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QRA Annual Discussion Meeting: The Last British and Irish Ice Sheet

Call for Papers

The Annual Discussion Meeting of the Quaternary Research Association (UK) will be devoted to "The Last British and Irish Ice Sheet: Growth, Maximum Extent and Deglaciation."

The Discussion Meeting will be held from 4-5 January 2007, with an additional field excursion (from the Fife coast to the Scottish Highlands) on 6 January.

For registration forms and other details, email: gg@st-and.ac.uk or contact Helen Olaez on +44 (0) 1334-462894.

04 - 05 January 2007      University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK

Symposium on "Marine Connectivity: Reconciling Models of Dispersal and Vicariance" at the 3rd Biennial conference of the International Biogeography Society

The modern distribution of marine species has been strongly affected by glacial and interglacial events during the Pleistocene that likely promoted alternating periods of vicariance and dispersal (respectively). In cold temperate regions, glacial and interglacial events also forced southward contraction then allowed northward expansion of species ranges. Thus periods of increased isolation and range contraction alternating with periods favoring dispersal and range expansion have created a complex temporal and spatial mosaic of species histories. These histories are recorded, in part, in patterns of genetic variation among populations and, in part, in fossil and subfossil records of species distributions and paleoenvironments.

Our goal is to integrate molecular and paleontological information, including paleoceanography, to understand post-Pliocene factors influencing ?connectivity? (a term used to describe the continuum from isolation to panmixis) in marine taxa. A team of international researchers will provide syntheses describing the history of coastal and oceanic marine species including fossil-forming taxa such as foraminifera, molluscs, and fishes, and soft-bodied invertebrates and algae. Issues we seek to clarify include: (1) How integrating molecular and paleontological data improve reconstruction of the biogeographic histories of marine species and mutually enrich these oftentimes separate disciplines; (2) whether fossil-forming taxa can act as good models for interpreting the evolutionary histories of soft-bodied organisms; (3) what are the shared (or distinguishing) evolutionary histories of various taxa and geographic regions? (4) what we can learn of the historical ecologies of species? The lessons from these syntheses that will improve our ability to understand and predict outcomes of future climate change.

The symposium will present an up-to-date overview of marine biogeography and lead to an objective (preliminary) schema for classifying the historical, physical and biological factors that contribute to biogeographic transitions in the seas. We expect this approach will shed new light on old problems such as how, in a medium in continuous motion like the sea, biogeographic patterns are formed in organisms with apparently long-lived dispersal phases and, conversely, why some organisms with apparently limited dispersal potential have very broad geographic ranges. The symposium will improve understanding of the forces that generate and maintain marine biodiversity on geological timescales.

09 - 13 January 2007      Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)

IMAGES/PAGES Workshop: "Circum-Iberia Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate" What do we know and what do we still need to study/verify?

IMAGES/PAGES Workshop:
"Circum-Iberia Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate"
What do we know and what do we still need to study/verify?
January 15th-18th 2007, Peniche, Portugal
Organizers: Fatima Abrantes, Antje Voelker
Due to its high hydrographic and climatological diversity the western Iberian margin is one of the best studied European continental margin and sediment cores from this area have yielded break-through results for our understanding of the glacial thermohaline circulation (e.g., Bard et al., 1987; Zahn et al., 1997; Shackleton et al., 2000; Skinner & Shackleton, 2004) and glacial and interglacial ocean - continent interactions (e.g., Sanchez-Goni et al., 2002, 2005; Tzedakis et al., 2004; Moreno et al., 2005). A great number of puzzle pieces of past climate and hydrographic variability has emerged from the deep-sea cores around Iberia. A lot of those cores were retrieved with RV Marion Dufresne - since the first IMAGES cruise in 1995 RV Marion Dufresne has cored in circum-Iberian waters already 4 times - but they were studied within various national and international projects.
So we see the need to combine and compare the results of all those studies to built a regional knowledge base. We not only intend to make the step from single location time series to multi-site mapping of climatic and hydrographic conditions, but also to find agreements or disagreements between various climatic indicators. Synthesizing the knowledge we have gained in the last two decades and combining "old" and "new" proxy data for water mass and productivity changes, will also provide insights into where additional core sites might be needed to complete the picture or which additional proxy data might be helpful to complement existing ones or to solve conflicts between proxy records.

The topics to be covered by the workshop include:
1. Surface circulation, biological productivity and possible linkages to wind pattern changes
2. Linking vegetational and climatic change on the continent with hydrographic variations around Iberia
3. MOW and deep/ bottom water variability - connection to/influence on rapid climatic change
4. History of nutrients and oxygen in subsurface and deep water masses

The workshop - sponsored by IMAGES and PAGES - will take place from the 15th to 18th January, 2007 in Peniche (Portugal)

> program for the workshop.pdf

15 - 18 January 2007      Peniche, Portugal

First Central African PAGES Workshop

As overall objective, the workshop will serve as a forum to bring together African and other International Paleo-scientists, researchers (including young future researchers, students, teachers, stakeholders and decision/policy makers implicated in Past to Recent Global Change research in Central Africa and to launch collaborative research activities in such domains.
Among the specific objectives are;
- to create and enhance awareness of the importance of regional impacts of global climate change and to stress the necessity of incorporating such awareness into policy making at all levels in Central Africa.
- to identify ongoing research activities taking place in the Central African region in the fields of paleoclimate, environment and human interactions, create a database of scientists interested in such actions and encourage research collaboration among them,
- to identify research themes and scientific research gaps of particular interest to the Central African region and those that are country specific, form core working groups that will do research and collaborate with the international community on such science activities;
- to establish and facilitate the development of coordinated national and regional research programs and policy activities related to paleo-science within Central Africa,
- to encourage interaction and the exchange of information between scientists, stakeholders and the policy community in the region.
- to enhance awareness of the importance of continuous climatic data collection that has discontinued in many meteorological stations in this region.
- to create online National page and contribute material for a special issue of PAGES NEWS on related research in Cameroon
- To identify laboratories and equipments in the region that may be of common use in generating and analyzing paleo-science and environmental data.
- To carry out need assessments and identify priority areas for capacity building and environmental education.

Workshop themes would include:
1.Holocene Climate variability in Central Africa
2: Instrumental Climatic Records
3: Natural Climate Variability and Environment-Human Interaction,
4: Land Use and Forest/Grassland/Sahel Dynamics
5: Past to Recent Natural and Human-induced Catastrophes

contact Dr Ghogomu Richard Tanwi, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Yaounde, Cameroon. Tel: +237 791 4098 Fax: +237 222 1320


25 - 27 January 2007      Yaounde, Cameroon

3rd WGNE Workshop on Systematic Errors in Climate and NWP Models

The JSC/CAS Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE) and the Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) will host a Workshop on Systematic Errors in Climate and NWP Models.Although the principal goal of the workshop will be to increase understanding of the errors and their causes in coupled climate models, it is anticipated that, as in previous workshops, the focus will be on Atmospheric General Circulation Models (AGCMs). A wide variety of diagnostic techniques will be discussed, including traditional analysis methods applied to global models, process studies, the use of diagnostic models (e.g., single-column, cloud-resolving), and simplified experiments (e.g, AMIP, aqua-planet). Of special interest will be studies that consider errors found in multiple models (i.e., are pervasive) and that are likely to have implications for climate projections. Errors relevant to both component and coupled models (e.g., surface fluxes) will also be of particular interest.

12 - 16 February 2007      San Francisco, USA

Chironomids: Water Quality and Climate Change

Topics covered are:
- Field techniques: sampling chironomid larvae from lake sediments; sampling pupal exuviae from rivers and lakes
- Laboratory techniques and preparation of samples
- Chironomid biology and ecology
- Morphology of chironomid larvae and pupae
- Identification of chironomid larvae and pupae
- Chironomid pupal exuvial technique to asses water quality
- Use of chironomids in palaeoecology to reconstruct and quantify climate change, eutrophication and acidification
- Construction and interpretation of stratigraphical chironomid diagrams using the computer programs TILIA and TILIA-GRAPH
- Chironomids in comparison with other environmental indicators

Course Fees: £370
Contact David Hunt: d.s.hunt@ucl.ac.uk


12 - 16 February 2007      University College London, Great Britain

7th International Conference on Global Change: Connection to the Arctic (GCCA-7)

The prospect of global climatic change has fueled the need to improve our understanding of many atmospheric, oceanic, and terrestrial processes. It has forced us to recognize the fact that most of these processes are interactive and that we must understand the linkages between them. Especially in the Arctic, many of these linkages have feedback effects, which can greatly magnify their total impact upon the climatic system or suppress the original input. The International Polar Year (IPY) presents a special opportunity to combine and compare research activities throughout the Arctic to build a better understanding of the system processes, their interactions, and feedback mechanisms. The 7th International Conference on Global Change: Connection to the Arctic (GCCA-7) will highlight such IPY synthesis efforts.

The GCCA-7 conference is organized by the Consortium for GCCA in Japan and the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), in order to study arctic climate change, global warming, and to predict the future changes.

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 1 December 2006

19 - 20 February 2007      Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Course: Ostracod Analysis

The aim of this course is to provide a theoretical and practical understanding of the role of ostracods in Quaternary paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Emphasis is placed on both marine and non-marine ostracods and their application to Quaternary research.

Course outline
1. Biology and taxonomy of ostracods
2. Recent and sub-fossil ostracods and their identification, including dissection of recent ostracods and its role in identification
3. Techniques for collection of ostracods from marine and non-marine environments, and from sediment sequences
4. Ecology: the ecological controls on non-marine, marine and marginal-marine ostracods, including the study of living ostracods in the laboratory and its relevance to behavioural ecology
5. Palaeoecology of non-marine, marginal marine and marine ostracods
6. Trace-element and stable isotope geochemistry of ostracod shells: principles and case studies including an opportunity to work with ostracod geochemical data sets

Course taught by: Dr Jonathan Holmes and Dr David Horne
Cost: £370
Contact: David Hunt (d.s.hunt@ucl.ac.uk)

19 - 23 February 2007      London, UK

Radiocarbon and ice-core chronologies during Glacial and deglacial times

EuroCLIMATE Programme workshop (closed meeting)

The workshop will bring together four EuroClimate projects and external specialists to explore the current state of ice-core, varve and 14C chronologies.

Contact: Bernd Kromer (Bernd.Kromer@iup.uni-heidelberg.de)


05 - 07 March 2007     Heidelberg, Germany

Second Alexander von Humboldt International Conference: THE ROLE OF GEOPHYSICS IN NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION

The recent catastrophic events related to the Indonesian Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina have brought the subject of Disaster Prevention to higher levels, in both the scientific and decision makers communities. This meeting aims to discuss improved geophysical methods for the evaluation of natural hazards as part of a more general risk assured effort and risk reduction process.

Topics to be covered include:
- Volcanic Eruptions
- Earthquakes
- Tsunamis
- Landslides
- Avalanches
- Extreme climate and/or meteorological disastrous events
* El Nino related
* Global Change related
* Hurricanes

Please express your interest by filling in the form at:
https://www.copernicus.org/site/redsys/classicform....

Click here to download the First Circular.

05 - 09 March 2007     Lima, Peru

1st Brazilian Symposium on Global Environmental Change

Topics include:

Climate Change Impacts in Brazil
Global Environment Change and Biodiversity
Biogeochemical Cycles
Climate and the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

Registration deadline: 28 February 2007

11 - 12 March 2007     Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Northern Eurasian palaeoecological database workshop

As part of the QUEST Deglaciation programme (http://quest.bris.ac.uk/programme/themes/deglaciation.html), Jesus College, Oxford & Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE) is hosting a data-gathering workshop for academics from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) working in palaeoecology. The primary objective of this workshop is to catalogue the unpublished macrofossil and pollen data from the FSU spanning the interval 21 kyr to present, and place it in a recently developed QUEST macrofossil database [web portal in preparation].

If you have unpublished macrofossil data from the FSU and you would like to contribute to this workshop, please contact:

Heather Binney
School of Geography
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
Email: h.a.binney@soton.ac.uk

19 - 23 March 2007     Oxford, UK

IHOPE Asia Workshop: Human-Environmental Pathways in Asia

The goals of the workshop are to better understand the dynamic interactions between human societies and their environment by linking various forms of knowledge on human history and environmental change at multiple temporal scales (millennial, centennial, decadal and future scenarios).

Discussions will integrate formal scientific knowledge with traditional knowledge, data and models (including narrative, agent, system perspectives) and will cover processes that span multiple spatial scales, from the local to the regional/Asian.

Registration deadline: 15 January 2007
Abstract deadline: 20 February 2007

24 - 28 March 2007     Akita, Japan

Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science

The focus of the 2007 GRC on Polar Marine Science, which will take place 25-30 March at the Four Points Sheraton in Ventura, California, will be "An Interdisciplinary Look at Processes Over Multiple Scales of Variability." The rationale behind this choice of topic is to explore in detail the physical, chemical, and biological processes that dominate temporal and spatial scales ranging from the "micro" to the "paleo".

The agenda for this meeting is still being developed but organizers hope that you will consider attending and presenting a poster of your most exciting new research results.

25 - 30 March 2007     Ventura, USA

QUEST Open Science Conference

QUEST, NERC's directed program for Earth System Science, is pleased to announce its first Open Science Conference. This conference is intended to showcase a broad cross-section of Earth system science research including some of the ongoing activities within QUEST. Abstracts are invited for posters and presentations that address the "big questions" being pursued by QUEST:
1. How important are biotic feedbacks for 21st century climate change?
2. How are climate and atmospheric composition regulated on time scales up to a million years?
3. (a) How much climate (change) is dangerous?
3. (b) How much climate change can be avoided by managing the biosphere?
Or fit into one of QUEST's cross-cutting topics, "Earth System Modelling" or "Earth System Observations”

Abstract deadline: 13 February 2007
Contact: QUEST office (quest-info@bris.ac.uk)

26 - 29 March 2007      Oxford, UK

8th Swiss Global Change Day

The Swiss Global Change Day is an event where the whole global change community can meet and discuss ongoing problems in a transdisciplinary manner. The aim is to present recent highlights in global environmental change research as well as to point out challenges for future research.There will be a poster session, which will provide an opportunity to find out about current Swiss research activities.

04 April 2007     Bern, Switzerland

2nd LIMPACS "Salinity, Climate Change & Salinisation" meeting

This meeting will focus on the use of salt lakes to disentangle externally driven climate change and anthropogenically induced change through the integration of palaeolimnological, modelling and monitoring approaches. The emphasis will include contrasting the records of closed lake systems that principally reflect climate changes with those that responded to a mixture of catchment change and climate forcing.

Registration deadline: 31 January 2006
Abstract deadline: 31 January 2007

> Click here to dowload the second circular

11 - 14 April 2007     Nanjing, China

International Spring School: Land-Surface-Atmosphere Interactions in the Arctic

The CLASSIC Centre of Excellence in Earth Observation invites young research scientists from around the world in disciplines related to climate, climate impact, earth observation and ecological research, to participate in an International Spring School to study the interactions between the land-surface and atmosphere in the Arctic.

SCOPE:
- Land-atmosphere interactions in the Arctic
- Measurement and modeling
- Application of earth observation measurements
- Ecological processes and dynamics

TEACHING:
Teaching will be by keynote plenary lectures and associated workshops, with measurements made in the field as well as hands-on modeling sessions.

The Spring School is open to young researchers (PhD students and postdocs) worldwide. Participation is competitive. A number of bursaries will be available to support attendance, based upon need.

Application Deadline: 31 December 2006
Contact: Dr Bob Baxter (robert.baxter@durham.ac.uk)

15 - 21 April 2007     Abisko, Swedish Lapland

International Conference on Climatic Changes and their impacts on the coastal zone and River Deltas: Vulnerability, Mitigation and Adaptation?

The impacts of climate change on coastal areas and river deltas may hamper significantly the developmental and demographic security. Anticipated climate changes will greatly amplify risks to these areas and populations. The increased sea level will causing flooding and storm damage, increased erosion of shorelines, decreased marine and coastal biodiversity, and contamination of drinking and irrigation water through sea water intrusion. Climate change urgently needs to be assessed at a high priority level, so that vulnerable populations and societies dependent on agriculture can be appropriately targeted in research plans.

Conference Topics:
1.Implications of Climate Changes in the Wider River Nile Delta.
2.Long-term Vulnerability to Global Warming and Changes in Natural Resources.
3.Change detection and decision making in coastal zones based on the Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques.
4.Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Groundwater Salinization in River Deltas.
5.Impacts of Global climatic Changes on River Deltas from the Socio-Economic Point of View.
6.Global climate warming; mitigation and adaptation measures.

