US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS)
@usapecs.bsky.social
The purpose of the group is to strengthen the professional collaboration between early career polar scientists.
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Website: https://www.usapecs.org/
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Website: https://www.usapecs.org/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@usapecs
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/75859966
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❄️ 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗨𝗦-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿/𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗻 $𝟱𝟬!
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Our 2025-26 call for blog posts is out now!
If you work in Arctic, polar, or cryospheric science, we want to hear about your experiences relating to this year's blog theme: "Reimagining Data in Polar Science". Send us an email by Feb 20th to register your interest!
www.usapecs.org/post/2025-26...
If you work in Arctic, polar, or cryospheric science, we want to hear about your experiences relating to this year's blog theme: "Reimagining Data in Polar Science". Send us an email by Feb 20th to register your interest!
www.usapecs.org/post/2025-26...
2025-26 Call for Blogs
This year, USAPECS is hosting a blog series entitled “Reimagining data in polar science”! We are looking for US-based scientists, fieldwork organizers, and professionals with any polar/alpine/cryosphe...
www.usapecs.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Our 2025-26 call for blog posts is out now!
If you work in Arctic, polar, or cryospheric science, we want to hear about your experiences relating to this year's blog theme: "Reimagining Data in Polar Science". Send us an email by Feb 20th to register your interest!
www.usapecs.org/post/2025-26...
If you work in Arctic, polar, or cryospheric science, we want to hear about your experiences relating to this year's blog theme: "Reimagining Data in Polar Science". Send us an email by Feb 20th to register your interest!
www.usapecs.org/post/2025-26...
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At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
Submit an abstract for the UArctic Congress 2026!
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Submit an abstract for the UArctic Congress 2026!
Student applications are open for the 2026 Juneau Icefield Research Program Undergraduate Field Course!
Where can I find more information?
Please visit juneauicefield.org/students to learn more. For specific questions, email our staff at office@juneauicefield.org.
Where can I find more information?
Please visit juneauicefield.org/students to learn more. For specific questions, email our staff at office@juneauicefield.org.
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Student applications are open for the 2026 Juneau Icefield Research Program Undergraduate Field Course!
Where can I find more information?
Please visit juneauicefield.org/students to learn more. For specific questions, email our staff at office@juneauicefield.org.
Where can I find more information?
Please visit juneauicefield.org/students to learn more. For specific questions, email our staff at office@juneauicefield.org.
Toolik Field Station invites students and early career researchers to apply for the Tundra Award for the 2026 field season!
Applications are due Feb. 15, 2026.
For more information visit the Tundra Award website or contact Haley Dunleavy at 907-474-6407 or uaf-toolik-communication@alaska.edu.
Applications are due Feb. 15, 2026.
For more information visit the Tundra Award website or contact Haley Dunleavy at 907-474-6407 or uaf-toolik-communication@alaska.edu.
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Toolik Field Station invites students and early career researchers to apply for the Tundra Award for the 2026 field season!
Applications are due Feb. 15, 2026.
For more information visit the Tundra Award website or contact Haley Dunleavy at 907-474-6407 or uaf-toolik-communication@alaska.edu.
Applications are due Feb. 15, 2026.
For more information visit the Tundra Award website or contact Haley Dunleavy at 907-474-6407 or uaf-toolik-communication@alaska.edu.
Happy #AntarcticaDay
Antarctica Day is celebrated on December 1st to commemorate the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959.
#Antarctica #TravelPhotography #EastCoastKin #ArcanumAlumni #Photography #PolarArt
Antarctica Day is celebrated on December 1st to commemorate the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959.
#Antarctica #TravelPhotography #EastCoastKin #ArcanumAlumni #Photography #PolarArt
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there.
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there.
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
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Heading to AGU this December? Be sure to register for the AGU Social for Polar Early Career Researchers happening on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, from 6:30 - 8:30pm. This event is co-hosted by PSECCO, USAPECS, Polar Impact and the USPA Community Care Committee.
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Heading to AGU this December? Be sure to register for the AGU Social for Polar Early Career Researchers happening on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, from 6:30 - 8:30pm. This event is co-hosted by PSECCO, USAPECS, Polar Impact and the USPA Community Care Committee.
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The NNA-CO team would like to remind the NNA community to please save the dates for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting. Next year’s meeting will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska during September 15-17, 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The NNA-CO team would like to remind the NNA community to please save the dates for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting. Next year’s meeting will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska during September 15-17, 2026.
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Our latest Collaborator Highlight features @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social, a valued partner of the Arctic Data Center and a major hub for Arctic research. Read more here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202... ❄️🌱
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our latest Collaborator Highlight features @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social, a valued partner of the Arctic Data Center and a major hub for Arctic research. Read more here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202... ❄️🌱
❄️ 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗨𝗦-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿/𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗻 $𝟱𝟬!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
❄️ 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗨𝗦-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿/𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗻 $𝟱𝟬!
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Happy (belated) Polar Pride Day! 🌈 ❄️
Yesterday the international polar science community celebrated the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues. It is crucial to create welcoming & inclusive environments for everyone.
We stand with the LGBTQ+ community!
Image credit: @polarpride.bsky.social
Yesterday the international polar science community celebrated the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues. It is crucial to create welcoming & inclusive environments for everyone.
We stand with the LGBTQ+ community!
Image credit: @polarpride.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Happy (belated) Polar Pride Day! 🌈 ❄️
Yesterday the international polar science community celebrated the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues. It is crucial to create welcoming & inclusive environments for everyone.
We stand with the LGBTQ+ community!
Image credit: @polarpride.bsky.social
Yesterday the international polar science community celebrated the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues. It is crucial to create welcoming & inclusive environments for everyone.
We stand with the LGBTQ+ community!
Image credit: @polarpride.bsky.social
10th Annual International Polar Film Festival ❄️📸⛷️
USAPECS is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the international Polar Film Festival (PFF) in March 2026!
Learn more and submit your film to the festival here:
www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...
USAPECS is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the international Polar Film Festival (PFF) in March 2026!
Learn more and submit your film to the festival here:
www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
10th Annual International Polar Film Festival ❄️📸⛷️
USAPECS is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the international Polar Film Festival (PFF) in March 2026!
Learn more and submit your film to the festival here:
www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...
USAPECS is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the international Polar Film Festival (PFF) in March 2026!
Learn more and submit your film to the festival here:
www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...
🧊 Are you a US polar or cryo early career researcher? 🌎✨
Take our 10–15 min anonymous survey about how science policy & funding changes affect ECRs.
💡 Enter an optional gift card raffle using a separate form!
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📩 Questions? USAPECS@gmail.com
Take our 10–15 min anonymous survey about how science policy & funding changes affect ECRs.
💡 Enter an optional gift card raffle using a separate form!
🔗 Survey: princetonsurvey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📩 Questions? USAPECS@gmail.com
Assessing Challenges for Polar Early Career Scientists During Science Policy Upheaval
This survey is designed for early career researchers based in the United States and affiliated with a U.S. institution who work in polar and cryosphere science. Our goal is to better understand your e...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🧊 Are you a US polar or cryo early career researcher? 🌎✨
Take our 10–15 min anonymous survey about how science policy & funding changes affect ECRs.
💡 Enter an optional gift card raffle using a separate form!
🔗 Survey: princetonsurvey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📩 Questions? USAPECS@gmail.com
Take our 10–15 min anonymous survey about how science policy & funding changes affect ECRs.
💡 Enter an optional gift card raffle using a separate form!
🔗 Survey: princetonsurvey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📩 Questions? USAPECS@gmail.com
Register for the 4th Annual Polar Early Career Social at AGU Fall Meeting 2025!
Heading to AGU this December? Be sure to register for the AGU Social for Polar Early Career Researchers happening on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, from 6:30 - 8:30pm. This event is co-hosted by PSECCO, USAPECS, Polar Impact and the USPA Community Care Committee.
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Register for the 4th Annual Polar Early Career Social at AGU Fall Meeting 2025!
📢 The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists is inviting bids to host the APECS International Directorate starting in 2027!
Supporting 5800+ early career polar researchers worldwide
🔹 Expressions of interest due: Dec 14, 2025
🔹 Full bids due: Feb 15, 2026
www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...
Supporting 5800+ early career polar researchers worldwide
🔹 Expressions of interest due: Dec 14, 2025
🔹 Full bids due: Feb 15, 2026
www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
📢 The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists is inviting bids to host the APECS International Directorate starting in 2027!
Supporting 5800+ early career polar researchers worldwide
🔹 Expressions of interest due: Dec 14, 2025
🔹 Full bids due: Feb 15, 2026
www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...
Supporting 5800+ early career polar researchers worldwide
🔹 Expressions of interest due: Dec 14, 2025
🔹 Full bids due: Feb 15, 2026
www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...
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Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
🌎🧭 The ADVANCEing FieldSafety (AFS: fieldsafe.colorado.edu ) program helps build safer, more inclusive field environments through a 7-module course, two interactive workshops, and a customizable safety toolkit.
