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Environmental catastrophes in Mauritania, the desert and the coast
The main structural questions to be answered in this meeting are
- Chronology of Changes in the broad theme of Climatic, Ecological and Health Catastrophes
- Causes and mechanisms of past environmental catastrophes/rapid changes
- Impacts on past civilisations and ecosystems
- Mechanisms of recovery
For Mauritania, the relevant indications of these changes are coastal wetland regions, upwelling strength, groundwater, tsunamis, lakes, desertification, health, dust, collapse of ancient civilisations.
The first meeting for the ICSU Dark Nature project has now been held. You may find the abstracts on :
on http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/camu-01
and a conference report on: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/ges/igcp490/maur2004.htm
(both in English and in French).
4 - 18 January, 2004 Mauretania
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Austral Summer Institute - 4
Topics in Biogeochemistry, Paleoceanography, and Paleoclimate.
Universidad de Concepción (UDEC) – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) – Fundación Andes (FA) Cooperative Program
2003-2004
5 - 30 January, 2004 Universidad de Concepción, Chile
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Fifth Internartional Conference on Asian Marine Geology
The conference will consistof a 2-or 3-day session of paper presentations and posters, followed by 3 days of field trip to various coastal areas along the Gulf of Thailand and the Chao Phraya delta.
13 - 18 January, 2004 Bangkok, Thailand
Special Session: Gateway between the Pacific and Indian Oceans
This session will focus on the development of the gateway between the Pacific and Indian Oceans in the geological past. Contributions are invited that address tectonic processes and sea level changes in the Indonesian-Throughflow-sensitive regions, development of the Western Pacific Warm Pool, and splitting of main currents in the Indonesian Seas.
Holocene climate in the Alps: toward a common framework ?
The aim of the workshop is to get an overview of climatic changes during the Holocene from various archives (glaciers, peat bogs, lake sediments, speleothems, tree rings, historical sources etc.).
15 - 18 January, 2004 Aix-Les-Bains, France
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ESF-HOLIVAR Workshop: Holocene palaeodata integration and analysis
This workshop will focus on ways in which paleodata can be more effectively accessed, integrated and analysed to provide high-resolution, regional climate reconstructions.
Download the invitation.
Download the participation form
4 - 6 February, 2004 Bremen, Germany
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1st International Workshop on Ice Caves
IWIC-I is the first workshop entirely devoted to ice caves research. We wish to offer a place to point out the state of art, to discuss ongoing research efforts, to boost international cooperation. We think this meeting could represent an interesting starting point for future developments.
29 February - March 3, 2004 Capus, Romania
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Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences (PARCS) Community-wide Meeting
THE GOALS OF THIS ONE-DAY MEETING ARE TO: Coordinate on-going research activities. (1) Develop an inventory of new and up-coming proxy records by researchers intending to participate in "Modes of Arctic Climatic Variability and Warmth." (2) Coordinate research activities to focus on common goals, and to build a network of sites from which to produce integrated results. (3) Present the data management framework that will facilitate syntheses, including the products identified in the research plan.
10 March, 2004 Boulder CO, USA
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34th Arctic Workshop
This workshop has grown out of a series of informal annual meetings sponsored by INSTAAR and other academic institutions worldwide. In keeping with this tradition, there are no formalized topics, and the workshop is organized around themes developed from abstracts submitted for presentation and poster display.
11 - 13 March, 2004 Boulder CO, USA
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Environmental Challenges in the New Millennium
An International moot to present and discuss multi-faceted environmental issues of the present and future. About a 100 delegates are expected to attend from all over Pakistan and abroad, especially SAARC region.
Last Date for submission of Abstracts: January 31, 2004.
Download the poster.
Contact Person: Prof. S.S. Rehman (Chief Organizer), Email: epm-uop@pes.comsats.net.pk and
shafiq_55@yahoo.com, Phone/Fax: 00 92 91 9216742, Address: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan
11 - 13 March, 2004 Peshawar, Pakistan
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International Participation in Ice Core Sciences Workshop - IPICS
This workshop is a forum to discuss ways to combine international resources and experience to facilitate ice coring science. This collaboration may be a way to reduce the overall cost of the science.
The workshop will be limited to ~60 attendees due to meeting room constraints. Please register early!
All attendees (both invited and others) must register for the workshop before February 1, 2004
For more information about the workshop please contact Ken Taylor and Mark Twickler at ipics.info@unh.edu
13 - 16 March, 2004 Sterling, Virginia, USA
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The Regional-scale Climate Modeling Workshop
High-resolution climate modeling: assessment, added value and applications
Professors Congbin Fu, START Regional Center for the Temperate East Asia (China) and Bruce Hewitson, Cape Town University (South Africa) will represent START at the upcoming WCRP-sponsored Regional-scale Climate Modeling Workshop.
It will focus on comparing the merits and limitations of various approaches to climate modeling at regional scale, including limited-area nested models, variable-resolution or stretched-grid global models, and uniform high-resolution global models.
It is co-organized by and coordinated with the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Oceanographic Commission (IOC), through the Working Groups on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE) and on Coupled Models (WGCM), as well as the EU/FP5-project "Prediction of regional scenarios and uncertainties for defining European climate change risks and effects" (PRUDENCE). Additional support is also provided by GKSS, SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START), the Asia-Pacific Network (APN) for Global Change Research, and by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning.
For more information contact Marie Vandewalle, Email: Marie.Vandewalle@nateko.lu.se
29 March - 2 April, 2004 Lund, Sweden
4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Paleoclimate Proxy Data for Reconstructing Holocene Environments of West Asia
To be held at the 4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
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This workshop aims to synthesize all proxy data retrieved from ice, lake, marine and speleothem cores across West Asia and adjacent regions to establish a synoptic sequence of natural Holocene climate stages defined by their precipitation, temperature, seasonality and other qualities. This synthesis would provide a base-line for examining anthropogenic environmental alterations during the period 12-3kaBP. One volume of contributions and syntheses will be published by April 2005.
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Further information: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/meetings/icaane2004_workshop.html
29 March - 3 April, 2004 Berlin, Germany
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International Symposium on New Approaches to Quaternary Sciences in Fuego-Patagonia
Southern South America is an ideal and important region to develop Quaternary palaeoecological and paleoclimatic studies because the modern climate is directly influenced by the Southern Hemisphere westerly wind system. Futhermore, this region is the only continental, high-latitude, land mass outside of Antarctica and. Understanding how the westerlies have played a role in the timing, direction, and magnitude of climate change in Patagonia during the late Quaternary are critical to evaluate underlying mechanisms of climate variability on a global scale. In addition, the proximity of Patagonia to the Antarctic continent provides a unique opportunity to examine the role and the influence the Antarctic ocean/atmosphere has on climate change in southernmost South America. We will examine these relationships and how climatic change in turn affects the landscape and human development.
The aim of our Symposium is promote a new program of interdisciplinary research on Quaternary issues in the southernmost part of Chile. The participants will include international experts in the fields of palynology, tephrochronolgy, fossil DNA research, human evolution, geographical studies, glaciology, dendrochronology, space physics, among others. Papers on interdisciplinary research applicable to the region as well as presentations on studies within the region are invited.
4 - 9 April, 2004 Puerto Natales, Chile
Dendroclimatology meeting
More information coming soon.
6 - 9 April, 2004 Tucson AZ, USA
APN CAPaBLE Workshop
Through APN's (Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research) CAPaBLE (Scientific Capacity Building /Enhancement for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries) Programme, a capacity building workshop will take place in which 40-50 young Pakistani scientists will participate.
One of the major outcomes of this workshop will be the capacity building of young and aspiring scientists through enhanced sharing of knowledge, experience and scientific information on global change research within the Asia-Pacific region and between regions in the world. The workshop will also stimulate young scientists to undertake research in global change issues especially relevant to their countries and sub-regions. While Pakistan will be the first country under the APN/CAPaBLE Programme to embark on such a capacity building endeavor at the national level, it is expected that, through the support of APN and its member countries, similar activities will take place at the national level throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
For more information about this workshop, please contact:
Prof. Amir Muhammed, amir@nu.edu.pk or Dr. Linda Stevenson, lstevenson@apn.gr.jp
12 - 14 April, 2004 Islamabad, Pakistan
TRACE-meeting (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology)
The TRACE conference seeks to strengthen the network and scientific exchange of scientists and students involved in the study of tree rings. This annual conference is an initiative of the Association for Tree Ring Research (ATR).
Look at the Announcement: AnnounceTrace2004.pdf
For registration and information, contact trace2004@wsl.ch (Coordinator: Ulf Buentgen).