If you are interested in participating, please send us an email (amhkhater@yahoo.com)

April 2007     Egypt, Alexandria

37th Annual Arctic Workshop

Themes for workshop sessions include Holocene climate evolution around the North Atlantic Arctic, climate and environmental change during the past 2,000 years, abrupt climate change, synchronizing marine and terrestrial records in the Arctic, changing glaciers, periglacial processes, arctic hydrology, and ecosystem response to changing climates.

Abstract deadline: 31 March 2007

02 - 05 May 2007     Skaftafell National Park, Iceland

Open Scientific Meeting of the European Pollen Database

The meeting comprises invited talks, poster sessions, open discussions and a field excursion. We offer 5 different training workshops designed to help palynologists develop and strengthen their skills when working with multiple sites and data held in the European Pollen Database (EPD). The aim is to get more European palynologists involved with the EPD. The EPD now has new funding, a new data manager and new technical support. The EPD will be updated and redesigned based upon discussions at this meeting. We encourage palynologists at an early stage of their career to attend and take part in this process. Financial support for attendance is available for young scientists.

To download the first announcement, click here.

To download the meeting poster, click here.


08 - 12 May 2007     Europôle Méditerranéen de l’Arbois, Aix-en-Provence, France

5th GKSS School of Environmental Research

Persistent Pollution is one of the key features of the ?Anthropocene?. This current era is characterized by growing impacts of human activities on the Earth?s system which are equal or even higher than the natural forcing. Although anthropogenic releases of acidifying gases and heavy metals into the atmosphere and hydrosphere can be dated back to ancient times, the ?Chemical Anthropocene? may be considered as the time period from around 1950 to today where the impact of man-made persistent pollution reaches a global dimension.

The Fifth GKSS School of Environmental Research focuses on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Heavy Metals and Aerosols and offers courses on

·Description, comparison and assessment of anthropogenic environmental change (as recovered from peat cores, ice cores, and others)
·Causes and consequences on different time scales
·Long-term hazards and impacts on human society
·Modelling of transport, transformation and deposition from regional to global scales.

09 - 18 May 2007     Göhrde near Lüneburg, Germany

Climate Change and Aquatic Ecosystems in the UK: Science, Policy and Management

The Environmental Change Research Centre will host a one-day meeting aimed at:
(i) Reviewing progress in modeling climate change and freshwater ecosystems in the UK.
(ii) Presenting the interim results of current UK and EU-funded research on climate change, especially from the EU-Euro-limpacs, PRINCE, and EU-CLIME projects.
(iii) Discussing the implications for the implementation in the UK of current EU policies on water quality and aquatic biodiversity.
(iv) Identifying gaps in our understanding and assessing priorities for future research.

16 May 2007      London, UK

Ocean Controls in Abrupt Climate Change - ESF-FWF Conference in Partnership with LFUI

To download the first announcement, click here.

The conference aims to present an updated view on and advance understanding of the interhemispheric significance of rapid ocean and climate change by focusing on past periods of natural anomalous perturbation of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Research groups from the marine and ice core palaeoclimatology and climate modeling communities will present the state-of-the-art of their research into the sources and interhemispheric propagation of abrupt ocean and climate signals.

Six thematic sessions will integrate the palaeoclimatic evidence in a series of lectures that will be complemented by poster presentations. Time will be dedicated to the dialogue between the disciplines during plenary discussions and guided round table discussions involving senior scientists, young researchers and post-graduate students. It is a stated objective of the conference to encourage participation of early-stage and post-doctoral researchers.

Closing date for applications is the 8th of March 2007.

19 - 24 May 2007      Obergurgel, Austria

AGU Spring 2007 Joint Assembly

PAGES related sessions:

Union Session:
- U05: Climate, Ecosystems, and Biogeochemistry of the Pacific Ocean: Variability and Change
- U14: Long-term Drought in the Americas and Linkages to Pacific Ocean Variability

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology:
- PP03: North Eastern Pacific Late Quaternary Climate Variability from High Resolution Marine and Continental Records
- PP04: East Pacific Tropical Cyclones: Past, Present and Future
- PP05: New Insights into Younger Dryas Climatic Instability, Mass Extinction, the Clovis People, and Extraterrestrial Impacts
- PO06: Paleoecological and paleolimnological records from the American continent
- PP07: Paleoenvironmental records from cave sediments
- PP08: El Niño: Past and Present

Online Abstract Submission Deadline - 1 March 2007

22 - 25 May 2007      Acapulco, Mexico

1st International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change

Many studies suggest that tropical cyclones are becoming more powerful, with the most dramatic increase in the North Atlantic. The increase is correlated with an increase in ocean temperature. There is debate about the nature of this increase, with some studies attributing it to natural climate fluctuations (e.g., the Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation), and others suggesting climate change related to anthropogenic increases in forcing from greenhouse gases. This summit on Hurricanes and Global Warming will bring together leading academics and researchers on both sides of the scientific debate to discuss their research and express their opinions. The goal is to frame the debate and address what research is needed to advance the science of hurricane climate.


27 May - 1 June 2007     Knossos, Crete, Greece

CMOS-CGU-AMS Congress 2007: Air, Ocean, Earth, and Ice on the Rock

The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU), and American Meteorological Society (AMS) Congress 2007 will be held from 28 May to 1 June 2007 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The Congress theme is "Air, Ocean, Earth, and Ice on the Rock".

The science program committee has proposed the following special sessions:
- Arctic Air-Sea Interactions
- Atmosphere
- Cryosphere
- Solid Earth Interactions
- Climate Variability and Change in the Polar Regions
- Cyber Infrastructure and Geocomputations
- Coastlines and Coastal Ocean Dynamics
- Connecting Deep and Surficial Earth Processes
- Coupled Environmental Prediction Systems
- Data Assimilation in Numerical Modeling
- Geodynamics and Cryodynamics
- Humans, Societal, and Environmental Changes
- Hydrology
- Monitoring Earth System Dynamics from Space
- Natural Resources, Water, and the Environment
- Oceanography and Meteorology of the Northwest Atlantic
- Operational Oceanography and Meteorology
- Polar Environments and Teleconnections
- Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
- Snow, Glaciers, and Ice Sheets

Abstract deadline: 28 February 2007

A meeting flyer is available online at our website. (click on the title)


28 May - 1 June 2007     St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Intra- and inter-hemispheric variability of SST and the hydrological cycle over the last 4 Myr

Through an international workshop we aim for an improved level of cooperation between climate research teams focusing on climate modeling (meteorology, physical and chemical oceanography, atmosphere-ocean-vegetation coupling) and paleo-climatic reconstructions (paleoceanography, micropaleontology, isotope geochemistry). This workshop will focus on:
(1) A merging of proxy records of past ocean circulation and atmospheric climates with historical data of the last 200 years;
(2) A comparison of historical and proxy records with climate regimes provided by Earth system modeling, including potential model extrapolations of the hydro-logical cycle from the Past into the Future;
(3) An assessment of the impact of ocean circulation changes at decadal to centennial time scales on continental climate conditions such as droughts, floods, vegetation changes, and weathering; and
(4) An improved approach for separating natural climate forcings from man-made factors of climate change.

For more information, contact:
Prof. Michael Sarnthein
Institut für Geowissenschaften, University of Kiel
Germany
ms@gpi.uni-kiel.de

30 May - 3 June 2007     Trins, Tyrol, Austria

Summer NSF-REU program: "Plio-Pleistocene Environments of Florida"

The Department of Geology, University of South Florida is recruiting undergraduate student participants. Our program provides students who are in the mid- to later stages of their undergraduate careers with the opportunity to gain experience in a range of field, analytical, and laboratory approaches to reconstructing past environments. Participants will develop individual research projects that mesh with their research interests. To promote the multidisciplinary thrust of this project, we encourage Geology, Environmental Science, and Biology majors to apply.

The program will run for 8 weeks (from late-May to late July; the exact starting date will be determined based on the schedules of the selected participants), and will involve fieldwork, sample preparation, various analytical procedures, and data compilation. Students will present their research at the 2008 Southeastern section, Geological Society of America meeting in Charlotte, NC. This the 3rd year of a three-year project, and the research will focus on sites in northern Florida, primarily the Panhandle. There are no specific course prerequisites, but we would like students to have completed the core Geology 'soft-rock' courses.

