PRESS RELEASE - BEPSII initiates the open Letter  An S.O.S. from the Poles to World Leaders at COP29"

Sea Ice School  by BEPSII | CATCH | Cice2clouds from 28th Feb. to 9th Mar. 2026 in Saroma-ko Lagoon, Hokkaido, Japan (Click here!)

BEPSII is a large open network of polar scientists for international knowledge exchange related to Biogeochemical Exchanges Processes at Sea Ice Interfaces. 

BEPSII aims to quantify the role of sea ice in polar ecosystem services – from biodiversity impacts to climate change – and communicate these globally relevant issues. 

BEPSII’s work highlights sea ice in polar regions as an important medium for biogeochemical processes that can have large impacts on local and regional scales. 

BEPSII is supported by the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) and the Climate and Cryosphere program (CliC) as a long-lived activity and received endorsement from the Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research (SCAR) in 2016 as well as workshop support from the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC).