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The Workshop theme was &quot;Relative sea level, ice sheets and isostasy: past, present and future&quot; (understanding the implications for human populations) </p> <hr> <p class="t4">29.08.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2">PAGES sessions at the EGU General Assembly 2011 (3-8 April 2011, Vienna, Austria)</span></p> <p class="standard">As always, there will be sessions associated with PAGES foci and cross-cutting themes. We would like to draw your attention to and invite you to consider submitting an abstract to a session.</p> <p class="standard">Abstract deadline is <b>10 Jan 2011</b>. Sessions with PAGES co-sponsoring or emerging from PAGES activities include:</p> <p class="standard">a) <a class="l1" href="http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/session/7116/PAGES" target="_blank">A paleoclimate perspective on climate predictability (CL1.26)</a><br> Conveners: Michael Schulz, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Thorsten Kiefer</p> <p class="standard">b) <a class="l1" href="http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/session/6412/PAGES" target="_blank">Interglacial climate change - Learning from paleoclimate archives and models (CL1.11)</a><br> Conveners: Hubertus Fischer, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Hans Renssen</p> <p class="standard">c) <a class="l1" href="http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/session/6424/PAGES" target="_blank">Seasons and phenology: Evidence from observations, reconstructions, measurements and models (CL2.13)</a><br> Conveners: This Rutishauser, Annette Menzel, Jake Weltzin, Alison Donnelly</p> <p class="standard">d) <a class="l1" href="http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/session/7458/PAGES" target="_blank">Land Use and Climate Impacts on Fluvial Systems during the period of agriculture (HS/GM3.6)</a><br> Conveners: Andreas Lang, Gilles Erkens, Thomas Hoffmann, Bastiaan Notebaert</p> <p class="standard">e) <a class="l1" href="http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/session/6435/PAGES" target="_blank">Advances in Quaternary Geochronology (CL4.12)</a><br> Conveners: Geoff Duller, Irka Hajdas, Thorsten Kiefer, Andreas Lang</p> <hr> <p class="t4">29.08.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2">New PAGES-LOTRED-SA article on precipitation variability<br> </span><br> The article &quot;Multi-centennial summer and winter precipitation variability  in southern South America&quot;  has been accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters. This study arose from the PAGES Working Group LOTRED-SA (Long-Term Climate Reconstruction and Dynamics of South America).<br> <br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=446">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=446</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">12.07.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">PAGES e-news, vol. 2010, no. 4</font></span><br> <br> <span class="t4">Contents:<br> </span>1. REGIONAL CLIMATE: 1st Asia 2k workshop<br> 2. MONSOON: 2nd Global Monsoon Symposium<br> 3. SEA LEVEL: 3rd PALSEA workshop<br> 4. TRANSIENT CLIMATE: SynTrace-21 workshop<br> 5. PAST INTERGLACIALS: 3rd PIGS workshop<br> 6. TRAINING: Pre-LOTRED South America educational course<br> 7. REGIONAL CLIMATE: 2nd LOTRED-South America meeting<br> 8. REGIONAL CLIMATE: 1st EURO-MED 2k meeting<br> 9. PALEOCLIMATE MODELING: PMIP3 workshop<br> 10. EASTERN AFRICA: 3rd EAQUA workshop<br> <br> More at <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=444">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=444</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="lucifs070710" name="lucifs070710"></a>07.07.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">New article on past human impacts on rivers by the PAGES-LUCIFS group</font></span><br> <br> The PAGES-LUCIFS (Land Use and Climate Impact on Fluvial Systems) group's review paper 'Human impact on fluvial regimes and sediment flux during the Holocene: Review and future research agenda' has been accepted for publication in Global and Planetary Change.<br> <br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=442">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=442</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="pages070710" name="pages070710"></a>07.07.