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NNA Community Newsletter
August 2023 Issue
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- Apply Today to Attend the NNA-CO's New "Arctic Research is Relationship" Course
- Arctic Together Podcast - New Episode Available
- Upcoming NNA-CO Webinars
- Polar STEAM Opportunities
- Postdoc Opportunity: ASP Rising Voices, Changing Coasts Postdoctoral Fellow
- NNA Project Highlight: Global Changes, Local Impacts: Study of Glacial Fjords, Ecosystems and Communities in Greenland
- Upcoming Events
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Apply Today to Attend the NNA-CO's New "Arctic Research is Relationship" Course | |
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The NNA-CO, in partnership with Alaska Pacific University (APU), is pleased to launch the “Arctic Research is Relationship - Exploring the Foundations of Collaborative, Community, and Indigenous-centered Arctic Research” course this fall through APU. This is an advanced level course intended to create welcoming, respectful spaces, dialogues, and productive research collaborations with Tribes, Indigenous peoples, agencies and organizations. To learn more about the course goals, instructors, eligibility requirements, continuing education units, and more, please review the course details here.
Class will be held every Friday from 10:00am-12:00pm AKT via Zoom, from September 22-December 8, 2023. To apply, please fill out the application below by August 30, 2023.
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Please contact the NNA-CO Indigenous Engagement Coordinator, Jessica Lewis-Nicori, at [email protected] for more information. | |
Arctic Together Podcast - New Episode Available | |
The 2022 Navigating the New Arctic Annual Community Meeting occurred November 15-17 on Dena’ina homelands (Anchorage, Alaska). Tune into Episode 3 of the Arctic Together Podcast to hear meeting highlights, quotes and clips from guest speakers, and from the Alaska Teen Climate Communicators who conducted mini-interviews with meeting participants and the filmmakers of the Newtok Film, which was screened at the Anchorage Museum. Be sure to check out the 2022 annual meeting website and the podcast show notes for more resources. | |
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Science Storytelling Series - Facilitating Community Stories
September 14, 2023 | 11:00am-12:00pm AKT / 1:00-2:00pm MT / 3:00-4:00pm ET
Learn more & register.
Open Science Webinar: Making Arctic Science Open Science
September 26, 2023 | 11:00am-12:00pm AKT / 1:00-2:00pm MT / 3:00-4:00pm ET
Learn more & register.
Science Storytelling Series - Community Storytelling with Data from your Project and Scenarios of Change
October 19, 2023 | 11:00am-12:00pm AKT / 1:00-2:00pm MT / 3:00-4:00pm ET
Learn more & register.
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Polar STEAM Opportunities | |
Polar STEAM is an NSF-funded program that supports broader impacts through matching educators, artists, and writers with polar researchers to co-create educational and creative resources related to polar research. They are currently recruiting researchers and educators for the 2024 and 2025 field seasons. Learn more and apply here. | |
Postdoc Opportunity: ASP Rising Voices, Changing Coasts Postdoctoral Fellow | |
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Global Changes, Local Impacts: Study of Glacial Fjords, Ecosystems and Communities in Greenland
The Global Changes, Local Impacts: Study of Glacial Fjords, Ecosystems and Communities in Greenland project seeks to improve understanding of Greenland fjord systems, including their physical, ecosystem, and human components, and their interaction with external environmental and societal forces. Part of this understanding will be gained through four research cruises to two distinct glacial fjord systems.
The first cruise occurred August 5 to 18, 2023, in Sermilik Fjord (Southeast Greenland, Ammassalik District) and the adjacent continental shelf ocean, aboard the R/V Tarajoq. The capabilities of this new Greenlandic ship and the expertise of its crewmembers were essential to the success of this year’s field work, conducted by a joint US, European, and Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) science team. Onboard, glaciologists, oceanographers, marine biologists, and social scientists used a variety of techniques to characterize the fjord and shelf system, including: mapping bathymetry; measuring profiles of temperature, salinity, velocity, and biogeochemical variables; and collecting zooplankton organisms, fish eggs and larvae, and water samples. Plankton tows and pelagic trawls identified regional productivity hotspots and illuminated the diversity, population, and life cycles of key fish species. Initial results reveal distinct zooplankton assemblages, with large arctic copepods and euphausiids deep inside the fjord and smaller-sized copepods and ctenophores dominating the outer fjords and shelf. The team developed hands-on educational resources in partnership with the elementary school headmaster in Tilerilaaq (located in Sermilik fjord), who was on board for three days. In 2024, the team will be surveying a fjord near Qaanaaq (Northwestern Greenland). To discuss collaboration in Tasiilaq, Tilerilaaq, Qaanaaq, or beyond, please contact Fiamma Straneo at [email protected].
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Photo: Members of the project science team, and crew of the R/V Tarajoq, on board a recent Southeast Greenland research cruise. | |
Article and photo submitted by the Global Changes, Local Impacts project team. | |
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The Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) is jointly implemented by the University of Colorado Boulder, Alaska Pacific University, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The NNA-CO is supported through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. National Science Foundation (Award #2040729).
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