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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
NEAN Slides presented by Holly Parker (UNE-North) to UMaine Arctic
Link to past newsletters.
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Save the Date!
New England Arctic Network (42oN: The North Atlantic Network)
Fall 2023 Workshop (flyer)
Thursday November 9, 2023 9:00 am– 3:30 pm
(In-person and Virtual)
UNE North – The Center for North Atlantic Studies
University of New England, 1075 Forest Ave, Portland, ME Please register at www.alumni.une.edu/NEAN2023 |
Upcoming AND ONGOING New England Events
Fall 2022 newsletter.
The Arctic Environmental Humanities Workshop Series - Boston University
Permafrost Pathways
A TED-Audacious funded project led by Woodwell Climate Research Center with founding partners at Harvard Kennedy School's Arctic Initiative, Alaska Institute for Justice, and Alaska Native Science Center. We are bringing together leading experts in climate science, policy action, and environmental justice to inform and develop adaptation and mitigation strategies to address permafrost thaw Here's an overview of our activities over the past six months.
Systems Approaches to Understanding and Navigating the New Arctic (SAUNNA) National Research Traineeship (NRT)
University of Maine
Graduate research program fostering systems perspectives to address the challenges of complex socio-environmental changes in the Arctic. Applications for fall 2023 are open.
The Convergent Arctic Research Perspectives and Education (CARPE)
NSF Research Traineeship program
The University of New Hampshire
Juneau Icefield Research Program - UMaine
Student applications are open for summer 2023.
UMaine Arctic events
UNH Arctic events
Dartmouth Institute of Arctic Studies
Harvard Arctic Initiative
UNE North
Check the news and blog for other upcoming events
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Museum is open until November 18th at which point the collections and exhibits
will move to the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies
that will open in Spring 2023
USCGA Center for Arctic Study and Policy
UNE leadership of UArctic Thematic Network: Bioregional Planning for Resilient Rural Communities
University of New England, University of Highlands and Islands, Agricultural University of Iceland, Tyumen, State University & SustainaMetrix.
See the ARCTIC CALENDAR from ARCUS for national and global events
Recent Events
NEAN Research Symposium at the UArctic Assembly
June 2, 2022
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Innovation Hall, University of New England, Portland
Contact katharine.duderstadt@unh.edu for more information
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NEAN Sharing Event - Spring 2022
Tuesday March 8, 2022 - 3:30-5pm (virtual)
NEAN Annual Meeting at UNE-North
"Engaging North Atlantic communities on issues of Arctic change "
Thank you to all who attended! (in the news...)
VIDEOS (Part I, Part II) from the Fall 2021 NEAN Meeting at UNE are now available!
(There is also a video of the online discussion available for those who attended the in-person event. Please email katharine.duderstadt@unh.edu for that link)
We're All in the Same Boat - NERACOOS and CIOOS Atlantic
Featuring discussions with local experts on scientific, economic, and policy issues facing coastal communities spanning the Arctic to the Northeastern seaboard of the United States. Each of the three seminars will coincide with part of the voyage of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, which has partnered with Canada to undertake a research cruise circumnavigating North America
Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions
Global Council for Science and the Environment
co-facilitated by Darren Ranco at UMaine
Toward the Next Century: Envisioning and Designing Sustainable Coastal Communities
Coastlines and People project in partnerships with USM, UNH, MNAI, and NEAN
Social and Ecological Consequences of Recent Changes in the Arctic and Subarctic Region
Fall 2021 AGU - feature talks and posters from NEAN
Announcements
The Interconnected Northwest Atlantic, Part I: A Historic Voyage
Wilson Center, Polar Points, Dec 28, 2022
Jake Kritzer, NERACOOS and Shayla Fitzsimmons, CIOOS
Accelerating Climate Ambitions Grant Program
strengthen bilateral ties between the United States and Canada
July 6, 2022 deadline
New NSF Solicitation: Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science Research Coordination Networks (FAIROS RCNs)
due April 12, 2022
President Biden Appoints New USARC Chair and Commissioners
Congratulations Jacqueline Richter-Menge, of Lyme, New Hampshire. Good to see you back on the Commission!
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has approved on ethical engagement with Indigenous knowledge
Regional Conference on Permafrost (RCOP21) and 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering (ICCRE)
Virtual. October 24-29, 2021.
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 DCL: Potential Support for Community Hubs for Collaborations Between NSF-funded Arctic Researchers and Arctic Residents
Proposals accepted any time
NSF launches a new website on Local and Indigenous Communty Engagement
https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/arctic/ace/
IAPRC Arctic Reserch Plan 2022-2026
released December 2021
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
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
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)
Recent Reports
3rd Arctic Science Ministerial final Report - May 2021
Army Arctic Strategy - March 2021
US Air Force Arctic Strategy - Jul 2020
Arctic Futures 2050 Conference Report - Fall 2019 (report released spring 2020)
Implementing Marine Management in the Arctic Ocean - April 2020
Report on Combating Plastic Pollutionin the Arctic Ocean - April, 2020
Webcasts and podcasts...
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
Join this growing community of Arctic researchers!
Also sign up for USARC Arctic Updates, ARCUS Arctic Info, and the UArctic newsletter
OPPORTUNITIES
Dear Colleague Letter: Support for Engaging Students and the Public in Polar Research
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19086/nsf19086.jsp
in the news...
Recent....
"Our Ocean Infrastructure Needs Support, and Congress Can Help" - by Jake Kritzer from NERACOOS
"US icebreaker departs on a voyage that will transit the Northwest Passage" - Featuring Larry Mayer from UNH
"MGIMO Opens Center for Science Diplomacy" - Featuring Paul Berkman from Harvard
"Burkins Named Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies" - Congratulations Melody Burkins from Darmouth!
"UNH Receives NSF Grant to Research Carbon Interactions in Thawing Arctic - Fosters - featuring Jessica Ernakovich from UNH
"Kittery-based Coast Guard cutter joins historic Arctic mission" - Portsmouth Herald
"How to Do Scientific Field Work When You Can’t Get to the Right Field " - Wall Street Journal freaturing Dartmouth JSEP
"New UMaine program trains students to become future arctic scientists" - News Center Maine
"Emerging Science" - Ruth Varner et al. from UNH awarded NSF BII grant - UNH Today
past new england arctic network EVENTS
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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
Sponsored by the Arctic Science IntegrAtion Questi (ASIAQ)
and the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering (SMSOE)
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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