22 - 24 April, 2004 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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The European Geosciences Union - 1st General Assembly
To be held at the Nice - Acropolis Congress Centre and Exhibition Hall in Nice, France.
The assembly is open to the scientists of all nations.
The scientific programme of the General Assembly includes Union Symposia, Oral and Poster Sessions on disciplinary and interdisciplinary topics covering the full spectrum of the geosciences and the space and planetary sciences, Short Courses and Workshops, Key Note and Medal Lectures and Townhall and Splinter Meetings.
General Information, Pre-Registration & Submission of Abstracts: Email: egu@copernicus.org
25 - 30 April, 2004 Nice, France
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36th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
The aim of the colloquium is to bring together scientists in order to identify the most critical scientific improvements to be brought to these modelling and monitoring systems for marine environmental predictions. The colloquium will give the operational community an opportunity to express scientific needs and priorities based on experience from years of ocean observations and forecasting.
3 - 7 May, 2004 Liège, Belgium
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An International Workshop on the Indian Summer Monsoon & Climate Variability during Holocene
The Indian Summer Monsoon is a topic of great interest as it affects the climate and influences the agricultural economy of a large proportion of the Indian population. Too little or too much of the monsoon has proved disastrous. Predicting the behaviour of the monsoon is crucial, and for this a clear understanding of the past trends in climate, particularly during Holocene, is a pre-requisite.
17 - 18 May, 2004 Bangalore, India
A Short Course on Late Quaternary Paleoclimate & Paleoceanography
Concurrently, a Short Course on LATE QUATERNARY PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOCEANOGRPHY would be organized for 20 research fellows, recent Ph D's and young faculty members working in this discipline.
13 - 22 May, 2004 Bangalore, India
THE 2004 JOINT ASSEMBLY
It includes a partnership between CGU,AGU, SEG and EEGS. The Program Committee is developing a Union-wide science program in the traditional AGU form and spirit. In addition, sessions related to the uses or applications of the geophysical sciences will be provided.
PAGES session at the meeting
Greenhouse Gas, Climate and Ocean Interactions Through the Late Quaternary.
This information is available here
17 - 21 May, 2004 Montreal, Canada
2004 Tucson Tree-Ring Summer School
Come to the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, for three weeks of intensive introduction to the application of dendrochronology to either archeology or climatology. Learn everything from the sampling design and execution to chronology building and analysis. We look forward to working with you! If you are from outside the USA, please be sure to contact the relevant instructor first.
17 May - 05 June, 2004 Arizona, USA
16th Rencontres de Blois, Challenges in the Climate Sciences
The conference will attack a number of critical questions in the climate sciences from a multidisciplinary point of view, and will be articulated around four basic themes.
23 - 28 May, 2004 Blois, France
Glaciological Symposium "Shrinkage of Glaciosphere: Facts and Analysis"
Regular XIII Glaciological Symposium organized each 4 years by Glaciological Association will be held at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI).
The symposium will cover a wide range of glaciological problems under the general motto "Shrinkage of glaciosphere: facts and analysis".
The deadline for abstracts is 1 March 2004.
24 - 28 May, 2004 St-Petersburg, Russia
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20th Colloquium of African Geology
Geoscientific Infrastructure for Sustainable Development.
02 - 07 June, 2004 Orléans, France
PROPER - Proxies in Paleoclimatology: Education and Research
Within PROPER, a series of five courses will cover the most relevant aspects related to paleoclimate research, from the basics to the latest developments. The courses will be hosted at different locations throughout Europe. PROPER invites applications to attend course 1.____flyer...
03 - 12 June, 2004 Amsterdam, Netherlands
ESF-HOLIVAR training course - "Quantitative climate reconstruction and data-model comparisons"
The HOLIVAR progamme of the European Science Foundation is organising a 2-week training course intended for PhD students and young post-doctoral scientists interested in multi- and interdisciplinary study of Holocene climate variability.
21 June - 02 July, 2004 Ghent, Belgium
AMQUA 18th Biennial Meeting - Quaternary Grassland/Forest Dynamics
Registration is open for the American Quaternary Association's 2004 meeting, set for June 26-28 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Abstract Deadline Extended to May 1st
Download a copy of the Biennial meeting circular (1.5 MB) at http://www.kuce.org/programs/amqua
This year's theme is "Quaternary Grassland-Forest Dynamics."
