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European Polar Board
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Coordinating, promoting and advancing European polar research.

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📄 Access the meeting report: zenodo.org/records/1748...
🎥 Watch Nicole and Kylie’s interventions: lnkd.in/dPTCWCBx (12:23:00, 12:35:26)
October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🌊 EPB, AWI, and EPCO at the 2025 AAORIA Forum!
The European Polar Board (EPB) & Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) co-organised the AAORIA Polar Side Event “Polar Oceans and Climate: Advancing Synergies for Long-Term Global Collaboration”, on 24 Sept 2025 in Brussels.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🗓️ Highlights include:

🔹 First sustained deep time series from the South Sandwich Trench
🔹 South Atlantic water mass property changes
🔹 “Water mass archaeology” tracing deep-to-surface pathways
🔹 Modelling the Southern Ocean’s meltwater response & global impacts
September 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
🌊❄️Polar Oceans & Climate: Advancing Synergies for Global Collaboration
📅24 Sept 2025 | 13:30–17:30
📍Charlemagne Building, Brussels

This AAORIA Forum side event will address polar observation systems, polar oceans' role in climate, polar initiatives & international cooperation. tinyurl.com/4nuvx2nu
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🌊❄️ Applications are open for the Saroma Sea Ice School 2026 (Feb 28–Mar 9, Hokkaido, Japan)!

Hands-on polar science training for early-career researchers.
Organized by BEPSII, CATCH & CIceClouds.
Apply by Sept 2025 👉
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/saroma... #PolarScience #SeaIce #Fieldwork
July 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
📢 Our call for long-term polar research funding continues to gain momentum - now with 850+ signatures from external experts & EPB members 🖊️

➡️ You can still add your voice to support the future of #PolarResearch: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

More info: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
June 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📢 Exciting updates from EPB!

A new Executive Committee member was elected, and new representatives from Italy (CNR) and Austria (FWF) joined the EPB Plenary.🤝

We look forward to their expertise and fresh perspectives! Learn more about them here:
www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
June 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
For our rapidly changing world, trust in science is crucial. We are proud to champion #Science4EU campaign! 🤝

The EU funds vital polar research, essential for understanding rapid global changes and its impacts on society. EPB uniquely coordinates these efforts, bridging science with policymakers. 💡
June 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨 EPB Calls on EU Leaders to Secure Long-Term Polar Research Funding

EPB has released a letter and a three-page briefing to key EU decision-makers, urging sustained and dedicated #EUfunding for #polarresearch.

📢 Read and share: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
June 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🤝 The European Polar Board members gathered in beautiful Umeå, Sweden, this May for the Spring 2025 Plenary Meeting, kindly hosted by the @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social !

💡 Learn more and explore the key highlights of the meeting here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
June 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
✍️ 475 external experts & 40 EPB members have already signed our open call to secure Europe’s leadership in #polarresearch by targeted investments in #FP10 - and the number is still growing! www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...

🚨 Add your name to the open call: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Dive Beneath the Ice! ❄️

Join us TODAY at 14:00 CEST for the next OCEAN ICE Webinar as we explore the cryosphere-ocean interaction, processes and feedbacks in WP2!

👉 Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📣 The call for session proposals for the UArctic Congress 2026 is now open!
📅 Deadline: 7 July
www.uarctic.org/about-us/mee...
May 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🌊 Curious about our changing oceans?
Dive into the next @oceaniceeu.bsky.social webinar (WP1/10) as we explore how subpolar currents shape our climate! Join us on 22 May 2025 at 14:00 CEST. 🕒

📲 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Support the Future of #PolarResearch! 🫴❄️

EPB has launched an open call to secure Europe’s leadership in Polar Research by targeted investments in FP10: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...

🖊️ Sign the open call & help us to spread the word: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
📢 Exciting News! The Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025 has just been published.

👉 Find more information and highlighted info days that will provide more information on the opportunities relevant to the polar research community on our website: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
May 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨 Join the Fifth International Polar Year (#IPY5) Workshop on 21-21 May 2025 to help plan IPY5 that will be held in 2032-2033!

The workshop will focus on key research questions that could be investigated during IPY5. 💡 More information and registration: www.nationalacademies.org/event/44787_...
May 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📌 Save the date for TWO @oceaniceeu.bsky.social webinars next week! 💡

🌊 22 May - Subpolar circulation, heat delivery and water mass export
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🧊 23 May – Cryosphere-Ocean Processes
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎥 Missed the last one? 👉 youtu.be/4G593Mjyer8?...
May 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The international scientific community is invited join a special webinar on the Antarctica InSync initiative! ❄️

📅 Two sessions will take place:
🕖 Monday, 19 May 2025 | 07:00–09:00 UTC
🕒 Thursday, 22 May 2025 | 15:00–17:00 UTC

🔗 More info & registration: www.antarctica-insync.org/internationa...
May 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The European Polar Coordination Office (#EPCO) is pleased to welcome its new Officer, Dr Kylie Owen! 🎉

We are excited to announce her appointment and invite you to learn more about her background here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
May 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🚨 A new Call for Decade Actions is now open!
🌊 This round targets critical ocean knowledge gaps and the science-policy interface.
🌐 Programmes that enhance scientific cooperation in the #SouthernOcean and #Antarctic are encouraged to apply

More information: oceandecade.org/news/new-cfd...
April 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🤝 EPB Strengthening International Collaborations Ahead of Global Polar Science Initiatives 🌍

March and April 2025 have been productive months for EPB, marked by meetings with long-standing partners and new actors.

➡️ Read more on the EPB website: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
April 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢 Join us for another exciting webinar in the OCEAN ICE series dedicated to WP4!

📅 13 May 2025 at 10:30 CEST

➡️ Register for the webinar here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎥 If you missed our previous webinar on Data Management, have a look here: youtu.be/fzx0uXbhOk8?...
April 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The report from the 2nd European Polar Science Week (3-6 September 2024) is now published! 💡

In Copenhagen, experts, policymakers, and stakeholders came together to strengthen collaboration on polar research.

🔍 Dive into the findings & recommendations here: eo4society.esa.int/2025/04/07/e...
April 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📍Save the date! The EU Arctic Forum, Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue & Arctic Youth Dialogue are coming to Kittilä, Finland 🇫🇮 on 26-27 June 2025.

🔗 Registration is now open - don’t miss out!
📅 Deadline: 6 June 2025
👉 oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/events/eu-ar...
April 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM