Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Past Global Changes (PAGES)
3rd Open Science Meeting
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
8-11 July 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, 16 March 2009
For further information, please go to:
http://www.pages-osm.org/
Or contact:
Thorsten Kiefer
Email: kiefer [at] pages.unibe.ch
The Past Global Changes (PAGES) 3rd Open Science Meeting, will be held
8-11 July 2009, at Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon. The
program will cover diverse paleoscience around the themes of past
climate forcings, regional climate dynamics, Earth System dynamics and
human-climate-ecosystem interactions. Abstracts are now being accepted
for poster presentations.
A Young Scientists Meeting will be held alongside the Open Science
Meeting from 6-7 July. The meeting aims to support the development of
young paleoscientists by providing the opportunity to advance their
scientific skills and to network with colleagues, leading senior
scientists and program representatives.
The meetings will be organized around open poster sessions and invited
oral presentations, as well as "hot topic" discussions.
Poster session topics will include:
1. Climate Forcings
2. Chronology
3. Regional Climate Dynamics
4. Proxy Development, Calibration, and Validation
5. Global-Scale Earth System Dynamics
6. Modeling in Paleoscience
7. Past Human-Climate-Ecosystem Interactions
8. Data Management
Oral session topics will include:
1. The Global Hydrological Cycle and Abrupt Changes
2. Reconstructing Climate Modes
3. Chronology in Paleoscience
4. Climate-Biogeochemistry Interactions
5. Land Cover, Water, and Sediment: Regional and Global Synthesis
6. Proxy Development, Calibration, and Validation
7. Regional Climate Reconstructions: Filling the Gaps
8. Past Perspectives on Modern Human-Environment Interactions
9. Modeling
10. Origin of Interglacial Climate Variability
11. Stability of Polar Ice Sheets and Sea Level
"Hot Topic" discussions are likely to include:
1. The role of paleoscience in IPCC
2. Past Ocean Acidification: Biogenic Impacts and Climate Feedbacks
3. Transient vs. Rapid Change in the Sahara
4. How Abruptly Can Sea Level Rise?
The deadline for submission of poster abstracts is Monday, 16 March
2009. To suggest or organize topical clusters of posters within the
groups listed above, please contact:
Thorsten Kiefer
Email: kiefer [at] pages.unibe.ch
For further information, please go to:
http://www.pages-osm.org/