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PAGES e-news vol. 2016, no.10

CONTENT

1. PAGES 5th OSM deadlines 20 December

2. Website updates

3. Guest scientist Andrew Sluyter at PAGES

4. PAGES Working Group updates, meetings and deadlines

5. Other PAGES-supported meeting deadlines


6. Upcoming paleo conferences

7. Recent PAGES' products


8. AGU Fall Meeting scientific program released

9. Future Earth updates


10. WCRP updates

11. Endorsed and affiliated groups updates

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1. PAGES 5th OSM deadlines 20 December

Join us in Zaragoza, Spain, from 9-13 May 2017 for PAGES 5th Open Science Meeting.

Register here: http://pages-osm.org/

Access the list of sessions here: http://www.pages-osm.org/osm/sessions-osm

Abstract submission and financial support application deadlines: 20 December.



2. Website updates

i. Paleoscience blogs are becoming more prominent and prolific, so we've made a new section on the Product Database. PAGES-related blog articles are now showcased here: http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/multimedia/7017-blog-articles

Would you like your blog article to be accessible via the PAGES website too? Send an email to pagesatpages.unibe.ch (pages[at]pages[dot]unibe[dot]ch) with all the details.

ii. Altmetric scores are now available on articles in our Product Database.

iii. A reminder to please use www.pastglobalchanges.org and replace old bookmarks.



3. Guest scientist Andrew Sluyter at PAGES

PAGES is pleased to host guest scientist Andrew Sluyter, from Louisiana State University, for the next two months. Read about his plans here: http://pastglobalchanges.org/news/all-news-items/9-latest-news/1567-guest-sci-sluyter-bern

For those in Switzerland, Sluyter will give a seminar on land-use reconstruction and landscape transformations at the Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, on 23 November (starting 10:15 in Praktikumsraum, 1st floor, main building).





4. PAGES Working Group updates, meetings and deadlines

i. 2k Network

General meeting

Zargoza, Spain

11 May 2017

Deadline: TBA

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1640-2k-meeting-osm-17

ii. CVAS

1st Workshop

Hamburg, Germany

28-30 November 2016

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1601-cvas-wshop-nov-2016

iii. Floods

The Floods Working Group has a new database project. Contact the leaders if you're interested in this effort: http://pastglobalchanges.org/ini/wg/floods/people

iv. Forest Dynamics

1st Workshop

Løvenholm Castle, Jutland, Denmark

21-24 March 2017

Deadline: TBA

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1608-forest-dynam-wshop-16

v. GloSS

GloSS Database meeting

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

30 January-1 February 2017

Abstract deadline: 15 December

Registrations: Open soon

http://pastglobalchanges.org/ini/wg/gloss/meetings/127-pages/1642-gloss-datab-meet-17

vi. GPWG2

"Natural and human-driven fire regime and early land-cover changes in Central and Eastern Europe" workshop

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

5-8 December 2016

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1609-gpwg2-wshop-dec-16

vii. LandCover6k

a. Pollen-based reconstructions of past land-cover change in Latin America workshop

Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

29-31 October 2016

http://www.pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1605-pollen-brazil-landcover6k-16

b. General Workshop

Zaragoza, Spain

16-17 May 2017

Deadline: TBA

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1637-landcover6k-wshop-2017

viii. VICS

2nd Workshop

Zaragoza, Spain

9 May 2017

Deadline: TBA

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/2017/127-pages/1620-2nd-vics-wshop



5. Other PAGES-supported meeting deadlines

i. APN Proposal Development Training Workshop for Young Scientists in South Asia

Bhutan

14-16 December 2016

Application deadline: 31 October

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1639-apn-prop-dev-sth-asia-dec-16

ii. Overcoming reductionism when linking climate variability with human history – a cross-disciplinary approach in the Altai Mountains

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

10-14 April 2017

Registration deadline: 31 October

http://www.pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1622-overc-reduc-altai-17





6. Upcoming paleo conferences

i. CSDCO Science Planning Workshop 1: Scientific Drilling/Coring and Earth-Life System Evolution

Arlington, Virginia, USA

13-14 November 2016

Deadline: 27 October

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/2016/127-pages/1643-csdco-wshop-nov-16

ii. AQUA 2016: Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference

Auckland, New Zealand

5-9 December 2016

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1625-aqua-16-nz

iii. Workshop on Cenozoic pCO2 reconstructions

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY

15-17 March 2017

Deadline: 30 November

http://www.pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/2017/127-pages/1644-cenozoic-recons-palisades-16

iv. 10th International Carbon Dioxide Conference

Interlaken, Switzerland

21-25 August 2017

Registrations and abstract submissions now open.