Application deadline: 15 April 2007.
Contact: Peter Harries (harries@cas.usf.edu; 813-974-4974) or Rick Oches (oches@cas.usf.edu)

Late May - late July 2007     Florida, USA

AMS Summer Policy Colloquium

The American Meteorological Society Summer Policy Colloquium, with support from the Paleoclimate Program of the Atmospheric Sciences Division of NSF, brings a select group to Washington, D.C. for an intense, ten-day immersion in atmospheric policy. The Colloquium provides an overview of policy basics, and how decisions are made governing the course and future of atmospheric science. It also provides opportunities for participants to meet and dialog with the federal officials, Congressional staffers, and others who make those decisions.

Application deadline: 1 February 2007

03 - 12 June 2007     Washington, DC, USA

CANQUA Ottawa 2007

The Canadian Quaternary Association conference in 2007 will be hosted at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The conference will provide a forum for those interested in the interdisciplinary field of Quaternary geoscience, including geologists, geomorphologists, physical geographers, biologists, botanists, oceanographers, archaeologists, environmentalists, and others.

Abstract deadline: 13 March 2007

04 - 08 June 2007     Ottawa, Canada

Integrated Studies of Taxonomy, Ecology and Geochemistry

The Micropalaeontological Society's Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups Joint Spring Meeting will focus on Integrated Studies which have become increasingly important during the past years. Micropalaeontology is being enhanced by the use of molecular genetics to test species concepts and develop phylogenetic models, culture studies enhance our understanding of geochemical palaeoproxies and organisms ecology, and palaeontologists are increasingly using a range of geochemical and biotic tools to interpret palaeoenvironments. This integration of approaches is facilitating a far better understanding of microorgansims' response to changing environmental conditions and their role in ecosystem functioning today and during the Cenozoic and Mesozoic.

We encourage contributions demonstrating the advances resulting from integrated studies from different disciplines and their application for foraminiferal and nannofossil ecology, stratigraphy and palaeoceanography from the Recent and the geological record. Whilst we encourage people to follow this broad theme, this is an open meeting and we will be pleased to accept presentations covering other aspects of calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal research.

07 - 08 June 2007     Angers, France

Eastern Africa Quaternary Research Society Inaugural Workshop

This workshop is intended to inaugurate the Eastern Africa Quaternary Research Society (EAQUA), with a view to unite and enhance active communication on Quaternary research issues among research scientists working in eastern and central African region, together with scholars from developed countries. The workshop also aims at integrating data from multi disciplinary Quaternary research to better understand the history of human-environment interactions in the Great Lakes region of central African during the late Quaternary (late Pleistocene to late Holocene).  

Click here to download the 2nd circular.
Click here to download the registration form.

Registration deadline: 30 April 2007

07 - 08 June 2007      Kampala, Uganda

Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms

This course is an intensive, field-oriented class appropriate for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and post graduate workers in ecology, geology, environmental sciences, and diatom taxonomy. We will immerse ourselves in the diverse aquatic habitats and fossil deposits of the Upper Midwest to observe freshwater diatoms. Students will learn techniques in diatom collection, preparation, and identification. Lectures will cover taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of most of freshwater genera. Students will complete individual voucher collections using modern database techniques. Students are encouraged to bring research materials and prepared to discuss approaches using diatoms in ecological and paleoecological research. Class size is limited to ten students and early enrollment is encouraged. The Reimer Scholarship will be awarded to one student based on scholastic merit. Taught by Sarah Spaulding and Mark Edlund. Held at Iowa Lakeside Lab
oratory.


18 June - 13 July 2007      Iowa, USA

Arctic Geology Summer School

The Geology Department at The University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS, is celebrating the International Polar Year by offering a full summer package of 4 courses at masters/PhD level in cryosphere and Quaternary research projects in Svalbard.

Courses offered:
18 June - 7 July 2007
AG-327 Holocene and recent climate changes and the high arctic Svalbard landscape

9 July – 4 August
AG-329  Glacial processes and land systems   
 
8-27 August
AG-332  Arctic terrestrial Quaternary stratigraphy

3 September - 1 October
AG-326  The Quaternary glacial and climate history of the Arctic

More information: http://www.unis.no/ under studies in geology
Application deadline: 15 April 2007

Click here to download the flyer.

18 June - 01 October 2007      Svalbard, Norway

9th European Society for Isotope Research (ESIR) Workshop

The European Society for Isotope Research (ESIR) was founded in 1992 in Wroclaw, Poland to promote scientists who are engaged in isotope research for cooperation and scientific exchange.
The ESIR meets every two years since 1992 for a workshop like conference. The meeting is unique in that it provides the opportunity to develop cooperations and discussions between researchers from Central and Eastern Europe with other areas.
The Workshop will focus on facilitating contacts and fostering co-operation and networking among scientists from Central and Eastern European countries and their Western colleagues. The topics of the meeting will cover all major fields of application of isotopes. Talks by invited speakers, presenting the state-of-the-art in selected areas of isotope research are envisaged. Manufacturers of isotope equipment will be given opportunity to present their latest developments.

Workshop topics:

Application of stable and radioactive isotopes and isotopicaly labelled compounds in:
geology, atmospheric studies, geochemistry, biochemistry, medecine, hydrology, ecology, environment studies, material science, paleoclimatology, archaeology

23 - 28 June 2007     Cluj Napoca Romania

UK IGBP Palaeo and Modern Perspectives on Global Change

Organised by Professor Sandy P. Harrison and Professor Rick Battarbee on behalf of the UK IGBP, with financial support from the Royal Society.

The Palaeo and Modern Perspectives on Global Change open meeting aims to examine the key challenges posed by the palaeo-record from the perspective of each of the IGBP projects and to build a dialogue between these projects and the PAGES community to ensure that these challenges are addressed in a realistic way.

AIMS

* To inform the UK science community of the major challenges to our understanding of the medium and long-term dynamics of key aspects of the earth system as currently perceived by the IGBP community
* To inform the UK science community about the availability of resources (e.g. process studies, data syntheses, modeling tools) for tackling such challenges over the next 5-10 years
* To strengthen the links between the IGBP projects at a critical phase in the planning and implementation of new projects, including their link with the ESSP integrated projects on water, food, carbon and human health
* To explore differences in perspective and in our understanding of key aspects of the earth system that stem from the timescale at which these phenomena are studied
* To explore approaches based on analysis of observations at different time and space scales and on the use of modeling tools
* To develop ideas for improving the integration of palaeo-studies within the other core IGBP projects and to provide feedback to the international IGBP on how to do this

27 June 2007     The Royal Society, London, UK

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics XXIV IUGG General Assembly - Earth: our changing planet

The XXIV IUGG General Assembly will provide an extraordinary opportunity for earth and space scientists from around the world to gather and exchange expertise, research data and results. Along with a full scientific program arranged by the IUGG Associations, there will be many symposia. Invited speakers will explore topics ranging from chaos to predictability, and geophysical measurements to geophysical risk.

Some of the many sessions are of particular interest to the PAGES community.

PAGES-related sessions include:

JGS007: Ice Cores and Climate (UCCS Symposium hosted by IAG)
JHW002: Climate-Permafrost-Hydrology Interactions: The Impact of Changing Climate on Cold Regions Hydrology
JMS006: Glacial-Interglacial Cycles: New Records, Analyses, and Modelling
JMS017: The Holocene-Anthropocene Transition: From Natural to Human-Dominance of the Earth System
JPS002: Abrupt Climate Change
PS001: Biogeochemical Budget and Cycles in the Mediterranean Sea
PS002: Variability of the Antarctic Circulation and Water Masses and Their Sensitivity to Climate Change
PS003: Mediterranean Circulation and Climate: Their Variability and Sensitivity to Future Emission Scenarios
PS012: The Oceans - Their Past and Present; Considerations on their Future Behaviour (invited abstracts only)

Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2007


02 - 13 July 2007     Perugia, Italy

Radiocarbon in Ecology and Earth System Science

This course will expose students and postdocs to the uses of radiocarbon in Ecology and Earth System Science, especially in relation to ecosystem and global carbon cycling. The course design is modeled after the stable isotope class at the University of Utah. There will be morning lectures on the theory of radiocarbon by various instructors, followed by laboratory experience with processing and analyzing samples using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry technology in the afternoon.

We seek participants with broad interests in Ecology and Earth System Science who are planning on, or are currently, using radiocarbon techniques as part of their research, and wish to expand their understanding of this important and useful tool.