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">PAGES funded workshops in 2010</font></span><br> <br> The PAGES Executive Committee (EXCOM) approved the following workshop proposals for PAGES support at its June 2010 EXCOM meeting in Nagoya, Japan:<br> <br> Open call workshops<br> -3rd Workshop of Eastern African Quaternary Research Association (EAQUA)<br> -Symposium on The Medieval Warm Period Redux: Where And When Was It Warm? <br> -Workshop on Paleo ocean Acidification and Carbon Cycle Perturbation Events<br> <br> Educational workshops<br> -Educational meeting on South American Climatology and Quantitative High-Resolution Climate Reconstructions in Paleoecology<br> -Paleochronology Building Workshop<br> <br> Working group workshops<br> -3rd Past-interglacials (PIGS) workshop<br> -Asia 2k workshop<br> -Arctic 2k workshop<br> -EURO-MED 2k workshop<br> - Human Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems (HITE) workshop<br> <br> More information on specific workshops of interest is available at <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/calendar.woa/wa/support?year=2010">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/calendar.woa/wa/support?year=2010</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="pages020710" name="pages020710"></a>07.04.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">IHOPE Science Plan</font></span><br> <br> Integrated History and Future ofPeople on Earth (IHOPE) is a joint research initiative of PAGES and the AIMES (Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System) project with the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). IHOPE seeks to better understand the dynamic interactions between all aspects of human behavior and the environment by connecting the histories of humans, climate and environment at multiple temporalscales (millennial, centennial, decadal and future scenarios) <a class="l1" href="http://www.stockholmresilience.org/ihope" target="_blank">http://www.stockholmresilience.org/ihope</a><br> <br> The science plan has just been developed and is now available for download <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=435">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=435</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="pages270410" name="pages270410"></a>27.04.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Proceedings: PAGES Young Scientists Meeting</font></span><br> <br>The proceedings of the PAGES 1st Young Scientists Meeting held in Corvallis, USA, 6-7 July 2009, have been published online in the open-access <a class="l1" href="http://iopscience.iop.org/1755-1315/9/1" target="_blank">IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 9.</a><br> <br> Papers cover the PAGES Science Foci/Themes.<br> <br>Find teasers of all proceedings articles at: <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/products/newsletters/2010-1/Announcements/YSMproceedings_2010-1(43-49).pdf">http://www.pages-igbp.org/products/newsletters/2010-1/Announcements/YSMproceedings_2010-1(43-49).pdf</a></p> <p class="standard"><span class="t4">Content list:<br> </span><br> <span class="small">Editorial: PAGES 1st Young Scientists Meeting (YSM)  'Retrospective views on our planet's future'<br>Caroline Cléroux, J Fehrenbacher, S Phipps, S Rupper, B Williams, and T Kiefer<br> <br> ---------<br> <b>Reconstructing and Understanding Climate Forcings and Feedbacks (PAGES Focus 1)<br> </b>---------<br> Response of terrestrial N2O and NOx emissions to abrupt climate change<br> Mirjam Pfeiffer and Jed O Kaplan<br> <br> Evaluating source, chemistry and climate change based upon the isotopic composition of nitrate in ice cores<br> Meredith G Hastings<br> <br> Tropical vegetation evidence for rapid sea level changes associated with Heinrich Events<br>Catalina González and Lydie M Dupont<br> <br> The first-order effect of Holocene Northern Peatlands on global carbon cycle dynamics<br> Yi Wang, Nigel T Roulet, Steve Frolking, Lawrence A Mysak, Xiaodong Liu and Zhangdong Jin<br> <br> ---------<br> <b>Regional and Global-scale Earth System Dynamics (PAGES Foci 2 and 3)<br> </b>---------<br> Assessing antiquity and turnover of terrestrial ecosystems in eastern North America using fossil pollen data: A preliminary study<br> Yao Liu, Stephen T Jackson, Simon Brewer and John W Williams<br> <br> Water availability reconstructions using tree-rings in the Valdivian rainforest ecoregion, Chile<br>Rocío Urrutia, Antonio Lara, M P Peña and Duncan A Christie<br> <br> How different proxies record precipitation variability over southeastern South America<br>Cristiano M Chiessi, Stefan Mulitza, Jürgen Pätzold and Gerold Wefer<br> <br> Comparison of diatom records of the Heinrich event 1 in the Western North Atlantic<br> Isabelle M Gil, Lloyd D Keigwin and Fatima G Abrantes<br> <br> Spatial patterns in Central Asian climate and equilibrium line altitudes<br> Summer Rupper and Michele Koppes<br> <br> Understanding ENSO dynamics through the exploration of past climates<br> Steven J Phipps and Jaclyn N Brown<br> <br> ---------<br> <b>Past Human-Climate-Ecosystem Interactions (PAGES Focus 4)<br> </b>---------<br> Could anthropogenic soil erosion have influenced Mediterranean vegetation distribution over the Holocene?