PAGES e-news, vol. 2015, no. 9
CONTENTS
▶ PAGES’ new Executive Director
▶ Zaragoza to host 5th OSM/3rd YSM in 2017
▶ PAGES 2k news
► New volcanoes working group
► Upcoming deadlines to attend PAGES-supported meetings
► EGU opportunities
► 4th PALSEA2 meeting - Save the date!
► Ice Core Young Scientists (ICYS) - reminder
► IGBP updates
► Future Earth updates
► WCRP updates
► Climate History Network podcast
► AGU Fall Meeting
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▶ PAGES’ new Executive Director
We are delighted to welcome Marie-France Loutre as PAGES’ new Executive Director. Read more at: http://www.pages-igbp.org/news/all-news-items/9-latest-news/1325-pages-new-executive-director
▶ Zaragoza to host 5th OSM/3rd YSM in 2017
The PAGES EXCOM and SSC are pleased to announce the 5th PAGES Open Science Meeting (OSM) and 3rd Young Scientists Meeting (YSM) will be held in Zaragoza, Spain. The proposed dates are around early to mid-May 2017.
We look forward to organizing a rewarding and memorable meeting with our hosts, the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, Spanish National Research Council (IPE‐CSIC).
▶ PAGES 2k news
PAGES 2k special issue: A special issue of "Climate of the Past" is planned to showcase results of the 2k project. It will be open for submissions between July and Dec 2016. Contributions are welcome from 2k regional and trans-regional groups and any individual initiatives (e.g. studies based on one of the 2k databases). Send provisional titles to lucien.vongunten@pages.unibe.ch
PAGES 2k temperature reconstruction: An author group is now forming to write a paper focusing on a comparative analysis of global mean temperature time series (index) reconstructions using the new PAGES 2k proxy dataset. Contact lucien.vongunten@pages.unibe.ch with your proposed contribution.
► New volcanoes working group
We recently launched the Volcanic Impacts on Climate and Society (VICS) working group, which aims to improve volcanic radiative forcing reconstructions and the understanding of both the volcanically-induced climate variability and societal impacts of eruptions.
Learn more and sign up to the mailing list at: http://www.pages-igbp.org/ini/wg/vics
► Upcoming deadlines to attend PAGES-supported meetings
PlioVAR: Modelling Climate Variability During Critical Intervals of the Late Pliocene
29 February to 1 March 2016, Leeds, UK.
Apply by: 5pm 17 December 2015.
http://www.pages-igbp.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1539-model-clim-pliocene
Connecting Paleo and Modern Oceanographic Data to Understand AMOC Over Decades to Centuries
23-25 May 2016, Boulder, USA
Apply by: 22 January 2016
Contact person: Hali Kilbourne kilbourn@umces.edu
http://www.pages-igbp.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1536-connect-ocean-data
European Pollen Database meeting and training
1-3 June 2016, Aix-en-Provence, France
Apply by: 28 February 2016
Contact person: Thomas Giesecke tgiesec@gwdg.de
http://www.pages-igbp.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1538-euro-pollen-datab
2k Network & PMIP: Comparing data and model estimates of hydroclimate variability and change over the Common Era
1-3 June 2016, Palisades, NY, USA
Contact person: Jason Smerdon jsmerdon@ldeo.columbia.edu
http://www.pages-igbp.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1535-data-model-compare-hydroclimate
Regional Integration Theme: Dynamics of socio-ecosystems on a changing Earth: sustainability or collapse?
4 April 2016, Chambéry, France
Contact person: Fabien Arnaud fabien.arnaud@univ-smb.fr
http://www.pages-igbp.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1528-dynamics-of-socio-ecosystems
Modeling isotope ratios in proxy climate records
2-5 May 2016, Friday Harbour, USA
Contact person: David Noone dcn@coas.oregonstate.edu
http://www.pages-igbp.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1537-modeling-isotope-ratios
► EGU opportunities
EGU Meeting Support for 2016: Deadline 31 December 2015. The EGU welcomes proposals for Topical Meetings, Training Schools and Workshops, as well as applications for EGU Sponsorship of External Meetings, for the year 2016. More at: http://www.egu.eu/meetings/support-request/
EGU General Assembly: The EGU General Assembly will take place in Vienna, Austria, from 17-22 April 2016. The abstract submission deadline is 13 January 2016 at 13:00 CET. If applying for early-career scientist support, the deadline is 1 December 2015.
Several PAGES-relevant sessions are inviting abstract submissions:
Flood and weather extremes of the past (Session: CL1.13/AS4.28/HS2.4.7)
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/20049
Conveners: S Dietrich, B Wilhelm. Co-conveners: M Czymzik, R Glaser, G Lohmann, S Wirth & M Stoffel.
Sea ice in the past: proxies, models and climate feedbacks (Session: CL4.01/OS1.17)
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/21118
Convener: E Wolff. Co-conveners: A de Vernal, MS Seidenkrantz & H Goosse.
Stratospheric aerosol, volcanic eruptions and their radiative effects
(Session: AS3.5/CL2.07)
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/21019
Convener: G.W. Mann. Co-conveners: M Toohey, L Thomason, C Timmreck.
Land use and land cover change over Holocene timescales (Session: BG2.19/SSS3.7)
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/21872
Convener: J Woodbridge. Co-conveners: S Brewer & R Fyfe.