Topics will include the evolution of boundaries; grassland-forest dynamics on decadal, millennial, and Holocene time scales; cultural dynamics; and modeling dynamics. Eight papers will be selected for oral presentation from volunteered abstracts. Students and postdoctoral research assistants may apply for participation awards and student travel awards.
Four field trips are scheduled: loess sedimentary systems of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa; late Quaternary biogeography and paleoecology along the prairie-forest border, multiple pre-Illinoian tills and associated sediments and paleosols in northeastern Kansas and central Missouri, and late-Quaternary alluvial stratigraphy and geoarchaeology in the central Great Plains.
For full details and to register, call toll free 877-404-5823 or click on the title.
26 - 28 June, 2004 Kansas, USA
3rd International Meeting of Anthracology on "CHARCOALS FROM THE PAST"
This meeting will bring together archaeologists, archaeobotanists, anthropologists and palynologists working in the main fields of anthracological research and fire history.
The program will include keynote speakers as well as oral and poster presentations open to all participants. A one-day field excursion will be devoted to visit sites of environmental and archeological interest in the region. Papers presented in the Meeting will be considered for international publication.
The deadline for registration and abstract submission is 30th April 2004.
28 June - 01 July, 2004 Lecce, Italy
Second International Conference on Climate Impacts Assessment (SICCIA)
The Conference will provide an opportunity to compare approaches to climate impacts assessment, to advance the state of knowledge of regional assessments, and to support efforts by developing countries to use seasonal forecasts and assess impacts of climate variability and change.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 31, 2004.
Scholarships are available to qualified participants from developing countries.
Scholarship deadline: March 1, 2004.
Workshop director: Dr. Philip Mote, email: philip@atmos.washington.edu
28 June - 02 July, 2004 Grainau, Germany
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International Palynology Congress (IPC)
Tropical session at the IPC, Granda 2004
The aim of this session is to emphasize the importance of tropical palaeoecological records from South America, Asia/Australia and Africa as being highly sensitive archive of change. We intend achieve this broad aim on three fronts by focusing the session into the following areas.____
04 - 09 July, 2004 Granada, Spain
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Asia-Oceania Geoscience Society (AOGS) Conference
PEP2 Session: Low-latitude and high-latitude climates and linkages in the Asia Oceaniasector in the late Quaternary
The Asia-Oceania region is host to the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool and the tropical monsoon systems associated with it which have a wide impact on regional and global climate, climate variability and ocean circulation. The effects of this tropical climate system are also felt in mid and high latitudes of both hemispheres, which are also impacted by polar weather systems.____.
Session on South China Seas and ITF
Be a pioneer. Be a part of the First Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society Annual Meeting and Exhibition. This first installment augurs much excitement. Join us in Singapore, a multi-faceted city ranked amongst the World's Best for Science, Technology and Business and the best convention venue in Asia.
Please note that the deadline for the Asia Oceania Geoscience Conference has been extended, and that we are still accepting contributions (in particular coral-based paleoceanograpic reconstructions). ____more....
05 - 09 July, 2004 Suntec City, Singapore
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11th National AMOS Conference
Palaeoclimate Variability in the Australasian Region: Insights into Southern Hemisphere Climate Modes
This session focuses on the prospective influence of the Pacific on Indian Ocean coupled variability and, the possible role of the Indian Ocean on the triggering of ENSO in the geological past. Studies based on geological records as well as model simulations on this topic to discuss the variability of an Indian Ocean dynamic mode, its inherent evolution, relationship with external influences such as ENSO, monsoon, Arctic oscillation and its teleconnections on interannual time scales.
05 - 09 July, 2004 Brisbane-Queensland, Australia
Conference on 'Palaeoclimate: reducing the uncertainties' under the auspices of EU, hosted by UCG
From July 2004 until December 2004, the Netherlands is chairman of the EU.
Within this framework, we kindly ask your attention for the Palaeoclimate conference of the European Committee, hosted by the Utrecht Centre of Geosciences, at Utrecht University. This conference is organised in the following seven sessions:
1. The thermohaline circulation in a warm world.
2. Deglaciation, Greenland - Antarctica. Does it happen?
3. Frequency of extreme events. Human activity impact. (Hydrology signal clearer than temperature, 3000 years)
4. The carboncycle in the past
5. Methane, last ice age. (New isotopic methods). Hydrates from ice and ocean records.
6. Interglacial
7. Medieval warming
Download the second announcement
Participants are kindly requested to fill in the registration form.
