The last two millennia Paleoclimate Reconstruction (PR) Challenge is now "live" and available for participation. The "Challenge" is designed to engage the scientific PR community in examining its methods in a common framework for the purpose of evaluating their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Abstract submission is now open for the PAGES co-sponsored workshop on Climate Change in the Carpathian-Balkan Region during the Pleistocene & Holocene (9-12 June, Suceava, Romania).
The organizers invite abstracts for oral/poster presentations addressing a range of paleoenvironment subjects. Abstract submission deadline is 8 May 2011.
This newsletter issue compiles the latest information on climate and impacts during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) at global and regional scales. It also provides information on recently held meetings and upcoming events.
The Antarctic Science International Bursary
Awards of up to £5000, made annually to support the development of the careers of promising young scientists, working in any field of Antarctic science. The purpose of the award is to broaden the scope of an existing research project, especially for postdoctoral studies.
The purpose of the programme is to provide opportunities to post-doctoral researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa to conduct, under the guidance of their host institutions, cooperative research at a German university or other research institutions. DAAD is offering approximately 10 Fellowships in 2011.
Registration is open for the symposium Global Change: mounting pressure on the Earth System (1 April 2011, Maryland, USA) that aims to strengthen links between IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme) and the US science community.
Registration is now open for the PAGES co-sponsored 3rd Polar Marine Diatom Taxonomy Workshop (4-8 July, Sydney). This workshop will dedicate considerable time to microscope sessions and taxonomic problems to help guide the research and training of the next generation of polar diatomists. This workshop is also timely for the direct and hands-on transfer of results from the successful ANDRILL and IODP (Wilkes Land, Campbell Plateau, Bering Sea etc..) results to students and researchers in the field.
The Planet Under Pressure conference (26-29 March 2012, London) will provide a comprehensive update of the pressure planet Earth is now under. The conference will discuss solutions at all scales to move societies on to a sustainable pathway. It will provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.
The Scientific Organising Committee invites proposals for parallel sessions by 18 March 2011. To submit a proposal for a session and for more information, visit the conference website.