Course Organizers: Ted Schuur (tschuur@ufl.edu) and Susan Trumbore (setrumbo@uci.edu).

09 - 14 July 2007     Irvine, USA

Stable isotopes in archaeological midden shells: high-resolution palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental archives

Stable-isotope profiles of bivalve shells can provide high-resolution records of temporal changes in seawater temperature and chemistry during the life history of the bivalve. This method has become a tool for reconstructing environmental change in both the archaeological and geological sciences. In the context of archaeological shell midden deposits, variability in bivalve isotopic values has the potential to provide a record of long-term climatic trends and fluctuations in temperature. The geochemistry of bivalves has not been widely used in the archaeological sciences for constructing a long-term record of climate and environment, and more importantly Native resource and management strategies. This 3-day workshop will bring together archaeologists who are involved with shell midden research and geochemists that have conducted isotopic analysis of shells. By bringing together these two disciplines we hope to develop a constructive scientific effort in producing high-resolution isotopic records from shell middens through the Pleistocene and Holocene.


11 - 13 July 2007     Hamilton, Ontario

4th International Limnogeology Congress

The International Association of Limnogeology (IAL) is pleased to invite you to attend the 4th International Limnogeology Congress (ILIC2007), which will be held in Barcelona (NE Spain) from 11th-14th July 2007. Several academic, research and social institutions, as well as a number of researchers and professionals of the field will be deeply involved in the congress organization.
Limnogeology aims at the multidisciplinary study of ancient and recent lacustrine systems and their paleoenvironmental and environmental significance. As a consequence, this emergent discipline deals with both integrative and specialized contributions from very diverse, complementary fields of research focused on any kind of lacustrine records.

Abstract deadline: 31 January 2007

11 - 14 July 2007     Barcelona, Spain

Summer School: Environmental Studies in the Boreal Forest Zone

Organized by the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), the summer school is open to graduate students and postdoctoral scientists with a demonstrated interest in ecosystem modeling. Advanced undergraduates with experience in ecosystem modeling
may also apply.

The course will consist of lectures on contemporary climate change, paleoclimatology, hydrology, remote sensing of environment, and climatic, biospheric, and hydrologic modeling. The field work is related to studies of the land-atmosphere interactions in the boreal forest zone.

Application deadline: Friday, 9 February 2007
Contact: Kathy Glodowski (katcam@iarc.uaf.edu)

14 - 28 July 2007     Central Forest Biospheric Reserve, Fedorovskoe, Russia

Analysis of Environmental Data

Analysis of Environmental Data is an intensive 2-week course that will provide students with a training in the theory and application of statistical techniques useful for the analysis of ecological and paleoecological data. Topics will include data management, exploratory data analysis, regression analysis, direct and indirect ordination methods, classification techniques, transfer functions and the analysis of temporal data. Practical classes will provide hands-on training in the use of statistical and graphical software including R, CANOCO, C2, and TWINSPAN. The course will be directed towards advanced undergraduate, graduate, and working professionals in ecology and paleoecology. Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in statistics, understanding of basic concepts such as correlation and regression, and familiarity with PC-based software for data analysis. Class size is limited to 15 students. Taught by Steve Juggins. Held at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.


16 - 27 July 2007     Iowa, USA

1st International Sclerochronology Conference (ISC07)

Anyone interested in and working on the formation and interpretation of growth increments in accretionary hard parts of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms should attend this conference. Conference themes include such topics as biomineralization and vital effects, methodological state-of-the-art, modeling and statistical analyses, and the diverse applications of these techniques.

Abstract deadline: 31 March 2007

17 - 21 July 2007     St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Summer School: Past Global Change Reconstruction and Modelling Techniques

The 4th summer school of the USSP consortium will focus on the evolution and dynamics of Cretaceous and Cenozoic climates. Experts will give lectures in the areas of stratigraphy, biogeochemical cycling, paleoceanography, climate models and integration of results. Interactive discussions of case-studies in classes, practicals and in the field will provide participants with an advanced working knowledge on the paleobiological and geochemical proxy data and their use in the reconstruction and modelling of past climates.

Application deadline: 15 April 2007

18 July - 03 August 2007     Urbino, Italy

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Science Workshop

The aim of this workshop is to identify new research opportunities at the interface between traditional disciplines. Three primary interdisciplinary themes have been identified:

1. The interplay between biotic structure and biogeochemical cycles
Speakers will explicitly address the two-way interactions between the structure and organization of biotic communities and the rates and pathways of elemental cycling in the ocean.

2. Changing Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Prediction Challenge This session seeks to stimulate discussion regarding predictions of future change in ocean biogeochemistry. Ocean acidifictaion and ocean carbon storgae will be foci for the breakout sessions.

3. Cross-boundary fluxes in the coastal ocean
This session will address fluxes between the land margin-coastal ocean interface and the ocean-atmosphere interface.

Registration deadline: 5 June 2007

23 - 26 July 2007     Woods Hole, USA

Experimental Methods in Culturing Planktonic Foraminifera

An opportunity for 5-6 graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers from US institutions to learn the techniques of planktonic foraminifera culturing and geochemical experiment procedures in a fieldlab/classroom environment at the Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies (WIES) on
Santa Catalina Island, CA. Participants will receive hands-on instruction in how to collect, grow, and conduct experiments on planktonic foraminifera while manipulating conditions such as temperature, pH, light, and other geochemical parameters of interest.

Click here to download the flyer.
Contact: Ann Russell (Russell@geology.ucdavis.edu)

23 July - 3 August 2007     Santa Catalina Island, USA

PAGES SSC/EXCOM Meetings

PAGES activities are overseen by an international Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), nominated by members of the paleoscience community and appointed by the IGBP Steering Committee. This is their annual meeting. In general, it is a closed meeting for SSC members and a few invited guests. However, anyone with a particular interest in attending parts of the meeting that could be open to the community should contact Thorsten Kiefer. The Executive Committee (EXCOM), a subset of five SSC members, will also hold a short evening meeting during these dates.

This year’s SSC meeting is being held alongside the XVII INQUA Congress.

25 - 27 July 2007     Cairns, Australia

XVII INQUA Congress

Every four years the international Quaternary community gathers together for
the INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research) Congress. This is
the largest gathering of its kind of Quaternary researchers. Session themes
are broad, and such diverse topics as paleoclimate, archeology, glaciology,
the carbon cycle and environmental reconstruction are covered.

PAGES co-sponsored sessions:
1. Land-atmosphere-ocean linkages during past climatic changes
2. Past 2000 years in the Southern Hemisphere
3. Human-environment interactions during the Holocene—a regional approach
Click here to read more about the sessions.

Abstract deadline: 31 January 2007

Click here to download the first circular.
Please address all general enquires to inqua2007@icms.com.au.

28 July - 03 August 2007     Cairns, Australia

30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology

This meeting will bring together some 2000 specialists from around the globe
under the theme "Redefining Theoretical and Applied Limnology in the 21st
Century".

Abstract deadline: 15 February 2007


12 - 18 August 2007     Montreal, Canada

International Conference on Karst Hydrogeology and Ecosystems (Karst2007)

Hosted by the WKU Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, this conference is a joint meeting of the four major international karst research groups:
1) UNESCO International Geoscience Program (IGCP) Project 513: Global Study of Karst Aquifers and Water Resources
2) International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Karst Commission
3) International Geographical Union (IGU) Karst Commission
4) Union Internationale de Spéléologie Commission on Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis.

There will be a plenary session to facilitate international evolution of the emerging Karst Information Portal Initiative.

Please note that limited funding will be made available from IGCP513 for financial conference support (i.e. registration costs, visa application fees, etc.), focusing on scientists from countries where travel funds are more difficult to obtain. We will also provide partial scholarships for students, in return for assisting conference organizers during the meeting.

Abstract deadline: 15 May 2007

13 - 15 August 2007     Bowling Green, USA

IODP Topical Symposium: North Atlantic and Arctic Climate Variability

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International will convene a topical symposium in 2007 on the topic of "North Atlantic and Arctic Climate Variability", to provide researchers the opportunity to convene and discuss the current state of affairs in this important oceanographic setting.

The topical symposium will include 15 keynote lectures by scientific leaders on the topic of North Atlantic and Arctic Climate Variability. All topical symposium participants are encouraged to contribute to the symposium by bringing a poster. The lectures and posters will be organized within four main topics: Millennial-Scale Climate Dynamics; Milankovitch Scale Climate Variability; Evolution of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation; and Extreme Warm Events.