06 - 09 July, 2004 Utrecht, Netherlands
ARCHISS Workshop, INAMHI
The Workshop “Climatic Archives of the Northern Andes” continues the theme initiated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Ecuador, when from 31 March-3 April 2003, the WMO organized an international workshop in Guayaquil, partly dedicated to the recovery of old meteorological data and climate history.
(http://www.wmo.ch/web/wcp/clips2001/html/otros_html/taller_guayaquil.html)
This event corresponded with the opening of the headquarters of the International Research Centre on El Niño (CIIFEN) in Guayaquil, which already has the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI), is now confirmed as a major institutional centre for climatology, in addition to the important role it plays by having the natural observatory of the Galapagos Islands for studying El Niño events.
12 - 13 July, 2004 Quito, Ecuador
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Africa START-PAGES Workshop on African Palaeoperspectives: Linking the Past to the Present and the Future
The START-PAGES Scientific Steering Committee noted that the African palaeoclimate community is not “visible enough” in the international arena as a cohesive and well-networked unit. The scientists tend to work in isolation, have serious research funding and related travel constraints, and generally lack both a medium and forum within which they can interact and exchange information both regionally and internationally. Yet, Africa still remains one of the regions about which much more information is required if we are to better our present understanding of the earth’s palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment, and contribute to a better understanding of earth system function.
Download the 1st call.
19 - 20 July, 2004 Nairobi, Kenya
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Climate Change and Aquatic Systems, Past, Present & Future
The aim of this international conference is to pull together scientists working in marine and freshwater systems with an interest in the impact of climate change on the physico-chemical, biological and particularly ecological aspects of their systems. We aim to gather workers on historical climate change, those investigating the current impacts of climatic variation and persons modelling future climatic trends. The intent is to provide a shared experience, with sessions containing papers from all aquatic systems.
21 - 23 July, 2004 University of Plymouth, U.K.
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SCAR Open Science Conference: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the Global System
For the first time since its foundation in 1958 the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) will be holding an open international and interdisciplinary scientific conference on "Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the Global System.
The Open Science Conference is a flagship activity of SCAR and will be held in conjunction with the biennial meeting of SCAR`s scientific groups (XXVIII SCAR) and the annual meeting of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP XVI).
26 - 28 July, 2004 Bremen, Germany
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32nd International Geological Congress (32IGC)
The Congress is being organized in co-operation with, and under the sponsorship of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), and the various member countries of the Mediterranean Consortium. It has been designed to set up a forum for a broad debate of the most significant advances in the geological sciences, as well as to promote discussion of the Congress theme:
From the Mediterranean Area Toward a Global Geological Renaissance. Geology, Natural Hazards, and Cultural Heritage
20 - 28 August, 2004 Florence, Italy
International Symposium On Arctic Glaciology
The event is organized by the International Glaciological Society, and co-sponsored by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) - Working Group On Arctic Glaciology.
The understanding of the past, present, and likely future responses of Arctic ice masses to climate change is the key aim of this conference.
23 - 27 August, 2004 Geilo, Norway
Second AIACC Regional Workshop for Latin America and Caribbean
The second Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) Regional Workshop for Latin America and Caribbean will take place 24-27 August 2004 at the Regente Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The workshop is sponsored by the START/TWAS project, AIACC, locally hosted by the College of Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, and organized by the Argentinean participants of AIACC regional studies "Impact of Global Change on the Coastal Areas of the Rio De La Plata: Sea Level Rise and Meteorological Effects" and "Building Capacity to Assess Impact of Climate Change/Variability and Develop Adaptive Responses for the Mixed Crop/Livestock Production Systems in the Argentinean and Uruguayan Pampas".
24 - 27 August, 2004 Washington DC, USA
3rd NCCR Climate Summer School
The topics covered will include
- Pertinent aspects of climate physics
- Climate phenomena and processes at seasonal to decadal time ranges
- Assessment of predictability and approaches to prediction
- Associated impacts of climate change on society and economy's vulnerability
29 August - 3 September 2004 Ticino, Switzerland
PALEOCLIMATE AND THE EARTH CLIMATE SYSTEM
On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Milutin Milankovitch, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is organizing an international symposium aimed at reviewing the stateof-the-art of climate science as it relates to the work of Milankovitch. The emphasis of the symposium will be paleoclimate, but present understanding of the Earth’s climate dynamics, and a summary of the numerical tools used nowadays will be briefly covered. Review lectures will be presented on paleoclimate record – deep sea cores, continents, ice cores, on long-term climate data analysis, modeling, and astronomical forcing. Milankovitch's life and work, the colorful memories he has left of the events of his time, and his opus as a poetic science writer, will also be highlighted. The symposium will consist of invited lectures, but will include poster sessions to accommodate contributed papers.
