Periodically and the Early Career Community of Practice will share research from, and opportunities for, early career researchers working in the polar regions. This regular round-up aims to highlight and celebrate the work being done by early career researchers in Arctic research. If you have information you would like to submit, please see the link below.
Are you or do you know an early career researcher who has recently published work related to the Arctic? We at and the Early Career Community of Practice want to highlight your work! Please fill out this form with any Arctic publications, webinars, posters, etc. and we will share on the Early Career Community of Practice and with our Twitter followers. Anyone who identifies as early career is eligible to submit! Any questions? Email usapecs@gmail.com for more information. Submit documents here.
Publications:
Emily Hill, Hilmar G. Gudmundsson, and David M. Chandler, “Ocean warming as a trigger for irreversible retreat of the Antarctic ice sheet”
20 September 2024
Paper
Keywords: climate change, Antarctica, ice-ocean interactions, ice sheet modeling
Author website
Dylan Blaskey, Michael N. Gooseff, Yifan Cheng, Andrew J. Newman, Joshua C. Koch, Keith N. Musselman, “A High-Resolution, Daily Hindcast (1990–2021) of Alaskan River Discharge and Temperature From Coupled and Optimized Physical Models”
8 April 2024
Paper
Keywords: river temperature, river discharge, Arctic, Alaska, hydrologic modeling
Author website
Mitchell Bushuk, Sahara Ali, David A. Bailey, Qing Bao, Lauriane Batté, Uma S. Bhatt, Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Ed Blockley, Gavin Cawley, Junhwa Chi, François Counillon, Philippe Goulet Coulombe, Richard I. Cullather, Francis X. Diebold, Arlan Dirkson, Eleftheria Exarchou, Maximilian Göbel, William Gregory, Virginie Guemas, Lawrence Hamilton, Bian He, Sean Horvath, Monica Ionita, Jennifer E. Kay, Eliot Kim, Noriaki Kimura, Dmitri Kondrashov, Zachary M. Labe, WooSung Lee, Younjoo J. Lee, Cuihua Li, Xuewei Li, Yongcheng Lin, Yanyun Liu, Wieslaw Maslowski, François Massonnet, Walter N. Meier, William J. Merryfield, Hannah Myint, Juan C. Acosta Navarro, Alek Petty, Fangli Qiao, David Schröder, Axel Schweiger, Qi Shu, Michael Sigmond, Michael Steele, Julienne Stroeve, Nico Sun, Steffen Tietsche, Michel Tsamados, Keguang Wang, Jianwu Wang, Wanqiu Wang, Yiguo Wang, Yun Wang, James Williams, Qinghua Yang, Xiaojun Yuan, Jinlun Zhang, and Yongfei Zhang, “Predicting September Arctic Sea Ice: A Multimodel Seasonal Skill Comparison”
01 July 2024
Paper
Keywords: Arctic sea ice, prediction, statistical models, dynamical models, machine learning, Arctic amplification
Author website
Opportunities:
Belonging, Accessibility, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (BAJEDI) Micro-Grant
The belonging, accessibility, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (BAJEDI) Micro-grant solicitation is accepting applications through the end of this month!
Do you have an idea that will advance BAJEDI in the polar regions but need a little funding to bring that idea to fruition? is soliciting applications from US-based individuals and organizations with plans that will lead to tangible impacts in these areas. has $5000 to distribute in this 2024 BAJEDI Micro-grant cycle, and applicants may apply for up to $1000 of those funds. Awarded funds can cover all expenses (e.g., salary, travel, stipends, other costs) associated with carrying out the proposed idea; there are no limitations on allowable expenses. Awards should support the work of historically excluded scholars in the polar sciences, bring polar education to communities historically excluded from the polar sciences or it should advance the work of a person, program or group that is already doing that work. Read more about the grant opportunity and how to apply for it here.
The deadline to apply is October 31, 2024.
Scalable and Computationally Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research Workshop
The Arctic Data Center is happy to announce we opened applications for our 5-day in-person "Scalable and Computationally Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research” workshop this April 7-11, 2025!
This 5-day in-person workshop will provide researchers with an introduction to advanced topics in computationally reproducible research in python, including software and techniques for working with very large datasets. This includes working in cloud computing environments, docker containers, and parallel processing using tools like parsl and dask. The workshop will also cover concrete methods for documenting and uploading data to the Arctic Data Center, advanced approaches to tracking data provenance, responsible research and data management practices including data sovereignty and the CARE principles, and ethical concerns with data-intensive modeling and analysis. We welcome individuals participating in Arctic research with a wide variety of backgrounds, experience, and career stages to apply. However, this course is intended for Arctic researchers with a solid foundation in programming (R, python, or similar), who have a need to take their skills to the next level to maximize efficiency working with big datasets or running computing-intensive processes.
Topics include:
- Scalable computing
- Cloud computing concepts
- Docker environments
- Remote computing
- Parallel processing and concurrency
- Large data transfer, data staging
- Data extraction I/O efficiency
Apply by November 15, 2024! The workshop will be held in Santa Barbara, CA. at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) from April 7-11, 2025. Limited support for travel is available. For more information, visit the course application. If you have any questions about the application or the course, please do not hesitate to reach out! We urge you to circulate our workshops to colleagues you believe might benefit most from our learning materials.
Arctic Report Card 2024: Call for Visual Contributions
Ever wished your cool Arctic photos and videos could do more than just take up space on your hard drive? Well, now they can! The Arctic Report Card team is looking for visual contributions to this year's production. Whether you are a pro or just lucky with the smartphone, if you got compelling Arctic shots, we want them!
We're Looking For:
- High-resolution photos (landscape preferred)
- 4K or HD videos (30fps)
- Recent footage (2023-2024)
Priority Content:
- Caribou and ice seals
- Precipitation/weather extremes, especially in the Western Arctic
- Indigenous communities' climate adaptation measures
- Permafrost and carbon cycle representation
- Other recent ecosystem/environmental changes
Why Contribute:
- Get your photos and videos be part of Arctic Report Card
- Help explain Arctic science to the world
- Support public understanding of Arctic changes
Submit HERE
You will be asked to include:
- Full credit information
- When and where you took the photo/video
- Detailed captions with scientific context (what are we looking at?)
- Necessary permissions for featured individuals
Questions? Contact: oar.arcticreportcard@noaa.gov or cynthia.garcia@noaa.gov
Postdoctoral Fellow: Biogeochemical Modeling of High-Latitude Oceans
Are you passionate about advancing ocean science and tackling real-world challenges? Join the International Arctic Research Center () at the University of Alaska Fairbanks as a Postdoctoral Fellow and contribute to cutting-edge research in biogeochemical modeling of high-latitude marine systems.
Check out the flier for more details.
Apply here.