Recent climate changes in the Arctic have radically transformed the region’s environmental, economic, and political landscapes and these changes have also affected other parts of the globe, leaving the world with a range of issues and challenges.

The 2016 International Symposium on Polar Sciences is organized in an effort to is organized in an effort to understand the accelerating changes in Arctic and to reflect on how to prepare for their anticipated impacts, and thus is entitled “The Future of the Arctic: Science and Governance”.

The symposium is organized into six sessions to share and discuss current scientific achievements and law and policy based efforts, which will help guide future research and observations of the rapidly changing Arctic:

Observations of the changing Arctic atmosphere
Modelling the physical processes of Arctic climate system
Climate change and Arctic terrestrial ecosystems
Sea ice networks for observation and prediction
Science, law and Arctic future
Social and human science research on the Arctic: recent Korean efforts

Abstract submission closes on 25 March. Registration closes on 22 April.

More information here: http://symposium.kopri.re.kr