IGS British Branch and UK Antarctic Science meetings postponed

Dear All,

 

Unfortunately, as many of you may already have suspected, the University of Edinburgh is no longer able to host the planned consecutive meetings of the IGS British Branch and UK Antarctic Science Conference this coming September.

 

We are now working with the IGS Early-Career Glaciology Group (EGG) and colleagues in the National Committee for Antarctic Research (NCAR) on some online alternatives to both meetings for later in the year. The details are to be confirmed and will come to this distribution list in due course, but they will now be separate meetings, and not tied to the previously circulated dates in early September.

 

Looking to 2021 and 2022, I’m pleased to notify you that the IGSBB committee have agreed that the University of Liverpool will host a September 2021 IGS British Branch (exact dates tbc), and that we at Edinburgh are now working on remounting a combined IGS British Branch / UK Antarctic Science Conference for 27 August – 2 September 2022.

 

Best wishes to all and I hope you are staying safe,

Sian

 

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

FW: #ScienceHeroes campaign for COVID-19 researchers

Hi there,

 

We've been reaching out to researchers who are working to solve any problem which has emerged during the worldwide outbreak & lockdowns and we're encouraging them to explain their research to the public. 

 

Initially looking for 100 scientists, we still have a few available spots left but we will most likely extend this goal because we've received more responses than originally anticipated.

 

You can read more about the campaign or personal stories of some of the scientists and their contributions to solving the pandemic here: https://covid.sparrho.com.

 

This campaign works on a nomination basis which means that researchers can nominate themselves or be nominated by another person.

 

I think it is a great opportunity to help researchers presenting their achievements and receiving the recognition they deserve. 

 

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International Arctic politics

As a potential explainer of some international Arctic politics, we use 'disaster diplomacy' to explore Norway-Russia relations for the mystical, magical High Arctic territory of Svalbard http://islandvulnerability.org/svalbard.html in a just-published, free-to-download paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104896

It is part of a wider project http://disasterdiplomacy.org/arctic.html

Ilan