<br> Pamela M Collins, Jed O Kaplan and Basil A S Davis<br> <br> Sedimentation adjacent to naturally eroding and breakwater-protected shorelines in Chesapeake Bay<br> Cindy M Palinkas, Evamaria W Koch and Nicole Barth<br> <br> Temporal trend in the intensity of subsurface saltwater ingressions to coastal Lake Sarbsko (northern Poland) during the last few decades<br> Michal Woszczyk, W Spychalski, M Lutynska and R Cieslinski<br> <br> Mid-late Holocene environments of Agua Buena locality (34°50'S; 69°56'W), Mendoza, Argentina<br> Diego Navarro, A Mehl, M A Zarate and M M Paez<br> <br> ---------<br> <b>Improving and Understanding Paleoscientific Methods (PAGES Cross-Cutting Themes 1-3)<br> </b>---------<br> 230Th/U-dating of a late Holocene low uranium speleothem from Cuba<br> Claudia Fensterer, Denis Scholz, Derik Hoffmann, Augusta Mangini and Jesus M Pajón<br> <br> Quercus macrocarpa annual, early- and latewood widths as hydroclimatic proxies, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada<br> Jessica R Vanstone and David J Sauchyn<br> <br> Teberda valley runoff variability (AD 1850 2005) based on tree-ring reconstruction (Northern Caucasus, Russia)<br> Vladimir V Matskovsky, E A Dolgova and O N Solomina<br> <br> Mg/Ca variability of the planktonic foraminifera G. ruber s.s. and N. dutertrei from shallow and deep cores determined by electron microprobe image mapping<br> Jenifer Fehrenbacher and Pamela Martin<br> <br> North Atlantic Globorotalia inflata coretop Mg/Ca calibrations and temperature reconstructions over Termination I<br> Elizabeth J Farmer, Mark R Chapman and Julian E Andrews<br> <br> What caused G. truncatulinoides to calcify in shallower water during the early Holocene in the western Atlantic / Gulf of Mexico?<br> Caroline Cléroux and Jean Lynch-Stieglitz<br> <br> Assessing the potential of Southern Caribbean corals for reconstructions of Holocene temperature variability<br> Cyril Giry, Thomas Felis, Sander Scheffers and Claudia Fensterer<br> <br> A forward model of cave dripwater "<sup>18</sup>O and application to speleothem records<br> Sarah A Truebe, Toby R Ault and Julia E Cole<br> <br> Evaluation of the &quot;amount effect&quot; at speleothem sites in the Asian monsoon region<br> Jung-Eun Lee and Abigail L Swann<br> </span></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="pages070410" name="pages070410"></a>07.04.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">LOTRED-South America study</font></span><br> <br> In a study published in Climate Dynamics, Neukom and colleagues present multiproxy air temperature field reconstructions for southern South America as far back as to AD 900.</p> <p class="standard">More at <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=428">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=428</a><br> </p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="pages180310" name="pages180310"></a>18.03.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">New PAGES publications</font></span><br> <br>A special issue edited by Xiaoping Yang and Louis A. Scuderi titled <b>Environmental changes in arid and semiarid regions</b>  has just been published in Quaternary Research (73(1): 1-162). This compilation of articles arose from the International Workshop on Late Quaternary Environmental Changes in Arid Land, held 10-17 September 2007 in Alashan, Inner Mongolia, China.</p> <p class="standard">More at <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=426">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=426</a></p> <p class="standard">Another special issue on this theme titled <b>Land degradation and rehabilitation in ecologically fragile area</b>  and guest edited by Xiaoping Yang and Arthur Conacher was published in 2009 in Geophysical Research (47(1): 1-94).</p> <p class="standard">More at <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=425">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=425</a><br> </p> <hr> <p class="t4">18.03.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">PAGES e-news, vol. 2010, no. 2</font></span><br> <br> <span class="t4">Contents:<br> </span>1.) Two upcoming PAGES marine workshops<br> 2.) Update on PAGES Australasia 2k workshop<br> 3.) Other upcoming PAGES workshops<br> 4.) Find PAGES on Facebook<br> 5.) Submission dates for next PAGES newsletter<br> 6.) IMAGES travel awards to attend paleoceanography meeting<br> 7.) PAGES workshop support: proposal deadline is 15 May<br> <br> More at <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=424">http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=424</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="pages080310" name="pages080310"></a>08.03.