30 August - 2 September 2004 Belgrade, Serbia
Bjerknes Centenary 2004: Climate Change in High-Latitudes
The conference will commemorate the centenary of Vilhelm Bjerknes´pioneer publication of 1904: The problem of weather forecasting as a problem in mechanics and physics, Met. Zeits. Wien 21: 1-7. This scientific article paved the way for modern meteorology and practical weather forecasting, as well as leading to modern climate research.
The conference will focus on climate change in polar and sub-polar regions.
1 - 3 September, 2004 Bergen, Norway
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Sixth Annual BIOECON Conference on "Economics and the Analysis of Biology and Biodiversity"
The conference will be of interest to both researchers interested in biological resources and biological processes and to policy makers interested in or working within the field of biodiversity conservation.
The conference will have sessions examining the management of biological resources and biological processes as well as sessions regarding the economic analysis of policies for biodiversity conservation.
2 - 3 September, 2004 Cambridge, UK
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8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Conference
Themes will include atmospheric chemistry in a variety of distinct regions such as the marine boundary layer, stratosphere, cryosphere, and urban areas as well as trans-boundary transport effects and global biogeochemical cycling.
4 - 9 September, 2004 Christchurch, New Zealand
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International Conference on Paleoceanography VIII
This conference will host around 700 scientists from all around the world and will embed all aspects of Paleoceanography.
The ICP-8 will offer the best opportunity to present and discuss your results to a broad audience from the paleoceanography and paleoclimatology communities.
6 - 10 September, 2004 Biarritz, France
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QRA Third International Postgraduate Paleo-environments Symposium
This symposium provides the opportunity for post-graduates from all disciplines within Quaternary sciences to discuss their work with their peers in a relaxed environment. Following two days of oral and poster presentations, a field trip to the Belgian coastal plain is planned.
We would appreciate if you could place the enclosed poster in a prominent position and stimulate the post-graduate/Phd. students of your department to attend this Symposium in the capital of Europe.
15 - 17 September, 2004 Brussels, Belgium
Meeting on Antarctic Peninsula climate variability
We would like to bring your attention to a multi-disciplinary meeting Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability, to be held in Cambridge.
We hope that this workshop will cover an exciting mix of climate change studies, glaciological impacts, biological impacts, marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironmental records, and will produce a synthesis that can inform the forthcoming IPCC assessment of recent rapid regional warming on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Please note that early registration is advised as places at this workshop will be limited.
Registration forms and payment should be returned by 29 February 2004, after that date we cannot guarantee availability of accommodation at Downing College.
16 - 18 September, 2004 Cambridge, UK
HOLIVAR WORKSHOP: "Holocene climate variability and climate forcing"
The aim of this workshop is to identify and quantify the main natural forcing factors and the corresponding climate response based on climate models in the frame of the overall goals of HOLIVAR.
Important questions to be addressed are:
(1) What are the main forcing factors during the Holocene,
(2) how and how reliably can they be reconstructed,
(3) do paleodata indeed show a response of the climate system and
(4) is this response in agreement with up to date model simulations.
23 - 25 September, 2004 Lucerne, Switzerland
LIMPACS "Salinity, Climate and Salinisation" working group - setting research priorities 2005-2010
LIMPACS is one of the three main activities of Focus 5 of PAGES (see http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/ecrc/limpacs/). The meeting intends to bring together active researchers on the use of sedimentary histories, monitoring and modelling approaches to best understand the human and climate interactions that have regulated the salinity status of lakes and wetlands over the last 500 years. After brief sessions providing evidence of contemporary and innovative approaches to addressing the objectives, the participants will work to prioritise sites and approaches to develop the research program's aims internationally.
30 September - 03 October, 2004 Mildura, Australia
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE COURSE SERIES 2004.
The International Course Series is developed in the framework of the Graduate Program in Oceanography at University of Concepcion and the UNESCO IOC Chair in Coastal Oceanography to reinforce postgraduate education in the Region. This activity is sponsored by the Graduate School at University of Concepcion, IOC/UNESCO, the FONDAP-COPAS Center, Minera Escondida (Chile), the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO), and Past Global Changes (PAGES).
