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Welcome to PAGES

The PAGES (Past Global Changes) project is an international effort to coordinate and promote past global change research. The primary objective is to improve our understanding of past changes in the Earth system in order to improve projections of future climate and environment, and inform strategies for sustainability. ... more

PAGES is open and inclusive to all scientists interested in past global changes. In February 2017, PAGES' parent organization Future Earth published a statement affirming its commitment to supporting international collaboration and the free movement of scientists and flow of data, information and knowledge for global sustainability. PAGES fully supports the Future Earth statement.

PAGES is funded by the US National Science Foundation and the Swiss Academy of Sciences. It is a core project of Future Earth and a scientific partner of WCRP.

Global Monsoon 2nd synthesis

Details: Published: Thursday, 17 August 2017 15:29

The much-anticipated second synthesis product from PAGES' former working group Global Monsoon is now in press in Earth-Science Reviews.

Pinxian Wang et al. address driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and outstanding issues in GM science in their paper, titled "The global monsoon across time scales: mechanisms and outstanding issues."

Read the latest e-news

Details: Published: Wednesday, 16 August 2017 13:06

Read about the latest PAGES' news, meetings and opportunities from around the world in this month's e-news.

New PEOPLE 3000 group

Details: Published: Monday, 07 August 2017 16:42

A new PAGES working group launched today - PalEOclimate and the PeopLing of the Earth (PEOPLE 3000).

By integrating archaeological data, paleoecological data and dynamic modeling, PEOPLE 3000 aims to explain long-term patterns of growth in the consumption of energy in social-ecological systems, and the tipping points of these systems within the contexts of changing climates and environments, over the last 3000 years.

Learn more about the group and be involved! Sign up to their mailing list! All details here.

VICS crop research in ERL

Details: Published: Monday, 07 August 2017 12:20

Results of a new VICS working group paper, published recently in Environmental Research Letters, emphasize the need for interdisciplinary approaches to climate change adaptation considering not only biophysical, but also social, economic and political aspects.

Severe climatic anomalies in summer 1816, partly due to the eruption of Tambora in April 1815, contributed to delayed growth and poor harvests of important crops in Central Europe. Coinciding with adverse socio-economic conditions, this event triggered the last subsistence crisis in the Western world.

PAGES @ AGU17

Details: Published: Tuesday, 25 July 2017 14:24

Several PAGES working groups - PAGES 2k Network, DICE and PALSEA2 - will be conducting sessions at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in New Orleans from 11-15 December 2017.