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">PAGES grants support of workshops</font></span><br> <br> PAGES accepts proposals for focused scientific meetings that contribute directly to the goals defined in the PAGES Science Plan (http://www.pages.unibe.ch/science/index.html). Limited support (a few thousand USD) can be requested for three categories of meetings: workshops of PAGES Working Groups, educational meetings and other workshops for which proposals are submitted to the biannual Open Call. Deadlines in 2010 are 15 May and 22 November. For more information see <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/resources/support/index.html">http://www.pages-igbp.org/resources/support/index.html</a>.</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t4">Workshops in 2010 that received PAGES support include:</span></p> <p class="standard"><b>Workshops of PAGES Working Groups<br> </b>  Africa2k Workshop (Focus 2), 11-14 May 2010, Ghent, Belgium<br>  Nitrogen Cycle (Focus 3), 14-16 May 2010, Montreal, Canada<br>  Australasia 2k Workshop (Focus 2), 31 May-3 June, Melbourne, Australia<br>  Regional Integration of Human-Environment Interactions: Climate Change ?Hotspots? (Focus 4), 13-15 Sep 2010, Southampton, UK<br>  2nd Global Monsoon Symposium (Focus 3), 13-15 Sep 2010, Shanghai, China<br>  3rd PALSEA Workshop: Relative Sea Level and Isostacy (Focus 1), 20-24 Sep 2010, Bristol, UK<br>  International LOTRED-SA Symposium: Reconstructing Past Regional Climate Variations in South America (Focus 2), 26-29 Oct 2010, Valdivia, Chile<br>  SynTraCE-21 Workshop (Focus 3), dates and location tbd<br>  North America 2k Workshop (Focus 2), dates and location tbd</p> <p class="standard"><b> Open Call  workshops<br> </b>  INQUA: International Field Conference and Workshop on Tephrochronology, Volcanism and Human Activity, 10-17 May 2010, Kyushu Island, Japan<br>  Continental Drilling in the East African Rift: A Strategic Planning Workshop, 7-11 Sep 2010, Rhode Island, USA<br>  International Floodplain Lakes Workshop, 16-19 Sep 2010, Arkansas, USA<br> <br> If you are interested in participating in any of these workshops please check the <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/calendar.woa/wa/date?year=2010">PAGES 2010 calendar</a> or contact the workshop leader.</p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="images240210" name="images240210"></a>24.02.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Call for Applications to attend Paleoceanography Conference</font></span><br> <br> IMAGES (<a class="l1" href="http://www.images-pages.org" target="_blank">www.images-pages.org</a>) has earmarked a serious amount of early-career scientist travel subsidy to attend the <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/calendar.woa/wa/calendar?id=306">10th International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP 10)</a> at SCRIPPS in San Diego La Jolla, USA on August 29 - September 3, 2010.<br> <br>Prerequisites: <br>1. Applicants should be considered as early-career scientists (graduate or PhD students or post-PhD with thesis completed between 2008-2010);<br> 2. Applicants shall submit a copy of their abstract and a prove of its acceptance by ICP;<br>3. Applicants must formally declare that they did not and will not ask for complementary travel grants for the expenses covered by IMAGES;<br> 4. Applicants shall submit a 1-page (maximum) letter of motivation;<br> 5. Applicants shall submit a short CV;<br> 6. Applicants shall attach a cost scheme that comprises estimates for travel, accommodation, and additional expenses;<br> 7. Applicants shall name a bank account.<br> <br> Application should be submitted through e-mail, mail or fax.<br>Deadline is 30 June 2010. The candidates will be informed as soon as possible but no later than end of July.<br> <br> Contact:<br> Dr Nicolas Dittert<br> Assisant Director IMAGES<br> MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen<br> Leobener Strasse<br> D-28359 Bremen<br> Germany<br> Phone: +49 421 218 65534<br> Fax: +49 421 218 65515<br>Email: <a class="l1" href="mailto:ndittert@marum.de">ndittert@marum.de</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="apecs160210" name="apecs160210"></a>16.02.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">APECS mentorship program</font></span><br> <br> Since its inception, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) has aimed to provide a continuum of knowledge in polar research and foster interactions between our members and experienced polar researchers and professionals.