@europeanpolarboard.bsky.social
Coordinating, promoting and advancing European polar research. 🌐 www.europeanpolarboard.org
🌍 Join us this November for three online events
As the CRiceS project approaches its conclusion, these events bring together leading scientists, policymakers & stakeholders to reflect on how polar science strengthens global climate preparedness.
👉 Register here: www.crices-h2020.eu/events/the-i...
Read more: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news/epb-awi...
📄 Access the meeting report: zenodo.org/records/1748...
🎥 Watch Nicole and Kylie’s interventions: lnkd.in/dPTCWCBx (12:23:00, 12:35:26)
🎤 At the main AAORIA Forum, Nicole Biebow (AWI) & Kylie Owen (EPCO) shared key insights on “Our Linkages with the Polar Seas.”
Their interventions reinforced that polar research is vital to understanding and protecting the climate-ocean system.
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The event highlighted how polar regions drive ocean and climate systems, central to the goals of the AAORIA Declaration. It concluded with a powerful Call for Action urging global cooperation to strengthen polar science for a sustainable ocean and resilient future.
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🌊 EPB, AWI, and EPCO at the 2025 AAORIA Forum!
The European Polar Board (EPB) & Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) co-organised the AAORIA Polar Side Event “Polar Oceans and Climate: Advancing Synergies for Long-Term Global Collaboration”, on 24 Sept 2025 in Brussels.
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🗓️ Highlights include:
🔹 First sustained deep time series from the South Sandwich Trench
🔹 South Atlantic water mass property changes
🔹 “Water mass archaeology” tracing deep-to-surface pathways
🔹 Modelling the Southern Ocean’s meltwater response & global impacts
🌊 OCEAN ICE WP5 Webinar
Ice sheet meltwater & global ocean circulation 🌍
How does meltwater affect the AMOC, ACC & deep ocean?
Join us to explore new observations, data analysis & modelling results.
When: Sept 19, 14:00- 15:30 CEST
🔗 Register and agenda: shorturl.at/lUune
Chairs of the side event: Maria Grigoratou (EPB) & Nicole Biebow (AWI)
The programme for the All-Atlantic Forum on September 25-26 can be found here: allatlanticocean.org/all-atlantic...
#AAORIA #PolarResearch #Arctic #Antarctic
🌊❄️Polar Oceans & Climate: Advancing Synergies for Global Collaboration
📅24 Sept 2025 | 13:30–17:30
📍Charlemagne Building, Brussels
This AAORIA Forum side event will address polar observation systems, polar oceans' role in climate, polar initiatives & international cooperation. tinyurl.com/4nuvx2nu
📄 Read our letter to EU leaders: bit.ly/4eVUEB3
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🧊 Securing the Future of Polar Research in Europe
With the ongoing discussions on FP10, the European Polar Board is calling for strong, sustained investment in polar research. Our open call has over 900 signatures and it’s still growing.
Sign the call here: rb.gy/hqj1jd
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Are you an early career polar scientist? ❄️
Check out two great opportunities from APECS & @soosocean.bsky.social:
🔹 Lead an APECS Project Group
🔹 Join the SOOS SOFLUX CWG (Southern Ocean Air-Sea Flux Capability Working Group)
More info 👉 bit.ly/44I40vi
#PolarScience #ECR #SOOS #APECS
SOOS Sweden: Leadership Opportunities 🌊
Ready to help shape Sweden’s role in Southern Ocean research? The @soosocean.bsky.social Swedish Network is looking for leaders from all backgrounds to join & guide this growing community.
Apply by 15 August 2025 ➡️ soos.aq/opportunitie...
Join the European Bio-GO-SHIP initiative by @tricuso.bsky.social to advance plankton & carbon cycle research in the Southern Ocean. Experts in ‘omics, imaging, bio-acoustics & marine ecology are invited to help shape this action.
Apply by August 31: lnkd.in/er-YkjnT
More details: bit.ly/40oycul
📰 It's time for July’s OCEAN ICE News!
🔵Get to know our researcher in the spotlight 🔎
🔵Catch up on the latest OCEAN ICE activities💡
🔵Meet us in the forthcoming events 👋
...and more!
Read it on our LinkedIn page here 📷www.linkedin.com/pos...
🐧The 12th SCAR Open Science Conference will take place 10–14 Aug 2026 in Oslo, Norway!
The call for sessions, workshops & events is now OPEN! Got a great Antarctic science idea? Submit by 31 Aug 2025 (conference week) or 31 Jan 2026 (satellite events).
Details & forms 👉 scar.org/events/osc/o...
🌊❄️ Applications are open for the Saroma Sea Ice School 2026 (Feb 28–Mar 9, Hokkaido, Japan)!
Hands-on polar science training for early-career researchers.
Organized by BEPSII, CATCH & CIceClouds.
Apply by Sept 2025 👉
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/saroma... #PolarScience #SeaIce #Fieldwork
The EU Arctic Forum meets in Finland to discuss regional challenges! Read more in the article from the @ec.europa.eu 's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-arct...
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📢 Our call for long-term polar research funding continues to gain momentum - now with 850+ signatures from external experts & EPB members 🖊️
➡️ You can still add your voice to support the future of #PolarResearch: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
Understanding impacts of climate change on Earth’s vulnerable polar regions 💡
Explore the scientific advancements made by 15 EU-funded projects, studying polar regions, climate change and the ocean-climate-cryosphere nexus.
🔗 Read more in the CORDIS Results Pack: cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...
📢 Exciting updates from EPB!
A new Executive Committee member was elected, and new representatives from Italy (CNR) and Austria (FWF) joined the EPB Plenary.🤝
We look forward to their expertise and fresh perspectives! Learn more about them here:
www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
📢 Over 800 experts have already signed our call for long-term polar research Funding! 🤝
You can still support the future of #PolarResearch by adding your name to this growing community effort. 🫴
➡️ Sign the call here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For our rapidly changing world, trust in science is crucial. We are proud to champion #Science4EU campaign! 🤝
The EU funds vital polar research, essential for understanding rapid global changes and its impacts on society. EPB uniquely coordinates these efforts, bridging science with policymakers. 💡
🌊 The Third United Nations Ocean Conference (#UNOC3) is fast approaching!
EPB is pleased to be participating in this important global event in Nice, France. Find a selection of highlighted side events on the EPB website: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
🚨 EPB Calls on EU Leaders to Secure Long-Term Polar Research Funding
EPB has released a letter and a three-page briefing to key EU decision-makers, urging sustained and dedicated #EUfunding for #polarresearch.
📢 Read and share: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
🤝 The European Polar Board members gathered in beautiful Umeå, Sweden, this May for the Spring 2025 Plenary Meeting, kindly hosted by the @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social !
💡 Learn more and explore the key highlights of the meeting here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
✍️ 475 external experts & 40 EPB members have already signed our open call to secure Europe’s leadership in #polarresearch by targeted investments in #FP10 - and the number is still growing! www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
🚨 Add your name to the open call: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Dive Beneath the Ice! ❄️
Join us TODAY at 14:00 CEST for the next OCEAN ICE Webinar as we explore the cryosphere-ocean interaction, processes and feedbacks in WP2!
👉 Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📣 The call for session proposals for the UArctic Congress 2026 is now open!
📅 Deadline: 7 July
www.uarctic.org/about-us/mee...
📝 Survey on Key Polar Data Sets
You are invited to participate in a survey organised to capture information on datasets, data repositories or data processes that are at risk as a consequence of funding or other constraints.
Read more: iasc.info/news/arctic-...
