Dear Colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) session at the ISAR-4/ICARP III Symposium (27-30 April, 2015) during the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2015 in Toyama, Japan. The Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) network is a multidisciplinary initiative that aims to integrate spatial and temporal variability in Arctic marine system. We kindly invite submissions by anyone sharing a common interest in improving our understanding of past, present and future changes in the Arctic and developing dialogues on interdisciplinary Arctic research approaches and future directions. Submissions can be made via the conference website at http://www.assw2015.org
SESSION C2: Arctic in Rapid Transition – future research directions from the perspective of early career scientists
SESSION DESCRIPTION: Much research has been conducted in the Arctic in the past few decades, however some areas received more scientific attention than others, i.e., Atlantic and Canadian Arctic is more advanced than Pacific and Central Arctic. Pan-Arctic research is important to quantify the changes occurring within the complex Arctic systems, especially since the ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles could have strong regional variability. Contribution from Asian countries to Arctic research is not large in comparison with European and North American countries due to geographical limitations. In order to fill the geographical gaps in Arctic research, it is fundamental that Asian early career to mid-career scientists become involved in international collaborations. Also, research resources such as personnel, facilities and funding are still limited in the world. Thus, involvement of Asian early to mid-career scientists into the frame of international collaborations is important to logistically, as well as scientifically, improve pan-Arctic research in coming decades.
This session specifically aims at allowing early career scientists, to get involved in international collaborations under the umbrella of the Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) network, with especially encouraging scientists from Asia. The Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART; http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/en/ART/), an official network of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), is an integrative, international, interdisciplinary, Pan-Arctic network to study the spatial and temporal changes in biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem functioning of the Arctic Ocean over multiple time scales. Early career researchers' perspective is of great importance to ensure the involvement of the next generation of Arctic researchers, since they will be the ones sustaining current monitoring and implementing new projects into
the future. The goal of this session is to integrate studies from various Arctic research fields in order to better understand the changing Arctic system beyond its regional variability and across multiple time-scales, and will also include outcomes from the former ART science workshop held in Sopot 2012 as well as the upcoming workshop in Brest 2014 (http://istas.sciencesconf.org/), and the session of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN; http://pyrn.arcticportal.org/index.php/en/) at the upcoming EUCOP-4 conference (http://www.eucop4.org/) in Portugal.
CONVENERS:
Makoto Sampei, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Carolyn Wegner, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center of Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Monika Kedra, Institute of Oceanology Sopot, Poland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