<br> <br> To continue this service, APECS is launching a mentorship program on 14 Feb 2010. The program consists of an online database of mentors who are willing to share their knowledge with talented early-career researchers. The initiative is an extension of the mentor panels that APECS already runs at major conferences, and will provide an unprecedented opportunity for mentors to network with early-career scientists.<br> <br> The level of involvement is totally up to the individual mentor, but activities may include meeting students at conferences, participating in APECS mentor panels and providing general career guidance for young scientists.<br> <br> To sign up please visit: <a class="l1" href="http://www.apecs.is/mentors/sign-up" target="_blank">http://www.apecs.is/mentors/sign-up</a><br> <br> Or contact Kate Sinclair (<a class="l1" href="mailto:k.sinclair@gns.cri.nz">k.sinclair@gns.cri.nz</a>) or any other APECS Executive Committee members (<a class="l1" href="mailto:excom@apecs.is">excom@apecs.is</a>) for more information.</p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="goldschmidt290110" name="goldschmidt290110"></a>29.01.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Goldschmidt 2010 Conference: Earth, Energy, and the Environment</font></span><br> <br> The organizing committee has identified twenty theme areas, including Theme 12 &quot;Reconstruction of Paleoclimate&quot;, which is coordinated by Ethan Grossman (Texas A&amp;M) and Caroline Lear (Cardiff University).<br> <br> <span class="t4">Scope of theme 12 Reconstruction of Paleoclimate <br> </span>Geochemical methods are fundamental to climate change research and understanding. This theme will focus on new developments and applications of geochemical techniques to understand Earth s climate history, and the interaction between the terrestrial, marine, and atmosphere systems. Time<br> scales span the whole range of Earth history, from intrannual to gigaannum (Ga). Methods vary from organic paleothermometers through trace element and isotope geochemistry.<br> <br> <span class="t4">Theme 12 sessions<br> </span>12a: New Developments in Geochemical Paleoceanographic Proxies<br> Convenors: Tom Marchitto, Ros Rickaby<br>  <br> 12b: New Applications of Trace Metals in Siliciclastic Sediments as Proxies for Marine Paleoenvironments<br> Convenors: Thomas Algeo, Anna Cruse<br>  <br> 12c: The Role of Greenhouse Gases in Phanerozoic Climate Change<br> Convenors: Rich Pancost, Andy Ridgwell<br>  <br> 12d: Past Ocean Circulation and Climate<br> Convenors: Katharina Pahnke, Stephen Barker<br>  <br>12e: Marine-Terrestrial Archives of Deep-Time  Climate Change<br> Convenors: Isabel Montanez, Adrian Immenhauser<br>  <br> 12f: Paleo-Sea Level and Paleo-Ice Volume: Reconstructions and Implications<br> Convenors: Eelco Rohling, Bill thompson, Peter Clark<br>  <br> 12g: Abrupt Climate Change and Millennial-Scale Climate Variability<br> Convenors: Stephen Barker, Laura Robinson<br>  <br> 12h: Role of the Southern Ocean in Global Climate Change<br> Convenors: Laura Robinson, Stephen Barker<br>  <br> 12i: Biomineralization: Implications for Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment<br> Reconstructions<br> Convenors: Alberto Perez-Huerta, Yannicke Dauphin<br> <br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.goldschmidt2010.org/themes?theme=12" target="_blank">&gt; Meeting website</a><br> </p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="scor180110" name="scor180110"></a>18.01.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">SCOR call for working groups</font></span><br> <br> The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Secretariat is accepting proposals for new working groups until 14 April 2010.<br> <br> For 2010, SCOR particularly welcomes proposals based in marine geology, chemistry, paleoecology and related disciplines. SCOR would also specifically welcome proposals on:<br> - Climate-related studies in preparation for the next IPCC assessment<br> - Identifying limitations to prediction and confidence in the future state of the ocean<br> - Interactions and mechanisms in abrupt climate change<br> - Human health and disaster impact<br> - Sea level changes and ice movement<br> <br> More information:<br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.scor-int.org/wkgrpinfo.htm" target="_blank">http://www.scor-int.org/wkgrpinfo.htm</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="andean" name="andean"></a>04.01.10:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">New website on Andean glaciers</font></span><br> <br> The <a class="l1" href="http://www.glaciares.org.ar/" target="_blank"> Glaciares de Argentina  website</a> is a non-profit, purely educational initiative designed for discussion and dissemination of everything related to Andean glaciers in Argentina. The idea is to include news, specialists  notes, information on the glaciers that have been studied so far in the country, interesting links, research projects, etc., and to keep extending and improving the website with material from new study areas, ongoing or concluded investigations, etc.