Events
Upcoming Events
Information on individual items is subject to change. Please consult each event's web site or contact for the most accurate and current information. If you spot an error or wish to suggest a change, please contact us using the information at the bottom of this page. We also encourage you to let us know of events that should be listed. Please use this form to submit information about upcoming events. Events should include a substantial component related to global change research (see list of specific research areas in left column). |
July 2, 2008
Uncertainties of the ocean carbon cycle: understanding changes in fluxes and ecosystems
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The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BG |
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Julia Crocker, PML () |
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Recent research has highlighted how the ocean’s ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may be changing. For the past five years the NERC Centre for observation of Air-Sea Interactions and Fluxes (CASIX) has been investigating ocean processes responsible for the air-sea exchange of CO2 to reduce uncertainties in our understanding. This meeting will present the latest results to those with an interest in Earth system & climate science, climate and energy policy and carbon mitigation strategies. Speakers will include:
* Prof. Andy Watson (UEA): A variable and decreasing sink for atmospheric CO2 in the North Atlantic.
This event has been timed to coincide with the “The Breathing Ocean” exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, organised by the UK Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (UK-SOLAS), CASIX and CarboOcean. |
6 - 11 Jul 2008
2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium
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Boston, Massachusetts |
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Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
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Along with a wide array of remote sensing topics, four new themes will be highlighted at this conference: Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and Radiance Data Assimilation, Ocean Synoptics and Weather, Baseline Climate Identification and Global Change, and Environmental and Human Health. |
Atmospheric Composition • Climate Variability and Change • Ecosystems • Global Water Cycle • Human Contributions and Responses • Land Use and Land Cover Change • NASA • Permalink
7 - 11 Jul 2008
15th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation
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Cancun, Mexico |
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Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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ICCP2008 Secretariat
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The goal of the conference is to provide a venue for the presentation of scientific research in the area of clouds and precipitation and to encourage the exchange of ideas within the international community. |
7 - 11 Jul 2008
11th International Coral Reef Symposium
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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International Society for Reef Studies
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11th ICRS Secretariat
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The overall theme for the symposium is Reefs for the Future. The goals of the symposium include providing a scientific basis for coral reef ecosystem management by articulating the state of the science with respect to current and emerging stressors; improving the understanding of reef condition, function, and productivity; and expanding the field of coral reef ecosystem science and encouraging multidisciplinary research by facilitating the exchange of ideas. |
Climate Variability and Change • Ecosystems • Human Contributions and Responses • DOC - NOAA • DOI - USGS • Permalink
July 21-24, 2008
Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry Summer Science Workshop
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Woods Hole, MA |
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Mary Zawoysky, |
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The focus of this year’s workshop is on the following interdisciplinary themes: Climate sensitivity of ecosystem structure and associated impacts on biogeochemical cycles Implications of climate variability and climate change for ocean biogeochemistry and benthic and pelagic ecosystems covering all trophic levels. Carbon uptake and storage Recent observational and modeling findings quantifying the magnitude and trends in ocean carbon fluxes and carbon storage. Temporal trends in ecosystem variability Application of ocean time-series data to characterize ecosystem response to varying climatic and biogeochemical boundary conditions. The session will include both modern and paleo-time-series in order to place the trends over the past century and future trends in a broader temporal context. Each day we will focus on one theme, which will include a morning plenary session, followed by afternoon breakout sessions on more detailed sub-topics within that theme, and then a late afternoon poster session. The purpose of the breakouts is to facilitate more detailed discussions on research priorities and opportunities within each theme. A set of near- and long-term objectives will be developed, from which the OCB research community could begin to formulate ideas for single or multi-PI projects to advance the field. |
29 July - 1 August 2008
2008 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
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Cairns, Australia |
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American Geophysical Union
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AGU Meetings Department
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The Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting (WPGM) provides an opportunity for AGU members, and members of the sponsoring societies in the western Pacific region, to attend a meeting that serves the needs of geophysicists interested in studies in the western Pacific region. Papers on all related aspects of geophysical sciences are encouraged. Abstract deadline is 16 April 2008. |
