PAGES e-news vol. 2016, no.6
CONTENT
1. PAGES at the Fall AGU
2. Registration for PAGES 5th OSM and 3rd YSM
3. Future Earth-PROVIA-IPCC workshop
4. IPCC call for experts
5. CLIVAR call for panel nominations
6. INQUA: 2017 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal
7. PAGES' jobs section
8. Working Group updates and deadlines
9. Recent PAGES' products
10. Save the date!
11. Future Earth update
12. WCRP update
13. Endorsed and affiliated groups update
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1. PAGES at the Fall AGU
Sessions have been finalised for the Fall AGU in San Francisco from 12-16 December 2016.
Early abstract submission deadline: 27 July. Final submission deadline: 3 August.
Confirmed PAGES-supported sessions from PALSEA2, Arctic2k and Floods working groups are listed on our calendar entry. Read about their abstract requests here:
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1458-agu-fall-meeting-2016
Working group leaders, please advise any sessions that need to be added.
2. Registration for PAGES 5th OSM and 3rd YSM
Full registration opens in early July for PAGES 5th Open Science Meeting (OSM) and 3rd Young Scientists Meeting (YSM) in Zaragoza, Spain, in May 2017. Until then, pre-registration is still open, allowing you to receive OSM and YSM meeting updates.
Read more about, and pre-register for, the OSM here: http://pages-osm.org/
Read more about, and pre-register for, the YSM here: http://pages-osm.org/ysm
3. Future Earth-PROVIA-IPCC workshop
The Future Earth-PROVIA-IPCC scientific workshop, titled “Integrating science across the IPCC on climate risk and sustainable solutions: Lessons learned from AR5 to support AR6” will be held from 29-31 August 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition to speakers invited by the Scientific Committee, open seats for participation are offered to highly qualified scientists, early career climate scientists and experts with experience in or knowledge of the IPCC process. Applicants should provide a short proposal (150 words max) presenting their motivation and potential contribution to the workshop. Original deadline was 21 June but late submissions will be considered.
More information, including funding support details, here: http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1607-future-earth-provia-ipcc-scientific-workshop
4. IPCC call for experts
At its 43rd Session (Nairobi, Kenya, 11–13 April 2016), the IPCC Panel decided to prepare a special report on climate change and the oceans and the cryosphere. The report will be developed under the joint scientific leadership of Working Groups I, II and III with support from the WGII TSU.
A call for expert nominations was issued to Governments, Observer Organizations and IPCC Bureau members requesting them to nominate via their focal points before Friday 29 July 2016 midnight CEST.
A list of focal points (contacts) for various countries can be accessed here: http://www.ipcc.ch/apps/contact/interface/focalpoints.php
To find out how to get involved, go to: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/srocc/
5. CLIVAR call for panel nominations
The CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group (SSG) and CLIVAR Panels seek nominations or self-nominations for new members to serve on CLIVAR panels from January 2017 (and from January 2018 for the SSG). Positions on the following panels include Ocean Model Development Panel (OMDP) (4 positions); Global Synthesis and Observations Panel (GSOP) (2); Atlantic Region Panel (7); Pacific Region Panel (3); CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Region Panel (5); CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (6).
Deadline: 20 July.
More information at the SSG webpage: http://www.clivar.org/organization/ssg and Panels webpage: http://www.clivar.org/clivar-panels
Nominations to be submitted online: http://www.clivar.org/news/open-call-nominations-clivar-panels
6. INQUA: 2017 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal
Nominations are now open for the 2017 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal, awarded to an early-career scientist normally less than 40 years of age or, if older, within eight years of completing their first PhD project. Candidates may be working in any branch of Quaternary science.
Closing date: 21 September.
Further information at: http://www.inqua.org/awardsMedals.html
Application form at: http://www.inqua.org/awardsForms.html
7. PAGES' jobs section
Have you been to our jobs section recently? There are many student, postdoc, faculty/permanent and other positions currently available.
http://pastglobalchanges.org/index.php/my-pages/paleo-jobs
To advertise a position, go to: http://pastglobalchanges.org/my-pages/paleo-jobs/add-a-job
8. Working Group updates and deadlines
i. QUIGS
2nd QUIGS workshop "Glacial terminations: Timing and Shape"
Montréal, Canada
18-20 October 2016
Expressions of interest: 30 June
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1592-2nd-quigs-wshop
ii. Floods
a. Session: (T59): Paleofloods and Related Fluvial Processes during the Late Quaternary: Reconstructions and Causes.
Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting 2016
Denver, Colorado, USA
25-28 September 2016
Abstract submission deadline: 12 July
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1588-2016-gsa-am
iii. LandCover6k
a. New workshop: Pollen-based reconstructions of past land-cover change in Latin America
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
29-31 October 2016
Application deadline: 10 July
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1605-pollen-brazil-landcover6k-16
b. 14th International Palynological Congress
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
23-28 October 2016
Registration deadline: 31 July
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1573-14th-international-palynological-congress
c. For all palynologists:
Welcome to the Centenary (1916-2016) of Pollen Analysis and the Legacy of Lennart von Post
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
24-25 November 2016
Registration deadline: 31 July
http://pastglobalchanges.org/download/docs/e-news/e-news-2016-5/vonPost_flier%202016-05-16.pdf
http://pastglobalchanges.org/download/docs/e-news/e-news-2016-5/von%20Post%20Centenary%201916%20Conference%20Programme_2016-05-16.pdf
d. 4th Landscape Archaeology Conference
Uppsala, Sweden
23-25 August 2016
Registration deadline: 1 August
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1566-lac2016
e. Eighth World Archaeological Congress (WAC8)
Kyoto, Japan
28 August - 2 September 2016
Registration deadline: 10 August
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1565-wac8
iv. PlioVAR
PlioVAR meeting
Utrecht, Netherlands
2 September 2016
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1597-pliovar-utrecht-2016
v. Climate Variability Across Scales (CVAS)
1st CVAS workshop - "What do we know about multicentennial, multimillenial variability?"
Hamburg, Germany
28-30 November 2016
Registration deadline: 31 August
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/all-events/127-pages/1601-cvas-wshop-nov-2016
vi. Global Paleofire 2 (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
Registration deadline: 15 September
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1609-gpwg2-wshop-dec-16
9. Recent PAGES' products
i. PALSEA2: "Coral indicators of past sea-level change: A global repository of U-series dated benchmarks" in Quaternary Science Reviews. http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/journal-articles/7004-coral-indic-past-sea-level-chg
ii. PALSEA2: "Diachronous retreat of the Greenland ice sheet during the last deglaciation" by Sinclair G, Carlson AE, Mix AC, Lecavalier BS, Milne G, Mathias A, Buizert C & DeConto R in Quaternary Science Reviews. http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/journal-articles/7006-retreat-greenland-ice-palsea
iii: Euro-Med2k: "Climatic and environmental aspects of the Mongol withdrawal from Hungary in 1242 CE" in Scientific Reports. http://pastglobalchanges.org/news/all-news-items/9-latest-news/1465-climatic-mongol-buentgen
iv. A new special issue, "Tambora and the 'Year Without a Summer' of 1816", was released by the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research. http://pastglobalchanges.org/news/all-news-items/9-latest-news/1472-tambora-pub-oeschger-16
10. Save the date!
i. Climate Change: The Karst Record VIII Conference (KR8) will be held in Austin, Texas, USA, from 21-24 May 2017.
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1593-kr8-2017
ii. The 10th International Carbon Dioxide Conference will be held in Interlaken, Switzerland, from 21-25 August 2017.
Registration and abstract submission opens 1 September 2016.
http://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/upcoming/127-pages/1569-10th-international-carbon-dioxide-conference
11. Future Earth update
i. Attend the webinar: The Social Challenge of 1.5°C. Join Karen O'Brien, Susanne Moser, Ioan Fazey and others from Future Earth's Transformations Knowledge-Action Network to discuss mobilizing research around the social challenge of a 1.5°C target. Webinar will air live on 22 June at 17:00 CEST and will be archived to watch at any time here.
http://futureearth.org/events/webinar-social-challenge-15degc
ii. Call for proposals: Sustainable Water Future Programme working groups. Submit your proposals for working groups to develop the research programme of this global project, which focuses on solving the world's water problems. Submissions due by 15 July.
http://futureearth.org/news/call-proposals-sustainable-water-future-programme-working-groups
iii. Future Earth Media Lab launches online: New online incubator will help audiences to experience, learn about and contribute to science on global change in new ways, using pioneering technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
http://futureearth.org/news/future-earth-media-lab-launches-online
12. WCRP update
Read the WCRP June newsletter here: http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=daf3c1527c528609c379f3c08&id=a23fc8d8c4
13. Endorsed and affiliated groups update
i. HistoricalClimatology.com: Two new articles published - The first, by Alan MacEachern, from the University of Western Ontario, describes a remarkable effort to save Canadian documentary proxies for climate history. http://www.historicalclimatology.com/blog/clio-and-climate-on-saving-and-researching-a-climate-history-archive
The second, by Dagomar Degroot, provides new perspectives on the Maunder Minimum, a period of global cooling from 1645 to 1720. http://www.historicalclimatology.com/blog/what-was-the-maunder-minimum-new-perspectives-on-an-old-question
ii. Ice Core Young Scientists: More than 90 short videos, called FrostBytes, have now been released by the Permafrost Young Researchers Network for the Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC). https://vimeo.com/cryosphere
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