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The New England Arctic Network (NEAN) will address links between Arctic change and the natural, social, and built systems throughout the Arctic and the North Atlantic Arctic region. NEAN combines the wealth of academic expertise in Arctic research across New England with researchers, stakeholders, and external partners concerned with environmental, economic, and social impacts, providing an ideal community for anticipating and responding to Arctic change and its impacts on the eastern coast of North America. (...click for more)
Past Workshop Reports

Charting the Course for a New England Arctic Network

Vision for a New England Arctic Network 

 

  SUMMARY OF Upcoming New England Events   

SAVE THE DATE:  Fall New England Arctic Network meeting at UNE-North on Wednesday Nov 17, 2021

planning to be in person with virtual option

3rd Meeting of the Assembly of UArctic - June 2022

Wed, Jun 01, 2022 - Fri, Jun 03, 2022
Portland, Maine, USA
(May 31st there will be a pre-meeting for North American UArctic members) 

The Arctic Environmental Humanities Workshop Series

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UMaine Arctic 

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UNH Arctic events

     UNH Sidore Series - Videos of events are on the website
     Earth Science Chapman Colloquium 
     CCOM seminars

MNAI Convenes

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The Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College

     Kayak!  
     Qamutit: Greenland Sled Portraits  
     Arctic Spring Virtual Exhibit  
     Dressing It Up: Beadwork in Northern Communities  
     Blossoming Tundra: The Photography of Rutherford Platt  
     Caught in the Middle: the Tragic Life of Minik Wallace  
     Colorful Arctic: Donald B. MacMillan’s Lantern Slides  

Northeast Regional Environmental Acoustics Seminar 

Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions

Global Council for Science and the Environment 
co-facilitated by Darren Ranco at UMaine 

See the ARCTIC CALENDAR from ARCUS  for national and global events

(NEAN will be transitioning from our own calender to posting on the ARCUS calendar)

 

  Announcements    

Regional Conference on Permafrost (RCOP21) and 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering (ICCRE)

Virtual.  October 24-29, 2021.  Abstracts due July 15.

New England Arctic Network Spring 2021 Sharing Event - CLICK HERE TO SEE A SUMMARY

Dear Colleague Letter: Update on NSF's Efforts to Improve the Inclusion of Local and Indigenous Voices in Arctic Research

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21077/nsf21077.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click 

NSF launches a new website on Local and Indigenous Communty Engagement

https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/arctic/ace/ 

Draft IAPRC Plan open for public comments 

https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/draft-plan.html 

NSF Navigating the New Arctic 

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21524/nsf21524.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click 

NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Data and Sample Reuse in Polar Research

Toward the Next Century: Envisioning and Designing Sustainable Coastal Communities

A Series of Virtual Workshops for Northern New England Coastal Communities  - March 17th and March 31st 

After months of stay-at-home research, many of us are slowly returning to the the classrooms if not the field. 

Please send us notifications of online events to info@nearctic.net for posting on this page as well as through Facebook and Twitter 

NOAA Arctic Report Card for 2020 has been released

https://www.arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/Report-Card-2020 

Belfer Center’s Arctic Innovation Lab Invites Creative Solutions to Arctic Sustainability

Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center Arctic Initaitive

United States Permafrost Association  

UVM, Dartmouth, CRREL, UNH, Woodwell Climate Research Center (formerly WHRC) are currently members along with many NEAN individuals.  Please consider joining!  (flyer) 

British Museum exhibit on  Arctic culture and climate 

Many events are online

ARCUS website of NSF NNA projects is now online! 

Ocean Shots

UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

Recent Reports   

Army Arctic Strategy - March 2021
Arctic Futures 2050 Conference Report - Fall 2019 (report released spring 2020) 

Webcasts and podcasts...

hosted by the US Naval War College, the Wilson Center's Polar Institute, and the US Arctic Research Commission
 
Other announcements: 
IARPC Collaborations virtual meetings (ongoing) 
     Join this growing community of Arctic researchers! 
Also sign up for USARC Arctic Updates, ARCUS Arctic Info, and the UArctic newsletter
 
  OPPORTUNITIES    

Please help us by posting Job Opportunities and Student Opportunities on the NEAN Discussion Forum 

(note...this discussion forum still exists but is not very active)

NSF DCL: Potential Support for Community Hubs for Collaborations Between NSF-funded Arctic Researchers and Arctic Residents

Proposals accepted any time 

  in the news...   
 
Recent....
"UNH Receives NSF Grant to Research Carbon Interactions in Thawing Arctic  - Fosters -  featuring Jessica Ernakovich from UNH
"How to Do Scientific Field Work When You Can’t Get to the Right Field " -  Wall Street Journal freaturing Dartmouth JSEP
"Emerging Science" - Ruth Varner et al. from UNH awarded NSF BII grant - UNH Today
 
   past new england arctic network EVENTS   

 

GoM2050

New England Artic Network poster at Gulf of Maine 2050

 


"The Arctic is Melting!  Is it time to Panic?" (flyer)

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Nina Kirchner, Larry Mayer, Hideaki Murayama, Niklas Eklund,
Nancy Kinner (moderator) 
 
Tues April 9th, 4-6 pm, Huddleston Hall 
The University of New Hampshire
 
 

Charting the Course for the New England Arctic Network (NEAN)

October 3, 2018 -- The University of New Hampshire
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Thanks for attending!!!

Click here for materials, agenda., and notes....

 

 Workshop Report (draft)  - pdf

 

Preparing for a Northwest Passage: A Workshop on the Role of New England in Navigating the New Arctic

March 25 - 27, 2018  -- The University of New Hampshire