Course 1: Cyclic of organic matter in the ocean
Course 2: A geological perspective on future climate instability
4 - 18 October, 2004 San Diego, USA
Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study Meeting
START and SCOPE, in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), International Council for Scientific Unions (ICSU), UNESCO, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), and the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) will be holding the first, of three, sub-regional rapid assessment workshop under the Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS) project on 6-8 October 2004 in China. The Dahlem-type workshop will systematically review current knowledge regarding regional aspects of global change in the East Asia region of Monsoon Asia, highlight gaps in knowledge and uncertainties, and define research priorities for future integrated regional studies. The sub-regional assessments for South Asia and Southeast Asia will take place in 2005. Results of each sub-regional assessment will be published in SCOPE's rapid assessment series.
6 - 8 October, 2004 China
Wengen-2004 Workshop on "Mountain Glaciers and Society": Second Circular
This interdisciplinary meeting will address not only the physical aspects of glaciers and their response to climatic change, but also a range of social, economic, and policy-related issues raised by glaciers and the resources they provide (e.g., water, agriculture, attractiveness for tourism, etc.). The Workshop represents a unique opportunity to exchange views and ideas across a range of complex disciplines, and papers from the meeting may be published in a journal or a book series following the event.
6 - 8 October, 2004 Wengen, Switzerland
International Graduate Course Series 2004
Short course A geological perspective on future climate instability. Dr. Chris Charles, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA.
The goal of this short course will be to examine the origin and evolution of the best-known sources of climate instability in the recent climate history-the El Niño/Southern Oscillation phenomenon; decadal variability associated with the ocean gyres (for example, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation); and abrupt switches in the ocean's large scale overturning circulation. We will first review the leading theories for the development of these climate instabilities. We will then move on to describe what is known about the historical record of these various phenomena, in both terrestrial and marine archives. The main objectives of this treatment of the paleoclimatic data will be, first, to illustrate how the various paleoclimate observations can help guide model development and inform the projection of future climate, and, second, to identify where there are still significant gaps in our knowledge of the system. The bulk of the discussion will be centered on the ENSO phenomenon, because it carries the most relevance for the Chilean region and its resources. We will also emphasis how paleoclimatic information from the Chilean margin and terrestrial environment can serve to improve the perspective on the issue of global climate instability. contact information
04 - 18 October, 2004 Conception, Chile
IGCP Project 495
You are invited to the first conference and field trip for IGCP Project 495, to be held
in Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, October 7-10, 2004. There will be two days of oral
presentations as well as a permanent poster display, followed by two days of field
trips. Conference participants are encouraged to submit an abstract either for a
15-minute oral talk or for the poster session on the general theme of Project 495.
Abstract deadline is August 15, 2004.
Two one-day field trips to eastern and central coastal Maine, including Acadia National
Park, will depart from the hotel and conference center in Bar Harbor, Maine. We will
examine the beautiful coast of Maine with its exceptional examples of paraglacial
coastal systems. The Maine coast was dominated by rapid post-glacial isostatic response
resulting in complex local relative sea-level changes after 14.5 ka.
Modern systems are formed in a meso-to-macrotidal coast with moderate to high wave
energy. We will examine post-glacial high-stand shorelines, late Pleistocene glacial
sedimentary systems that shape the Holocene coast, and ongoing issues of coastal change
in both pristine and lightly developed regions. Additional items of interest include
prehistoric and historic archaeological sites and other cultural attractions.
This season in Maine can be highly variable, but averages 16°C during the day, dropping
to 4°C at night. Dressing in layers is essential, being prepared for wind, fog and
showers, or warm sun. This is also the season of bright colors in the change and fall of
deciduous leaves.
07 - 10 October, 2004 Maine, USA
Workshop: How to identify megafloods in palaeorecords
Many lowlying inland and coastal regions in the world suffer from large floods. In developing countries large floods can be particularly disastrous. In a number of documents it is postulated that catastrophes due to extreme weather events will be more frequent during a global warming.
The main topics of the workshop are:
· The characteristics of megaflood sediments in different palaeoenvironments (fluvial, marine, wetlands, lacustrine, aeolian)
· Megaflood frequencies in different climatic regions, related palaeoclimate records
· The impact of palaeo-megafloods on ancient societies
· The megaflood frequency during a global warming
01 - 05 November, 2004 Maputo, Mozambique
Records of Late Quaternary Climatic Change from the Americas: Interhemispheric Synchroneity or Not?