The topical symposium will be held in Bremen, Germany, August 15-16, 2007.
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON JULY 15, 2007.
Rooms have been reserved at special rates for symposium attendees and can be reserved through the IODP-MI online registration form (www.iodp.org/topical-symposium). There is a registration fee of $50.00 for professional registrants and $10.00 for student registrants. Funding is available to help offset the costs of students and post-doctoral researchers who would like to attend the symposium. Contact Kelly Kryc (kkryc@iodp.org) at IODP-MI for more information.

15 - 16 August 2007     Bremen, Germany

17th Annual Goldschmidt Conference - "atoms to planets"

The Goldschmidt Conference is the premier annual meeting in geochemistry. Symposia will cover the full range of geochemical research, from the formation of the solar system to environmental research, and from biogeochemistry to mineralogy.

PAGES-related session:
(S52) Novel molecular & isotopic approaches in modern and paleo systems
Abstracts are invited on a) new approaches in understanding of organic-geochemical proxies, covering recent improvements in analytical detection and compound-specific isotope analyses, and b) applications in paleo-climatic, -ecological, -oceanographic and -limnological studies covering all timescales and environments.

Abstract deadline: 19 April 2007


19 - 24 August 2007     Cologne, Germany

15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction & 14th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

This joint conference is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society. The 15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction will cover all aspects of air-sea interaction across the full spectrum of time and space scales from microscale processes governing the turbulent air-sea fluxes to climate and its variability. The 14th Conference on Middle Atmosphere will cover observational studies, modeling and theory in all areas of middle atmosphere science (from the upper troposphere through the mesosphere). There will be a joint session on middle atmosphere/troposphere/ocean interactions.

Paleo-related session: "Air-sea interactions in paleo-climates"
Abstract deadline: 25 March 2007


20 - 24 August 2007     Portland, USA

10th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology

The International Meetings on Statistical Climatology have been organized by a group of independent climatologists and statisticians since 1979. The purpose of the meetings is to bring together climatologists and statisticians, to exchange concepts and problems. Climatologists present statistical problems in climatology, meteorology, and related fields and consider the methods that are currently used to deal with these problems. Also, techniques tailored by climatologists for the specific needs of climatology are presented. Statisticians, on the other hand, present new, state-of-the art techniques developed within mathematical statistics and other scientific fields. By discussing the needs of climatology and the possibilities offered by modern statistics, synergetic effects are obtained, advancing the methodical basis of climatology and helping statistics to focus on relevant problems.

PAGES-relevant session:
Climate Reconstructions? Contributions dealing with different approaches of statistical climate reconstructions, with methods to independently determine the skill of temperature and non-temperature reconstruction methods, with comparisons of different techniques as well as with assessments of the empirical value of different data sources for climate reconstructions.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 May 2007

20 - 24 August 2007     Beijing, China

6th International NCCR Climate Summer School: Land Surface -- Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Climate

The Summer School invites young researchers from all fields of climate and climate impact research. The courses cover a broad spectrum of climate impact research issues and foster cross-disciplinary links. Each topic includes keynote plenary lectures and workshops with in-depth discussion in smaller groups. All Summer School participants are expected to present a poster of their research and there will be ample opportunity for discussion. There will be an excursion to exciting research sites.
The topics covered at the NCCR Climate Summer School 2007 will include:
* Overview of land surface -- atmosphere interactions
* Climate change -- impacts and feedbacks
* Land use and land use change
* Human -- environment interface

Application deadline: 20 December 2006


26 - 31 August 2007      Grindelwald, Switzerland

Second International Conference on Earth System Modelling

Four years after the First International Conference on Earth System Modelling in September 2003 we are pleased to invite the scientific community involved in Earth system research to meet in Hamburg again.
The conference addresses global and regional modelling for the past, present and future as well as Earth system observations and reconstructions.

The Program Committee invites contributions on any of the following subjects:

A. Climate Variability and Change

1) Modes of Variability under Anthropogenic Climate Change
2) Seasonal to Decadal Climate Predictability
3) Mechanistic and Reduced Models Applied to Climate Dynamics and
Predictability
4) Characteristics and Impact of Extreme Events

B. Feedbacks in the Earth System

1) Climate Sensitivity
2) Biogeochemical Cycles
3) Past Climate
4) Integrated Modelling

Each subject covers global as well as regional aspects and will be introduced by an invited lecture.

Registration via www.mpimet.mpg.de/icesm starting October 2006. Abstract submission starting February 2007.

27 - 31 August 2007      Hamburg, Germany

Third Alexander von Humboldt International Conference: East Asian Summer Monsoon, past, present and future

The meeting aims at discussing (using modeling and proxy records) East Asian Summer Monsoon in aspects related to ocean, atmosphere, land surface, climate and biosphere, its human impacts and teleconnections worldwide. Both records of the past and present-day observations will be reviewed to better understand the mechanisms driving its behavior and so, to better predict it and its impacts. This International Conference is the third in a series of Alexander von Humboldt Conferences initiated by EGU and related to geophysical topics of particular importance to South America and East Asia.
PAGES is a co-sponsor of this meeting.

As a side-event of the conference, a new PAGES Focus 3 Working Group on “Global Monsoon” will be launched with a Townhall Meeting. If you are interested in contributing to this new PAGES Working Group, please contact the Focus 3 leader Pinxian Wang (pxwang@mail.tongji.edu.cn).

Keynote Speakers:
• Tung Sheng LIU : Loess and paleomonsoon in China, an historical overview
• Bin WANG : Modeling present-day Asian monsoon, the large scale dynamics problem
• Tetsuzo YASUNARI : Asian monsoon and the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau
• Pinxian WANG : Paleo EASM and teleconnections
• Steven CLEMENS : Variability of the East Asian monsoon at the orbital scale
• Jean JOUZEL : Climate of the last 800000 years in ice cores
• Sulochana GADGIL : The interannual variation of the Indian Monsoon
• Pascale BRACONNOT : Modeling the response of the East Asian Monsoon
• Tandong YAO: East Asian Monsoon in Tibetan continental glaciers.
• Joel GUIOT: Paleoclimate data analysis

To download the june circular with program details, click here.

Deadline for Abstract Submission 30 June!

Further information:
Zhongli Ding (IGGCAS)
André Berger (EGU)


27 - 30 August 2007      Beijing, China

9th International Conference on Paleoceanography

The 9th International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP9) will be held at the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Centre International Hotel. The Conference Theme is "The Future Ocean: Perspective from the Past -- A Tribute to Professor Sir Nicholas J. Shackleton". Five sessions will be organized, including Time Constraints on Mechanisms for Oceanic Change, Sea-Land Interactions and Monsoons, Inter-Ocean Exchanges, Biotic Response to Perturbations in Ocean Chemistry, and The Holocene -- Baseline for the Future. The Conference's 2nd circular will be announced on 30 December 2006. Online registration and abstract submission will start on 30 January 2007. The Conference provides travel grants for oral speakers and some young participants. A number of tours and field excursions will be organized after the Conference, including field excursions to the Chinese Loess Plateau and the Tibetan Plateau. Contact the Conference Secretariat by icp9@mail.tongji.edu.cn.

Travel grants are available to attend this conference. Click here for information about IMAGES early career scientist travel subsidies (application deadline is 30 June 2007). Click here for information about European Science Foundation Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences travel grants aimed at young European researchers (deadline 18 June 2007).

Abstract deadline (extended): 10 July 2007

3 - 7 September 2007     Shanghai, China

People/environment relationships from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages: recent geo-archaeological findings in Southern Italy

This meeting, organized by the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra of the Federico II University of Naples, will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the progress in environmental geo-archeology that has recently emerged from case-studies in Southern Italy. Attention will be on a relatively large time window (Late Stone Age to Middle Age).

Our preliminary selection of topic areas includes:
A - Geomorphological and pedological factors of ancient land use distributions and changes.
B - Sea-level change and coastal settlements.
C - Ancient communities and volcanic eruptions.
D - Geo-archeological evidence of ancient earthquakes and tsunamis.
E - Climatic and anthropogenic causes of ancient vegetation changes.
F - Caliches and calcareous tufas in the geo-archeological record
G - The human role in landscape sensitivity: examples from the past.
H - Forms of human reaction/adaptation to past environmental change.
I - Ancient extreme events in the geo-archaeological record.
L - Managing hillslope instability and soil erosion problems in the past.
M - Floodplain agricolture and riverside settlements in relation to fluvial morphodynamics.

