Competition: design an infographic describing plastic pollution in polar regions

The SCAR Plastic Action Group (Plastic-AG) announces a competition for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to create an infographic describing plastic pollution in polar regions. The infographic should synthetise available scientific literature and visualize data about plastic pollution in polar regions (in the Arctic and/or Antarctica), including micro- and nanoplastics, to represent the latest advancements in polar research, including key concerns for polar ecosystems.

The competition is open from the 9th February to the 5th June 2024

5 Aprile 2024

Un recente studio pubblicato su Science, condotto da un team internazionale di ricercatori che ha coinvolto l'Italia attraverso l'Istituto di Scienze Polari (CNR-ISP) e l’Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), ha dimostrato che l'oceano tropicale ha guadagnato ossigeno durante il Massimo Termico del Paleocene-Eocene (comunemente chiamato PETM). Durante questo breve intervallo di tempo nella storia della Terra, avvenuto circa 56 milioni di anni fa, le temperature medie sono aumentate fino a sei gradi in poche migliaia di anni. Simone Moretti (CNR-ISP) - DOI: /10.1126/science.adh4893

Immagine - (sedimenti marini profondi prelevati durante le campagne ODP utilizzati per lo studio. La dimensione dei gusci di foraminiferi fossili e gli isotopi dell’azoto applicati sulla loro matrice carbonatica ha mostrato una ossigenazione degli oceani durante il PET)

The Symposium focuses on work that makes use of CryoSat-2 or ICESat-2 or a combination of both satellites.
Abstract submission - Deadline: 10 May 2024

Missions Status: including CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 satellite systems, sensors, and data operations, calibration and validation. Sea Ice: including lead detection, snow loading, sea ice freeboard, roughness, thickness, dynamics and thermodynamics. Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves: including long-term, seasonal, and episodic changes in ice sheet, ice shelf, and iceberg elevation, thickness, and mass, ice sheet grounding line migration, and iceberg calving, and subglacial lakes and hydrology. Mountain Glaciers and Ice Caps: including long-term, seasonal, and episodic changes in elevation, thickness, and mass. Oceans and hydrology: including polar and coastal oceans, regional and global sea level rise, marine gravity, and land hydrology. Synergies and follow-on missions: including planned and future missions that build on the heritage of polar altimetry.