Date: 2015-09-16 00:00:00 AM - 2015-09-18 00:00:00 AM
Venue: University of Sheffield, UK
Event Website: http://www.arctic.ac.uk/research/uk-arctic-science-conference-2015/
Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) will be present at the UK Arctic Science Conference 2015, in Sheffield, UK.
The University of Sheffield is hosting the UK Arctic Science Conference 2015, with financial and administrative support from the NERC Arctic Office. This three day conference aims to bring together UK Arctic scientists of all natural and social science disciplines to present and discuss recent findings.
We welcome presentations on the following topics:
Terrestrial BiogeochemistryAdam Bradley_British Antarctic Survey7
Terrestrial Ecology
Arctic Oceanography
Ice-Ocean Interaction
Landscape Processes and Dynamics
Arctic Climate
Terrestrial Cryosphere: Snow and ice – past and present
Arctic Change – implications for society and culture
The Local Organising Committee includes:
Professor Grant Bigg (Chair, Geography, oceanographer and meteorologist)Alpine Bistort(Polygonum viviparum)
Dr Gareth Phoenix (Deputy Chair, Animal & Plant Sciences, terrestrial ecologist)
Dr Andrew Sole (Geography, glaciologist and fjord modeller)
Dr Darrel Swift (Geography, long term landscape evolution/geology/geomorphology)
Dr Donatella Zona (Animal and Plant Sciences, biodiversity and geochemical fluxes)