We seek papers that review high-resolution physical, chemical, and biological archives of climate change during the past ~30,000 years from the Americas, and also including Antarctica and Greenland. Our focus is mainly on terrestrial evidence, but we also welcome near-shore marine records that directly record terrestrial events. ORAL and POSTER
Understanding the interregional and interhemispheric timing and magnitude of late Quaternary climatic change is critical for identification of the underlying driving mechanism(s) of global climatic variability. Several recent publications have highlighted disagreements in the scientific community over interregional leads and lags in the climatic system. In some regions of the globe, deciphering the relative roles of temperature and moisture balance are still problematic, and differences in the magnitude of climatic change as recorded in terrestrial and marine proxies have been difficult to resolve. In general, geochemical archives (e.g., stable isotopes) have provided the most quantitative records of past climatic conditions, but physical and biological records provide important constraints in climatic reconstructions and timing.
For this GSA theme session, we would like to assemble a transect of paleoclimatic archives (in oral and poster format) that extend from Antarctica through the Americas and into Greenland. This would provide a broad perspective based on the most current data sets from these regions. We anticipate that this session will provide insight into interregional and interhemispheric climatic change, and will help to identify regions and/or methodologies that warrant special attention for future work. This theme session is likely to engender lively discussion, and we anticipate that it will attract both a large audience and, through our list of national and international invitees, the attendance of some scientists who do not normally attend GSA meetings.
Abstract deadline is July 13.
07 - 10 November, 2004 Denver, USA
PROPER - Proxies in Paleoclimatology: Education and Research
Within PROPER, a series of five courses will cover the most relevant aspects related to paleoclimate research, from the basics to the latest developments. The courses will be hosted at different locations throughout Europe. PROPER invites applications to attend course 2.____flyer...
07 - 13 November, 2004 Barcelona, Spain
The 3rd CLIVAR/PAGES Working Group meeting
The 3rd CLIVAR/PAGES Working Group meeting will be held at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria.
More Information TBA.
08 - 10 November, 2004 Victoria, Canada
16th Australia New Zealand Climate Forum: Climate and Water
08 - 10 November, 2004 Lorne, Victoria, Australia
Regional scientific Conference on global change & sustainability in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
The meeting is an attempt to encourage & strengthen researchers in the south to get more deeply involved in research on global change. We hope to push south-south & south-north scientific interaction on the topic. Notably, as an outcome of the IGBP Congress in Banff Canada (2003), there emerged the need to help IGBP National Committees get more functional. For more information, please contact Dr. Mohamad Khawlie
22 - 24 November, 2004 Tunisia, Africa
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SARCS Advanced Training Workshop
The main objectives of this workshop are to provide advanced training on greenhouse gas measurement and modeling techniques and to strengthen the GHG-related research collaborations and programs now initiated by SARCS. The workshop is funded by the National Science Council of Taiwan and jointly organized by the SARCS Secretariat, School of Earth Sciences, Center for Environmental Studies, and Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research of National Central University in Taiwan.
The workshop will gather scientists from Southeast Asia and world-leading experts on GHG related research. Future Southeast Asia GHG research topics will also be discussed during the workshop.
21 November - 03 December, 2004 Chung-Li, Taiwan
AUSTRALASIAN QUATERNARY ASSOCIATION BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
The next AQUA Biennial conference will be at the new Doherty Hotel & Conference Centre, Cradle Mountain National Park.
The program will include plenary talks by leading Quaternary researchers who have worked in Tasmania. The oral and poster sessions will cover all aspects of the Quaternary, though there will be a focus on the glacial, geomorphological and vegetation history of the southern temperate latitudes
06 - 10 December, 2004 Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE COURSE SERIES 2004.
The International Course Series is developed in the framework of the Graduate Program in Oceanography at University of Concepcion and the UNESCO IOC Chair in Coastal Oceanography to reinforce postgraduate education in the Region. This activity is sponsored by the Graduate School at University of Concepcion, IOC/UNESCO, the FONDAP-COPAS Center, Minera Escondida (Chile), the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO), and Past Global Changes (PAGES).
Course 3: Use of remote sensing and geographical information systems for coastal water quality monitoring
06 - 17 December, 2004 Columbia, USA
American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting
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