Event Type
Conferences and Workshops

Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting

Event Dates
2015-04-21 - 2015-04-25
Location
Chicago, IL

The Polar Geography and Cryosphere Specialty Groups of the Association of American Geographers call for papers for the 2015 Annual Meeting of the AAG under the following areas:

Polar Geography Sessions

Current Topics in Human-Environment Interactions:

  • Issues pertaining to sustainable Arctic environments, cultures and economies amid climate change and globalization
  • Observed and anticipated impacts of a warming climate on natural and human systems in high latitude regions

Current Topics in Politics, Resource Geographies, and Extractive Industries:

  • Recent developments in the political landscape and governance of polar regions
  • Examinations of development trends in and between Arctic communities
  • Exploring the past, present and future of resource extraction in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions and its role in local and global economies

Current Topics in Antarctic Research:

  • Dynamics of Antarctic atmospheric and oceanic systems
  • Mechanisms and implications of Antarctic ice sheet recession

Send abstract and PIN to stephenson [at] uconn.edu Cryosphere Sessions

Advances in Cryosphere Research

  • Recent developments in remote sensing and modeling methodologies for any aspect of the cryosphere

High Latitude Environments in a Changing Climate

  • Impacts of climate change on high latitude hydrologic, atmospheric, and terrestrial systems, including polar ice sheets

Mountain Ice and Snow

  • Glacier environmental change and impacts on water resources
    Send abstract and PIN to venachu [at] ucla.edu

Other sessions will be considered if there are sufficient submissions. Graduate students and young scholars are encouraged to apply.

Please contact the organizers if you have any questions. If you wish to be included in one of these sessions, please register on the AAG website (http://www.aag.org/), and then submit your abstract and PIN to Scott Stephenson (stephenson [at] uconn.edu) or Vena Chu (venachu [at] ucla.edu). The deadline for submitting abstracts is November 5, 2014.