Earth scientists and archeologists from all countries who have recently developed studies on Italian sites are warmly invited to present communications. Particularly welcome are papers adopting a multidisciplinary approach and exploring/exploiting the interactions between geological and archeological issues and data.

Call for Papers deadline: 30 March 2007
For more information, please contact: geoarcheologia@unina.it

Click here to download the Second Circular.

4 - 7 September 2007     Salerno, Italy

European Ostracodologists Meeting (EOM VI)

The first EOM meeting was held in Frankfurt in 1989. Subsequent meetings have been held so as to approximately alternate with International Symposia on Ostracoda (ISO) which are held every four years. EOM has been held in Glasgow (UK), Bierville (France), Adana (Turkey) and Cuenca (Spain). The themes for EOM VI are designed to focus on topical issues in Earth Science, and also to contrast with ISO 15 (Berlin, 2005) where many contributions concerned modern and Quaternary ostracods. Ostracods are powerful tools for understanding environmental change as reflected in aquatic systems and EOM VI seeks to explore their applications, particularly for pre-Quaternary time. Themes 1-4 therefore concern the interaction between ostracods and environment; Theme 5 is designed to faciliate their interpretation and application.


05 - 07 September 2007     Frankfurt am Main, Germany

International Summer School on High Northern Latitude Climate

The 2007 summer school lectures and discussions will cover a broad spectrum of the Arctic and sub-Arctic climate change issues including such as causal mechanisms of rapid climate shifts in the recent glacial epochs, probability of the ice-free Arctic tracks in summer in the forthcoming decades, the fresh-water budget change and its influence on the global thermohaline circulation, the evolving relationship between the north Atlantic deep water formation and the green-house effect of the atmosphere, permafrost dynamics, the fate of the Greenland ice sheet and the adequacy of current cryospheric models, the expected overall climate change impacts including environmental and socio-economic/human dimensions, the feasibility of monitoring the occurring changes in the atmosphere, ocean and on land by satellites.

The summer school is an open opportunity for graduate students and young scientists (under 35 years of age).

Application deadline: 31 May 2007

09 - 13 September 2007     St. Petersburg , Russia

First Asian Dendrochronology Conference

The scope of the meeting includes all fields of dendroecology, such as tree rings and taxonomy, archeology, climate, geomorphology, fire history, hydrology, physiology, and stable isotopes.

Abstract deadline: 30 April 2007

09 - 15 September 2007     Thailand

New Methods in Dendroecology

What are the possibilities and limitations of the current methods in dendroecology? What new methods in dendroecology can improve results in this field? What tools are necessary for using the new methods and who has them? How should we organize researchers from different organizations into international projects in order to resolve the large-scale questions between different branches of science?

Conference Topics:
- Analysis of current methodology and methods of dendroecology
- New methods for the study of biological objects (biophysics, physiological and another)
- New multi-disciplinary methods for the investigation of communities and ecosystems
- Mathematical interpretation, tools for presenting results of investigations and modeling

Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS, Irkutsk

10 - 13 September 2007     Irkutsk, Russia

International Workshop on Late Quaternary Environmental Changes in Arid Lands

International dryland communities will come together to discuss the following:

- Case studies and theories relating to land degradation and sustainable development in arid and semi-arid as well as sub-humid regions of various continents;
- Comparisons of regional-scale reconstruction of Late Quaternary changes in the deserts of various climate zones (monsoon regions, subtropics and westerlies);
- Natural and human impacts on the landscape in various climate zones;
- Interactions amongst eolian, fluvial and lacustrine processes in desert margins.

Contact:
Xiaoping YANG
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS
xpyang@263.net.cn, xpyang@mail.igcas.ac.cn

Application deadline: 1 June 2007

10 - 17 September 2007     Alashan Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, China

DISCCRS Research Symposium

Recent PhD graduates from any discipline related to climate change and impacts are invited to participate in the Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS; pronounced "discourse") initiative and apply to participate in the DISCCRS III symposium.

The symposium will provide a venue where recent PhD graduates can share insights across disciplines and forge interdisciplinary collegial relationships with their peers. In addition to presentations on participant research, the symposium will include sessions on NSF programs and funding opportunities, strategies for collaborating across disciplines in the context of developing an interdisciplinary research proposal, and techniques for communicating with non-specialist audiences.

Thirty-six recent PhD graduates will be competitively selected to participate in the week long event. Funding for airfare, lodging, and meals will be provided.

For further information, please contact:
Susan Weiler
E-mail: weiler@whitman.edu

10 - 17 September 2007     Kilauea, Hawaii, USA

Asian Monsoon Variability during the past global changes

The aim of the meeting is to identify the longer records, particularly during the Holocene and if these can be analyzed in terms of inter-annual or decadal scale climatic changes to at least estimate the time and duration of future “extreme” climatic events and improve predictive climate models. We are enthusiastic to discuss if the development and environmental safeguarding go collectively to maintain the global system and how fast we can promote environmentally friendly energy generation and energy efficient technologies.

Deadline for preliminary registration (prerequisite for participation): 25 April 2007
Click here to download the pre-registration form.

Abstract deadline: 31 July 2007

Click here to download the second circular.


11 - 14 September 2007      Nainital, India

Summer Course on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System

The course will provide a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions. The course is meant for Ph.D. students that work on (or will soon start working on) a glaciology-related climate project. A few places are available for junior scientists.

11 - 22 September 2007     Karthaus, Italy

IGBP 20th Anniversary Symposium

IGBP will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary with a Symposium to be held in Stockholm. The program will contain sessions on global climate change, the ozone hole and the Montreal protocol, land use change in the tropics, iron fertilization of the oceans, air quality and climate, ocean acidification, renewable energy, and adaptation and sustainable development.

By invitation only.
Click here to download the preliminary program.

Contact: Sofia Roger (sofiar@igbp.kva.se)

17 - 18 September 2007     Stockholm, Sweden

Modern Lake-Catchment Processes and Human Activity in East Asia

The purpose of the China-Japan-Korea (CJK) Workshop on Present Earth Surface Processes and Historical Environmental Changes in East Asia is to exchange modern and historical environmental information in the East Asian region in order to clarify environmental processes and changes since the last interglacial in East Asia.

Topics of the 4th CJK Workshop include: Lacustrine sediment chronology; High-resolution records of environmental changes; and, Regional comparison of historical environmental change.

Registration and abstract deadline: 31 July 2007

Further information:
Yanhong Wu
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Phone: +86 25 8688 2145
Fax: +86 25 57713063
yhwu@niglas.ac.cn


17 - 21 September 2007     Nanjing, China

Atmospheric CO2 Ocean Acidification, and Ecological changes in Planktonic Calcifying Organisms

The objective of the workshop is to bring together a diverse mix of experts, from the cellular and genetic to the ecological and global carbon cycle level. Questions to be addressed include how the predicted acidification is likely to affect the calcifying plankton, what the possible secondary consequences may be, and what research is needed to allow robust predictions.

Participation is by invitation only as the number of participants is limited. If you have any questions, please contact Daniela Turk or Patrizia Ziveri, at this link.

26 - 28 September 2007     Barcelona, Spain

2007 GV Convention: The Oceans in the Earth System

This international conference and 97th Annual Meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung will have one theme on paleoclimate. Sessions under this theme include:
B1: Oxygen deficiency through time
B2: African response to global change: Past, present and future
B3: Teleconnections as evidenced in continental archives
B4: Climate and sea-level changes during the Cenozoic
B5: Biomineralization and implications for paleoceanography
B6: Ocean acidification: back to the future

Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2007

01 - 05 October 2007      Bremen, Germany

7th EMS/8th ECAM: High Impact Weather

The EMS (European Meteorological Society) and ECAM (European Conference on Applications of Meteorology) are organizing their meeting together for the fourth time. The central focus of this 8th ECAM is the application of meteorology for society. The 7th EMS Annual Meeting will address a wide spectrum of scientific and application topics in atmospheric sciences – Atmosphere and the Water Cycle, Forecasting the Weather from one day to one year ahead, Climatology (under the auspices of the European Climate Support Network) and Meteorology and Society.

Sessions under “Climatology” will be of particular relevance to paleo, with such topics as:
- Long term regional climate reconstructions and analyses (methods, non-instrumental proxies, early instrumental observations, data-rescue)
- Detection and explanation of 20th century anthropogenic climate change and variability (single and multi element statistical approaches, trends, natural vs anthropogenic causes)

Click here to download the first flyer.