► 4th PALSEA2 meeting - Save the date!
The 4th PALSEA2 meeting will be held from 18-21 September 2016 at Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon, USA. The topic is "Sea-level budgets at decadal to millennial timescales to bridge the paleo and instrumental records".
More information at: http://people.oregonstate.edu/~carlsand/PALSEA2/PALSEA_2016_Meeting.html
► Ice Core Young Scientists (ICYS) - reminder
ICYS is still welcoming registrations from early-career researchers for its upcoming workshop in Hobart, Australia, on 6 March 2016. This workshop takes place just prior to IPICS' 2016 Open Science Conference. More at: http://www.ipics2016.org/icys. Register by emailing: icecoreys@gmail.com
► IGBP updates
IGBP's Global Change final issue 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.
Landmark Synthesis Event at AGU: Preparations for IGBP's Landmark Synthesis Event at the AGU Fall Meeting in December are in full swing. See the program here:
http://www.igbp.net/news/news/news/igbpagu2015update.5.950c2fa1495db7081e17186.html
► Future Earth updates
MoU: PAGES has now officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing its position as a core project within Future Earth. The PAGES community looks forward to a productive and rewarding collaboration. http://www.pages-igbp.org/news/all-news-items/9-latest-news/1328-pages-signs-future-earth-mou
Going to COP21?: Future Earth, ICSU, ISSC, and the Stockholm Resilience Centre are sharing a booth for the scientific community to facilitate interactions among delegates and keep you informed. Look out for it if you're there!
► WCRP updates
Call for 2016 SCOR Visiting Scholars: This program sends ocean scientists interested in short-term visits to developing countries. Application deadline is 4 December 2015. Find out more at: http://www.clivar.org/news/call-2016-scor-visiting-scholars
CLIVAR Open Science Conference: "Charting the course for climate and ocean research", 18-25 September 2016, Qingdao, China.
Event registration opens in December. Submit abstracts by 15 March 2016.
More information at: http://www.clivar2016.org/
► Climate History Network podcast
Climate History Network and HistoricalClimatology.com recently recorded an interview with Prof Sam White of Ohio State University. White is a respected environmental historian of the Little Ice Age. Listen here: http://www.historicalclimatology.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-dr-sam-white
► AGU Fall Meeting
PAGES wishes all community members a successful and productive time at the AGU Fall Meeting from 14-18 December 2015 in San Francisco, USA. Sessions co-sponsored by IGBP are indicated with an *:
LandCover6k Working Group
Monday 14 December
Dating the Anthropocene: Early Land Use and Earth System Change* (Session: GC11E)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8202
Primary Convener: E Ellis. Conveners: K Goldewijk & J Williams
Emerging perspectives on land use: global drivers and local impacts in a socioenvironmentally connected world* (Session: GC13C)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8063
Primary Convener: P Verburg. Conveners: M Reichstein, KD Morrison & S van der Leeuw
Aquatic Transitions Working Group
Monday 14 December
Sedimentary records of threshold change in ecosystems* (Session: GC13G)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8761
Primary Convener: K Mills. Conveners: P Gell & J E Saros
Dust Impact on Climate and Environment (DICE) Working Group
Tuesday 15 December
Long-Range Transport of Dust and Pollution in the Past, Present, and Future I* (Session: A21L)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/10697
Primary Convener: P Patra. Conveners: R Singh, H El-Askary & G Winckler
PALSEA2 Working Group
Thursday 17 December
Sea levels and ice sheets during past warm periods: looking the past to understand the future* (Session: PP43C)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8961
Primary Convener: A Rovere. Convener: R Kopp III
Friday 18 December
Feedbacks on ice-sheet growth and decay during the last glacial cycle (Session: PP51C)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9129
Primary Convener: J Clark. Conveners: F He, J Walker & G Sinclair
The PAGES 2k Network
Friday 18 December
Climate of the Common Era* (Session: PP51A)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8412
Primary Convener: K Anchukaitis. Convener: J Smerdon
IGBP and Future Earth activities
Monday 14 December
Union Session: What’s the big deal about the Anthropocene? (Session: U12A)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8151
Primary Convener: N Bondre. Conveners: J Syvitski, E Brondizio & O Gaffney
Tuesday 15 December
More bang for your buck: How does coordination add value to sustainability science? (Session: PA23A)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8718
Primary Convener: T Kiefer. Conveners: K Smyth, N Bondre & J Emile-Geay
Future Earth
Tuesday 15 December
Science and the Sustainable Development Goals (Session: PA21C)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9048
Primary Convener: C Togtokh. Conveners: D Ojima, T Yamagata & O Gaffney
Other
Wednesday 16 December
Emiliani Lecture: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology and Ocean Sciences (Session: PP32A)
PAGES Co-Chair, Alan Mix, of Oregon State University, has been awarded the honour of giving the Emiliani Lecture for his outstanding contributions to the field of paleoceanography. His lecture will be titled: Searching for tipping points in Pleistocene climate: Are they real? Are they portents for the future?
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9846
Thursday 17 December
Biogeochemical cycles in the past - long-term commitments in the future* (Session: PP43E)
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/10840
Primary Convener: H Fischer. Conveners: B Hoenisch, L Menviel & E Brook