Climate and Cryosphere

Applications are open for early-career researchers to join the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report Working Group I First Order Draft group review. Apply now to gain experience in the IPCC assessment process and be formally recognised as a reviewer.
Application deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC-12)
Onboarding starts: late April to early May 2026
Expert review period: 10 Aug - 2 Oct 2026

Learn more and apply here: https://www.apecs.is/news/apecs-news/5468-ipcc-ar7-wg1-fod-apply.html

In collaboration with: PAGES Early-Career Network, Permafrost Young Researchers Network - PYRN, Climate and Cryosphere, ICDP Early Career Network, Polar Impact: Minorities in Polar Research, YESS Community & IGS EGG

🌊 Early Career Researchers: advance your career, visibility, and network!

SOOS & the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) seek an ECR representative for the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land RWG.

Build your network, gain leadership experience & contribute to Southern Ocean science.

🗓 Apply by 26 March 👉 https://www.apecs.is/news/apecs-news/5471-apply-to-join-the-soos-weddell-sea-and-dronning-maud-land-regional-working-group-wsdml-rwg.html

Calling the next generation of Antarctic scientists! 🔬

Applications are now open for our postgraduate scholarships. These allow early career researchers to study Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and their impact on the planet.

A big thank you to our generous sponsors NZ Post and Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde who made these scholarships possible.

Apply via our website 🐧

Highlights from the second half of ❄️🧊

1. Plenary panel on Storying the Cryosphere
2. A lively poster session
3. Kapa haka at the conference gala dinner
4. CliC SSG member Yao Tandong receives the Seligman Crystal award from IGS President Shin Sugiyama
5. Plenary panel on Science to Solutions
6. Rob DeConto speaks on Antarctica's future and what we can learn from Greenland
7. Narelle van der Wel of the World Meteorological Organization speaks on high-level ambitions for the global cryosphere
8. Tim Naish (Chair of the World Climate Research Programme Joint Scientific Committee) closes the CliC OSC 2026

THANK YOU to the cryosphere community for coming out in force to support the CliC Open Science Conference! ❄️🧊🇳🇿

We're so grateful to all of the incredible students, early career researchers, indigenous scholars, and veteran scientists that made a huge success.

Special thank you to our partners who made this conference possible! clic2026.com/partners

🌐☃️ There’s something special about conferences — maybe because the “ice people” are some of the warmest folks to talk to! Yesterday, a small editorial board meeting set the course for a conference special issue in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. Stay tuned!📚

Climate and Cryosphere

The CliC Open Science Conference is now in full swing! 🧊❄️🇳🇿

Here are some highlights from the week so far:
1. CliC SSG Meeting on Sunday
2. Nate and Tyshah sound the pūtātara, signaling the start of the mihi whakatau
3. WCRP JSC Chair Tim Naish gives an opening address
4. The Hon Dr Shane Reti speaks at the welcome ceremony
5. Plenary session on Indigenous Knowledge in Co-production
6. A packed parallel session on Sea Ice
7. Workshop on Next Steps for ECR Involvement in IPY-5
8. Plenary session on Crises in the Cryosphere
9. CliC SSG member Lauren Vargo receives the IGS Early Career Researcher Award, presented by Shin Sugiyama, president of IGS (and former CliC SSG member). Congrats Lauren!! Friends of the International Glaciological Society

Here it is! CLiC Conference started! Have a good week everyone!… ending by the INSTANT workshop🤩.

🚨 WSDML RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members

Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land (WSDML) RWG Leadership Team!

Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team!

Nominate by 30 Jan 2026 👉soos.aq/opportunities

CliC OSC ALERT: We're extending Early Bird Registration! 🚨

You now have until November 18th at 11:59 pm to secure your spot in Wellington at reduced rates.

Register now ➡️ http://clic2026.com/registration
Check out our 3rd Circular ➡️ http://clic2026.com/third-circular