Open to all career stages—register here:
👉 ceee.colorado.edu/events
Open to all career stages—register here:
👉 ceee.colorado.edu/events
Upcoming Events | CEEE
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
🌎🧭 The ADVANCEing FieldSafety (AFS: fieldsafe.colorado.edu ) program helps build safer, more inclusive field environments through a 7-module course, two interactive workshops, and a customizable safety toolkit.
Open to all career stages—register here:
👉 ceee.colorado.edu/events
Open to all career stages—register here:
👉 ceee.colorado.edu/events
APECS Spain is launching an initiative to help Antarctic researchers (young and senior alike!) connect before and after campaigns.
If you’re passing through Ushuaia or Punta Arenas this summer, fill out this quick form to help organize meetups and spark collaborations:
👉 forms.gle/szSrLGCuXsFj...
If you’re passing through Ushuaia or Punta Arenas this summer, fill out this quick form to help organize meetups and spark collaborations:
👉 forms.gle/szSrLGCuXsFj...
Gatherings for participants of the Antarctic campaigns 2025-26
How many times have we crossed paths with people on the streets of Punta Arenas or Ushuaia, only to discover upon reaching our base, ship, or camp that they were fellow campaign members? Or how often ...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
APECS Spain is launching an initiative to help Antarctic researchers (young and senior alike!) connect before and after campaigns.
If you’re passing through Ushuaia or Punta Arenas this summer, fill out this quick form to help organize meetups and spark collaborations:
👉 forms.gle/szSrLGCuXsFj...
If you’re passing through Ushuaia or Punta Arenas this summer, fill out this quick form to help organize meetups and spark collaborations:
👉 forms.gle/szSrLGCuXsFj...
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📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling.
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling.
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
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New video: A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated. Watch this video to understand what happened. Study by @ciresnews #Antarctica #glaciermelt
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
New video: A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated. Watch this video to understand what happened. Study by @ciresnews #Antarctica #glaciermelt
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We were researching the history of Rothera Research Station, and stumbled across this incredible photo.
It's giving Batcopter 🚁
The UK's first major aerial survey of the Antarctic Peninsula was 1955-57. The Falkland Island Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition used flying boats and helicopters ⬇️
It's giving Batcopter 🚁
The UK's first major aerial survey of the Antarctic Peninsula was 1955-57. The Falkland Island Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition used flying boats and helicopters ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We were researching the history of Rothera Research Station, and stumbled across this incredible photo.
It's giving Batcopter 🚁
The UK's first major aerial survey of the Antarctic Peninsula was 1955-57. The Falkland Island Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition used flying boats and helicopters ⬇️
It's giving Batcopter 🚁
The UK's first major aerial survey of the Antarctic Peninsula was 1955-57. The Falkland Island Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition used flying boats and helicopters ⬇️
USAPECS and COLDEX are proud to partner for Assessing Challenges for Polar Early Career Scientists During Science Policy Upheaval through the Polar Partnership Networking Event Collaboration Funding Support provided by @psecco.bsky.social
Stay tuned for more updates!
Stay tuned for more updates!
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
USAPECS and COLDEX are proud to partner for Assessing Challenges for Polar Early Career Scientists During Science Policy Upheaval through the Polar Partnership Networking Event Collaboration Funding Support provided by @psecco.bsky.social
Stay tuned for more updates!
Stay tuned for more updates!
🎥 Missed our Proposal Review Workshop? Catch the recording here: youtu.be/wWuhvajVR8U?...
Co-hosted with
@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social
, it’s packed with tips for Early Career Researchers on what reviewers look for in proposals.💡
🎙️ Expert panel + Q&A
#PolarScience #ECR #GrantWriting #UKPN #USAPECS
Co-hosted with
@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social
, it’s packed with tips for Early Career Researchers on what reviewers look for in proposals.💡
🎙️ Expert panel + Q&A
#PolarScience #ECR #GrantWriting #UKPN #USAPECS
Grant Research Proposals Peer Review Workshop | USAPECS and UK Polar Network
YouTube video by US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
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September 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🎥 Missed our Proposal Review Workshop? Catch the recording here: youtu.be/wWuhvajVR8U?...
Co-hosted with
@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social
, it’s packed with tips for Early Career Researchers on what reviewers look for in proposals.💡
🎙️ Expert panel + Q&A
#PolarScience #ECR #GrantWriting #UKPN #USAPECS
Co-hosted with
@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social
, it’s packed with tips for Early Career Researchers on what reviewers look for in proposals.💡
🎙️ Expert panel + Q&A
#PolarScience #ECR #GrantWriting #UKPN #USAPECS