http://www.icdc10.unibe.ch/



v. AFQUA 2017: The 2nd International Conference of The African Quaternary: Environments, Ecology and Humans

Ifrane, Morocco

Late September 2017

Deadline: TBA

http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/2017/127-pages/1619-afqua-2017

vi. PMIP meeting 2017

Stockholm, Sweden

25-29 September 2017

Deadline: TBA

http://www.pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1632-pmip-meet-2017



7. Recent PAGES' products

i. Workshop product:

Jesse Morris et al. published their PAGES-supported findings on managing bark beetle impacts in Journal of Applied Ecology yesterday. http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/journal-articles/7156-man-bark-beet-imp-eco-soc-fut-res

ii. Special issue:

The PAGES-endorsed Arctic Holocene Transitions project recently published a linked series of three major review papers in a special issue of Quaternary Science Reviews.

http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/special-issues/7122-hol-clim-chg-east-beringia-rev

http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/special-issues/7124-nth-atlantic-fenn-hol-clim-trend-mech

http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/special-issues/7123-hol-clim-chg-arctic-canada-greenl

iii. 2k Network:

"Assessing recent trends in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere surface climate" by Julie Jones et al. was published in Nature Climate Change. http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/journal-articles/7068-access-rec-trend-hi-lat-sthn-hem-sfc-clim

iv. Ocean2k:

The Marie-Alexandrine Sicre et al. corrected proof "Sea surface temperature variability in the North Western Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lion) during the Common Era" was recently made available in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. http://www.pastglobalchanges.org/products/7154-sea-surf-temp-var-nth-west-med-sea

v. Euro-Med2k:

Group leader Ulf Büntgen published a personal "As I See It" paper in Climate Research about the state of science in Russia. http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/journal-articles/7069-bridge-trouble-russia-ub-2016

vi. PAGES in Eos:

A workshop report from the PAGES-supported IPICS 2016 Open Science Conference was published in Eos. http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/meeting-products/7079-devel-ice-core-res-ipics-eos16



8. AGU Fall Meeting scientific program released

Access the program here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi



9. Future Earth updates

i. Future Earth will host two webinars on 19 October - "Exploring social-ecological transformations and seeds of a good Anthropocene". 10:00 CEST - Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8456634577910004995 and 17:00 CEST - Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6315598466139924484. Read the latest publication on this topic: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.1309/full

ii. Join Ioan Fazey, Bronwyn Hayward, Susi Moser, Petra Tschakert and other experts from the Transformations to Sustainability community for a webinar discussion on opportunities for social science in the forthcoming Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the impacts of global warming 1.5°C. Monday 31 October 16:00-17:00 CET/15:00-16:00 UTC. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2130491073676381697

iii. Future Earth regional workshop for Europe: Take part in this year’s workshop, offering training in trandsdisciplinary skills and co-design methodology. 22-23 November 2016 in Stockholm. Register by: 1 November. http://futureearth.org/events/future-earth-regional-workshop-europe

iv. Call for applications: Early-career researchers and professional newcomers can apply to be a member of the Knowledge-Action Networks development teams. Help shape innovative research agendas over the coming years and connect with a global network of leading academics and professionals. Read more about the application criteria, and apply, here: http://futureearth.org/news/call-applications-early-career-representatives-knowledge-action-networks Deadline: 2 November.

v. The Future Earth Open Network has launched. This online tool is a place where professionals can do essential work around sustainability research. To open account, go to: http://network.futureearth.org/home

vi. Take the Utrecht University survey: Opportunity for scientists to talk about how they view the political and social role of sustainability research. http://futureearth.org/news/participate-new-survey-social-and-political-role-sustainability-research



10. WCRP updates

i. CLIVAR October Bulletin: http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e95bd74f92719b8560b3cbed6&id=a3c1c1b1a9&e=a3ab4bafcd



11. Endorsed and affiliated groups updates

i. Climate History Network: Read the latest quarterly issue of the newsletter, which contains feature articles, latest publications, member projects, and calls for papers and proposals. http://www.climatehistory.net/news2/2016/10/6/chn-fall-newsletter-published

ii. Historical Climatology: Dagomar Degroot recently interviewed environmental historian John McNeill, discussing all things Anthropocene. http://www.historicalclimatology.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-j-r-mcneill

iii. IHOPE: Access a pdf version of the latest newsletter here: http://pastglobalchanges.org/download/docs/pdf/ihope-news-oct-16.pdf

 

 

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