PAGES - Past Global Changes

New VICS Working Group

Details: Published: Monday, 19 October 2015 15:20

The Volcanic Impacts on Climate and Society (VICS) Working Group will provide a forum for information exchange between communities interested in the impacts of volcanic eruptions, including those involved in paleoclimate reconstruction, climate modeling, ice core interpretation, and historical climate-societal interactions.

The group aims to improve volcanic radiative forcing reconstructions and the understanding of both the volcanically-induced climate variability and societal impacts of eruptions.

PAGES signs Future Earth MoU

Details: Published: Thursday, 12 November 2015 09:22

PAGES has now officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalizing its position as a core project within Future Earth.

The PAGES community looks forward to a productive and rewarding collaboration.

PAGES’ new Executive Director

Details: Published: Monday, 09 November 2015 14:22

We are delighted to welcome Marie-France Loutre as PAGES’ new Executive Director.

marie-france-loutre-big Marie-France has a distinguished international career in past global change research, particularly in paleoclimate modeling and studying how different forcings and feedbacks influence climate.

Last IGBP Global Change

Details: Published: Tuesday, 03 November 2015 16:04

This final issue of IGBP's Global Change magazine highlights the organization's legacy as it transitions to Future Earth at the end of this year.

Three decades of scientific and institutional accomplishments, as well as contributions to policy and capacity building, from PAGES' parent organization are featured.

Read the latest e-news

Details: Published: Thursday, 22 October 2015 10:57

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

New Floods Working Group

Details: Published: Monday, 19 October 2015 15:20

The Floods Working Group will investigate past flood events and bring together many researchers, including geologists, geographers, historians, modelers, statisticians, and hydrologists.

The group aims to coordinate and synthesize results on the natural variability of floods to aid our understanding of these destructive natural hazards and their future trends.

Give your feedback

Details: Published: Wednesday, 14 October 2015 14:40

2k data managers McKay and Emile-Geay invite feedback on their paper in Climate of the Past – Discussions in which they propose a preliminary standard for formating paleoclimate data series with the aim of streamlining the presentation and archiving of data, and facilitating database construction and integration.

Do you think this versioning scheme is appropriate? Please send your comments to Nick McKay (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by November 6.