Special Issue Schedule for 2024

Special Issue on “Past and present climatic change in Antarctica: geological proxies and biological processes”

This special issue is scheduled as the No.1 issue, Volume 35 in March 2024.

Antarctica, West Antarctica in particular, has experienced amplified warming over the last decades, which has induced observable changes in local Antarctic ecosystems. The impact of global climate change is extremely important for the Antarctic continent, given that any future alterations to its environment and ecosystems could have far-reaching consequences on a global scale. Antarctica serves as a repository for a significantly understudied historical record of environmental, climatic, and biotic changes that have contributed to its present configuration. By understanding these historical records, as well as the dynamics of current ecosystems under climate change, we can develop policy initiatives aimed at mitigating their impact.

The main purpose of this issue is to provide new information and reviews on climate changes in Antarctica. We welcome the submission of manuscripts on the following but not limited topics:

1. Geological, paleontological, and biological contributions that reveal paleoclimates and paleoecosystems.

2. Responses of populations and ecosystems to climate and environmental change.

3. Recent techniques and networks for environmental observations.

Important dates:

 Deadline for submitting a manuscript for this issue:30 October 2023

 Deadline for submission of the final accepted paper:30 December 2023

Guest editors:

Dra. Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche

(División Paleontología Vertebrados. Museo de La Plata)

Dr. Javier N. Gelfo

(División Paleontología Vertebrados. Museo de La Plata)

Dr. Marcelo Reguero

(División Paleontología Vertebrados. Museo de La Plata)

Dra. Adolfina Savoretti

(Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ministerio de Educación)

Dra. Li Liao

(Polar Research Institute of China)

Special Issue on “Novel technologies for sustainable monitoring of polar environment upscaling from in situ observations to aerial and space-borne remote sensing”

This special issue is scheduled as the No.2 issue, Volume 35 in June 2024.

Polar regions have received increasing scientific research attentions, in great part, due to its dramatic changes of temperature in recent decades. Satellite remote sensing data provides consistent, regional and large scales patterns of polar oceans and sea ice that are essential for polar climate modelling and operational service. One the other hand, acquiring in situ observations data is hampered by harsh environmental conditions. These ground truths are critical for remote sensing algorithms and numerical models’ validation, and therefore, played important roles to improve the quality of polar weather and climate forecast and enhance better understanding of advances in polar science.

This special issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research and innovative solutions that address the monitoring capabilities and predictive skills in polar regions and guide the design of future observing systems. We cordially invite manuscripts relate to (but not limit to) the following topics:

1. Cost-cutting, innovated and robust ground-based instruments for sustainable polar environmental monitoring.

2. State of the art on development of ocean, ice and atmosphere unmanned instrumentation (e.g., profiling floats, under-ice gliders, and automatic weather stations) for polar research.

3. The application of airborne/spaceborne data in polar regions.

4. State of the art algorithms, machine learning, artificial intelligent on polar remote sensing data analysis.

Important dates:

 Deadline for submitting titles of possible manuscripts:31 December 2023

 Deadline for submitting a manuscript for this issue:29 February 2024

 Deadline for submission of the final accepted paper:15 April 2024

 Publication date:30 June 2024

Guest editors:

Dr. Lei Liu

(High Impact Weather Key Laboratory of China Meteorological Administration)

Dr. Yinke Dou

(Taiyuan University of Technology)

Dr. Haiyang Gao

(Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology)

Dr. Yubao Qiu

(Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science)

Dr. Bin Cheng

(Finnish Meteorological Institute)