01 - 05 October 2007      San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

International Workshop/course on methods in Paleoecology

This course serves to impart a hgh level of first hand knowledge to graduate students working in paleoecology and paleoclimatology from different countries across Latin America. Topics covered include: Pollen analysis, high-res charcoal records, dendro-chronology and -ecology, rodent midden analysis, stable isotope techniques, new methods in radiocarbon research, molecular paleoecology and ancient DNA.
This workshop is sponsered by PAGES

Purpose:
Our goal is to impart the basic and fundamental principals of paleoecology along five main major lines of research: high resolution pollen and charcoal records, paleoecology of arid regions using rodent middens, dendroecology and dendrochronology, new techniques in radiocarbon dating, and ancient DNA studies.
The course is geared towards graduate level students with some degree of training in paleoecology. The course is limited to 30 students.

Application Requirements:
Suitable applicants must send a copy of their curriculum vitae to the conveners before August 30, 2007. Applicants will be selected based upon academic merit, with priority given to those with some proven experience in paleoecology research, demonstrated by either a list of publications or meeting presentations.

Student obligations
Students will be required to attend all course activities. They should to bring a poster of their own work (or thesis proposal) and be prepared to give a short oral presentation (5 slides) incorporating the subjects taught during the course into their talks (one suggestion is to arrive with 3-4 slides already prepared and add 1-2 slides during the workshop). These presentations should be made available to the conveners as they will uploaded onto the PAGES website as pdf files.

05 - 08 October      Universidad de La Serena, Chile

Drilling to Decipher Long-term Sea-level Changes and Effects Workshop

It has been 15 years since the last planning workshop for reconstructing the history of long-term sea-level changes. Recent drilling advances, together with new views on the roles of tectonics and sediment dynamics, are now challenging the fundamental assumptions used in sea-level studies. This workshop aims to review past results and foster new proposals and collaborations. It is being sponsored by the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, IODP-Management International, International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, DOSECC, and the Chevron Corporation.

Participation will be limited to optimize workshop goals. Partial
travel support is available. Application deadline: 13 July 2007.

Please contact Craig Fulthorpe (craig@utig.ig.utexas.edu), Ken Miller (kgm@rci.rutgers.edu), or Andre Droxler (andre@rice.edu) for further information.

08 - 10 October 2007     Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Scoping Workshop on Ocean Acidification Research

The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) program will hold a workshop at Scripps Institution of Oceanography to promote collaborative research on Ocean Acidification. The goal is to bring together researchers to discuss potential ocean acidification research projects that support the OCB mission. We particularly want to move toward specific implementation strategies to address the many research gaps and unknowns about ocean acidification that have been identified in previous workshops.

Registration deadline: 5 September 2007


09 - 11 October 2007     La Jolla, USA

The Climate of Poland in Historical Times in Relation to the Climate of Europe

The aim of the conference is to present scientific achievements in the field of historical climatology based on climatology, history, dendroclimatology, paleolimnology, geophysics, geomorphology and other research.

Conference topics:
Sources of paleoclimactic information
Research methods of climactic changes in historical times
The climate of the area of Europe in historical times and its changeability
Extreme weather and climate phenomena in historical times
Causes and effects of climate change in historical times
Climate change scenarios in Europe in the 21st century.

Plenary sessions with invited papers:
- Raymond Bradley (USA) ? The Climate of the Last Millennium
- Jürg Luterbacher (Switzerland) - European Climate Variability over the Last Centuries: Uncertainties, Trends, Extremes and Forcings
- Vladimir. V. Klimenko (Russia) - Documentary evidence of strong climate variations in the Russian Arctic from the 15th to the 20th centuries
- Rudolf Brazdil (Czech Republic) - Fluctuations and Impacts of Hydro-Meteorological Extremes in Central Europe in the Past Millennium based on Documentary Evidence
- Jacek Majorowicz (Canada) - Recent advances in temperature borehole climatology with examples of GST history reconstructions for Poland and Canada for the last 500 years

Conference Calendar
28.02. 2007 - Registration
30.04.2007 - Registration fee payment, submission of abstracts
1.09.2007 - Second information leaflet with draft program
31.12.2007 - Submission of full texts of papers.

11 - 13 October 2007     Torun, Poland

Global Environmental Change - The Role of the Arctic Region

Dramatic and manyfold news of changes in the Arctic (destruction of permafrost landscapes, shrinkage and thinning of the Arctic sea ice cover, reduction of the Greenland ice sheet) make us wonder what all of this will mean for the world. The presently ongoing International Polar Year offers a unique chance to assess the modern processes which alter marine and terrestrial environments in the Arctic and which control the quality of life of Arctic indigenous and non-indigenous populations. New coring records demonstrate that the Arctic was ice-free during the Early Tertiary, but that during mid-Tertiary it had cooled enough to acquire its first ice covers.
The Pleistocene ice cores from Greenland have demonstrated fast and dramatic changes of the atmospheric circulation over the Arctic whose imprint have also been traced in oceanic and terrestrial paleoclimate records from low latitudes. Only the ongoing warm climatic phase (the Holocene) seems to have been relatively stable.
Modelling Arctic climates and ocean environments suggests the complete dissappearance of the Arctic sea ice cover over the coming century. Hence questions are asked what is in store for the future, for the entire Arctic and its people, its lands and seas, as well as for the entire world. And the conference will assess if credible answers can be found.

Application and abstract deadline: 30 July 2007

13 - 17 October 2007     Nynäshamn, Sweden

British Diatom Meeting

More details to follow. If you would like to offer a talk or a poster at this stage, please contact:
Sarah Metcalfe (sarah.metcalfe@nottingham.ac.uk)
Suzanne McGowan (suzanne.mcgowan@nottingham.ac.uk)

26 - 28 October 2007     Peak District, Great Britain

SOLAS Summer School

The SOLAS Summer School is a biennial, international event that brings together over 70 students and 20 lecturers for a mix of lectures and practical workshops. It aims to teach the skills and knowledge of the many disciplines needed to understand the nature of ocean-atmosphere interactions. It allows doctoral students and early-career researchers to see how their work fits into the broad canvas of SOLAS, and global change research more generally.

The 2007 school will be held at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse in Corsica, France.

22 October - 3 November 2007     Corsica, France

MARUM Workshop: Response of North African ecosystems to abrupt climate change

This workshop will bring together leading international scientists in African palaeoclimate reconstruction, from both the marine and terrestrial realms, archaeology, paleoclimate modelling as well as experts in monsoon dynamics. The workshop aims to explore the role of Africa in global climate change throughout the geological past, the present and the future. Consequences for marine and terrestrial ecosystems will be illuminated. Contributors are encouraged to present recent results from either terrestrial or marine archives, climate modelling and/or data analysis.


14 - 16 November 2007     Bremen, Germany

Austral Summer Institute VIII

The Austral Summer Institute is an educational activity sponsored by the Department of Oceanography and the Center for Oceanographic Research in the eastern South Pacific of the University of Concepcion. ASI VIII will be held at the main campus of the university and at the Marine Biology Station in Dichato. It will include three courses, with one paleo-relevant course on "Oceanography and climate change: Past, present and future scenarios" running from 14-25 January 2008.

Contacts:
Monica Sorondo (asi@udec.cl)
Silvio Pantoja (spantoja@udec.cl)

27 November 2007 - 26 January 2008     Dichato Concepcion, Chile

PAGES EXCOM Meeting

The PAGES Executive Committee (EXCOM) is a subset of five Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) members, who oversee PAGES activities.

The EXCOM meeting is being held alongside the AGU Fall Meeting.

9 December 2007     San Francisco, USA

AGU Fall Meeting

PAGES is co-organizing three special sessions at the AGU Fall Meeting and invites ample contributions:

U04: Quaternary Climate Records from the Continents: Comparisons with Their Marine and Polar Cousins
Convenors: Tom Johnson, Julie Brigham-Grette, Jeff Plescia

PP22: Past Climate Forcings - A New PAGES Focus
Convenors: Jérôme Chappellaz, Bette L. Otto-Bliesner

PP25: The Climate of the Monsoon: Proxy Records, Measurements and Models
Convenors: Rob Wilson, Ed Cook, Rosanne D'Arrigo, Dave Anderson, Pinxian Wang

Abstract submission deadline: 6 September 2007

10 - 14 December 2007     San Francisco, USA