SaGAA III 2015 / An international conference on Science and Geopolitics of Arctic-Antarctic-Himalaya (SaGAA 2015) was held at India International Centre, New Delhi, India, during September 29 and 30. Continuing the practice of previous two SaGAA Conferences it again brought together thoughts, experiences, researches and advocacies on cold regions. Various sessions on Geopolitics of the Polar Region; Global Climate Change, Polar Region and Third Pole; Living and Non-living Resources Potential: marine protected areas and geopolitics; Tourism Industry and the Poles were organised. These sessions not only helped to build better understanding of geopolitics but also brought new researches in front that are being carried around the globe to understand dynamics and potential of these regions. Eminent scientists including Dr. P.S. Goel, Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Dr. M.N. Rajeevan, Dr. Sanjay Chaturvedi, Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha, Dr. R. Krishnan, Dr. Geir Moholdt, Dr. Anil V. Kulkarni, Dr. M.R. Bhutyani, Dr. David E. Rheinheimer, Dr. Ravishankar, Dr. Rajan, Dr. Rasik Ravindra, Thorir Ibsen, Marcus Holknekt, Grahame Morton and Sergey A. Borovik contributed to the conference. It was an interactive conference with more than 100 cold region enthusiasts attending the conference.
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Climate change and technological advancement have acted as big contributors in providing greater accessibility to the Arctic Antarctic and Himalayan region. SaGHAA 2019 plans to focus on the developments in the three polar regions and Southern Ocean under the climate change scenario.
The consequences of warming Southern Ocean, its influence on carbon sequestration, modulating monsoons and on the marine biodiversity will be a new addition to the widening scope of SaGHAA.
The Arctic-Antarctic teleconnection to monsoon, changing pattern of the precipitation both in intensity and duration over Himalaya, the dynamics of Himalayan glaciers, snow cover assessment, adaptation of the societies in Himalaya to climate change and more will be the current focus.
SAGHAA 2019 will also highlight the challenging marine technology and management aspects of expeditions to Polar Regions that constitute the backbone of conducting research in inaccessible areas of Arctic, Antarctic, Himalaya and Southern Ocean.
