Hi UKPN,
Reminder: Deadline for first round of questions for SCAR Science Horizon
Scan is Monday June 24th
The deadline for the Round 1 Scientific Question Solicitation is Monday
June 24, 2013. So far over 600 questions have been submitted by your peers.
This is your opportunity to ensure that your research interests and your
opinion about what is the most important science in the next decade are
taken into consideration by the Scan.
If you still have questions about the Scan itself please go to the Scan
website and/or read the recent posting to the Nature Magazine web blog
site: http://www.scar.org/horizonscanning/
Antarctic science looks ahead
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/06/antarctic-science-looks-ahead.html
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research's(SCAR) first ever Antarctic
and Southern Ocean Science Horizon Scan is a community-based effort to
develop a collective view of the most important and compelling questions in
Antarctic and Southern Ocean science over the next two decades. Questions
can be of importance to global issues and/or questions grounded in
curiosity-driven research capitalizing on the unique setting of Antarctica
and the Southern Ocean. Questions supported by observations from Antarctica
because of its singular characteristics are also solicited. Questions
should be ones that are best addressed by research in the southern Polar
Regions or where studies in Antarctica provide insights not attainable
elsewhere.
The Horizon Scan process will be based on inclusive, community-wide
consultations led and managed by SCAR. Horizon Scan organizers invite all
interested parties and individuals to participate throughout the process.
No formal association with SCAR is necessary and the intent is to develop
as broad a view as possible of future directions in Antarctic and Southern
Ocean science, regardless of the source and/or affiliation of contributors.
Not only do we want everyone to participate, your participation is
essential for ensuring the credibility of the outcomes of the Horizon Scan.
We are looking for your best and most imaginative ideas to develop a
collective community vision of the full promise and potential of science
conducted in and from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
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Dr Eoghan Griffin
Project Officer
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Scott Polar Research Institute
