Monday, 30 August 2021

9:30-10:00

Registration, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU), Lwowska 1

10:00-10:30

Conference opening

Session 1: MODELLING OF POLAR CLIMATE and MARINE AND LAND ECOSYSTEMS

Chair: Joanna Wibig

10:30-11:00

Klaus Dethloff*, Dörthe Handorf, Ralf Jaiser, Raphael Köhler

Arctic climate puzzle: The role of observations, weather forecast- and climate models

11:00-11:30

Wieslaw Ziaja*

Land loss and sea transgression due to recession of Arctic glaciers under contemporary climate warming

11:30-11:50

Marzena Osuch, Dariusz Ignatiuk, Elżbieta Łepkowska, Krzysztof Migała

Reconstruction of the hydrological processes in four High Arctic catchments (SW Spitsbergen)

11:50-12:10

Olga Kulikova, Anastasiia Karnaeva, Elena Mazlova, Yana Blinovskaya 

Environmental coastal monitoring adjacent to the Arctic Gates offshore oil terminal #

12:10-12:20

Discussion

12:20-12:40

Coffee break

Session 2: GLACIERS AND SEA-ICE HISTORY

Chair: Wojciech Dobiński

12:40-13:10

Jari Haapala*

Arctic sea ice changes - from quiet to more dynamical regime #

13:10-13:30

Thomas Y. Chen

Recession of Icelandic glaciers over the last century: towards a machine learning technique for assessment #

13:30-13:50

Anastasia Deyko

One Arctic-Thousand Cameras  #

13:50-14:00

Discussion

14:00-15:00

Lunch break

Session 3: DYNAMIC OF PERMAFROST

Chair: Marzena Osuch

15:00-15:30

Ketil Isaksen*

Past and recent changes in permafrost characteristics and ground temperatures in the Arctic #

15:30-15:50

Irina Chesnokova, Dmitri Sergeev

Thermal State of Mountain Permafrost in Northern Transbaikalia (Russia) #

15:50-16:10

Wojciech Dobiński

Permafrost and active layer: criteria for a correct understanding of both

16:10-16:20

Discussion

16:20-16:40

Coffee break

Session 4: RECONSTRUCTION OF POLAR CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

Chair: Wiesław Ziaja

16:40-17:10

Willem G.M. van der Bilt*, Andreas Born,  Kristian Haaga

Was Common Era glacier expansion in the Arctic Atlantic region triggered by unforced atmospheric cooling?

17:10-17:30

Astrid E.J. Ogilvie

The Past Climate of Iceland Revisted AD 1400 to 1700 #

17:30-17:50

Krzysztof Migała,  Marzena Osuch,  Dariusz Ignatiuk, Elżbieta Łepkowska,  Tomasz Wawrzyniak,  Piotr Owczarek

A few remarks on the dynamics of contemporary climate conditions in Svalbard

17:50-18:10

Ranjan Datta

Calls to Action: Indigenous Community-led Climate Change Resiliency in Canadian Arctic #

18:10-18:20

Discussion

19:30-23:00

Conference dinner, Hotel NCU, Szosa Chełmińska 83 a

Tuesday, 31 August 2021

Session 5:  POLAR CLIMATE CHANGES - INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS (part 1)

Chair: Krzysztof Migała

10:00-10:30

Stefan Brönnimann*

Data rescue and its use for climate research in recent centuries

10:30-10:50

Gaston R. Demarée, Thea Olsthoorn, Pascal Mailier, Astrid E.J. Ogilvie

A Meteorological Manuscript for Labrador/Nunatsiavut Concerning May 1872-June 1873 found in Moravian Missionary Records #

10:50-11:10

Øyvind Nordli, Przemysław Wyszyński, Herdis M. Gjelten, Ketil Isaksen, Ewa B. Łupikasza, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, Rajmund Przybylak

The extended Svalbard Airport temperature series 1898–2020

11:10-11:30

Praveen Teleti, Gareth Rees, Julian Dowdeswell

A novel approach for historical cyclone detection #

11:30-11:40

Discussion

11:40-12:00

Coffee break

Session 5:  POLAR CLIMATE CHANGES - INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS (part 2)

Chair: Tadeusz Niedźdwiedź

12:00-12:20

Tatiana V. Popova, Pavel N. Sviashchennikov

The atmospheric circulation features influence on the repeatability of dangerous weather phenomena in the Western Arctic #

12:20-12:40

Ewa B. Łupikasza, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź

The Influence of Mesoscale Atmospheric Circulation on Spitsbergen Air Temperature in Periods of Arctic Warming and Cooling

12:40-13:00

Ewa B. Łupikasza, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, Rajmund Przybylak

Importance of regional indices of atmospheric circulation for periods of warming and cooling in Svalbard during 1920–2018

13:00-13:10

Discussion

13:10-14:10

Lunch break

Session 5:  POLAR CLIMATE CHANGES - INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS (part 3)

Chair:  Stefan Brönnimann

14:10-14:30

Rajmund Przybylak,  Przemysław Wyszyński,  Andrzej Araźny

Comparison of Early Twentieth Century Arctic Warming and Contemporary Arctic Warming in the light of daily and sub-daily data

14:30-14:50

Rajmund Przybylak, Pavel N. Sviashchennikov, Joanna Uscka-Kowalkowska, Przemysław Wyszyński

Solar radiation in the Arctic during the period 1921–1950

14:50-15:10

Joanna Uscka-Kowalkowska,  Rajmund Przybylak,  Przemysław Wyszyński

Atmospheric transparency in the Eurasian Arctic during the Early Twentieth Century Arctic Warming

15:10-15:20

Discussion

15:20-15:40

Final  discussion and conference closure

17:00-22:00

Barbecure,  Hotel NCU, Szosa Chełmińska 83 a

Wednesday, 1 September 2021

10:00-13:00

City tour in Toruń