN/ISSN number
Film: Distributor or link, all release details

The IASSA secretariat moved to Akureyri, Iceland, on 1 October 2008, and is located at the Stefansson Arctic Institute.

Contact:

IASSA
Stefansson Arctic Institute
Borgir, Nordurslod
IS-600 Akureyri, Iceland
Tel: (+354) 460 8980
Fax: (+354) 460 8989
E-mail: iassa@svs.is

December 17, 2008