APECS is excited for another great year of 2014 with lots of events, activities, resources and opportunities for all of you! As you can see, we are starting the new year with a great new newsletter design! I want to thank our two newsletter editors Anton Van De Putte and Adam Naito for their great work on it and for preparing the APECS newsletter every month!
For my January update, I thought I'll highlight one of our partners and sponsors located also here in Tromsø at the Fram Centre: the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project.
APECS and CliC have been working closely together over the last few years in providing opportunities for early career researchers to attend CliC meetings and of course for our joint FrostBytes project. We are also working on some exciting fellowship opportunities for our members through the CliC project, so keep an eye out for more information in the coming months!
CliC aims to improve understanding of the cryosphere and its interactions with the global climate system, and to enhance the ability to use parts of the cryosphere for detection of climate change. The "Climate and Cryosphere" project, a core project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), encourages and promotes research into the cryosphere and its interactions as part of the global climate system. It seeks to focus attention on the most important issues, encourage communication between researchers with common interests in cryospheric and climate science, promote international co-operation, and highlight the importance of this field of science to policy makers, funding agencies, and the general public. CliC also publishes significant findings regarding the role of the cryosphere in climate, and recommends directions for future study. The International Project Office is hosted by the Norwegian Polar Institute and provides support for people interested in hosting workshops, planning international activities, and more. Learn about CliC's new targeted activities including the Arctic Freshwater Synthesis and more at www.climate-cryosphere.org.