<br> <br> The site was created and is maintained by personnel of <a class="l1" href="http://www.cricyt.edu.ar/ianigla" target="_blank">IANIGLA</a>, Mendoza and is hosted at the National University of Cuyo web servers. For now, the contents are only in Spanish because the main purpose of the site is to reach a broad audience in Argentina and neighboring countries, where English is not usually read or spoken fluently. Comments or suggestions are always welcome and should be addressed to the moderator of the site, <a class="l1" href="http://4d.proclim.ch/4dcgi/pages/en/Detail_Person?masiokasm." target="_blank">Mariano Masiokas</a>.</p> <hr> <p class="t4">17.12.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">INQUA grants 2010</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>Deadline for applications for INQUA project proposals is 31 Jan 2010... <a class="l1" href="http://www.inqua.tcd.ie/projects.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">16.12.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Great Christmas Gift Idea!</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>Free DVD available of the oral presentations from PAGES 3rd Open Science Meeting... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=347">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">16.12.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">IGBP Climate-Change Index launched<br> </font></span><font color="#990000"><br> </font>The Index brings together key indicators of global change to give a snapshot of how the planet's systems are responding... <a class="l1" href="http://www.igbp.net/page.php?pid=504" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">16.12.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Call for PAGES SSC nominations</font></span><br> <br> Nomination sought for 2 new Scientific Steering Committee members before 28 Feb 2010... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/people/sscmembers/nominations.html">more</a></p> <p class="standard"><a name="Ice2sea"></a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">10.12.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Ice2sea (FP7)</font></span><br> <br> Ice2sea is a European Union Framework 7 (FP7) funded program, consisting of 24 project partners. The purpose of the project is to further constrain predictions of the contribution of continental ice to sea-level rise, over the next 200 years. It will contribute to the next IPCC report, as well as determining better understandings of the physical processes involved, creating a base of models for future work, and training a new generation of specialists to continue research in state of the art prediction scenarios.<br> <br> Ice2sea is looking for affiliate members; those interested in providing expertise to ice2sea on ice sheet contributions to sea-level rise, and are interested in benefiting from the results from ice2sea. If you wish to become an ice2sea affiliate, please <a class="l1" href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#105;&#99;&#101;&#50;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#64;&#98;&#97;&#115;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;">email</a> the ice2sea Programme Office.<br> <br> Alternatively, to join the ice2sea mailing list (open to anyone interested in ice2sea research), please send an <a class="l1" href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#76;&#73;&#83;&#84;&#83;&#69;&#82;&#86;&#64;&#74;&#73;&#83;&#67;&#77;&#65;&#73;&#76;&#46;&#65;&#67;&#46;&#85;&#75;">email</a> leaving the subject line blank, with &quot;SUBSCRIBE ICE2SEA-ALL&quot; in the body of the message. Alternatively email the Programme Office.<br> <br> For more details on ice2sea, please visit the website:<br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.ice2sea.eu" target="_blank">http://www.ice2sea.eu</a></p> <a id="ozintimate" name="ozintimate"></a> <hr> <p class="t4">24.11.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">OZ INTIMATE workshop Meeting</font></span><br> <br> <b>16-17 December 2009</b><br> The purpose of INTIMATE is to gain a better understanding of 'geologically recent' climate changes, particularly during the Last Ice Age (Glaciation) and the world-wide transition from ice age climates to the present 'interglacial' climate. The aim of OZ-INTIMATE is to develop an Australian climate event stratigraphy (CES) for the period 30-0 ka BP to allow comparison with records from different regions (e.g. New Zealand, Antarctic, and North Atlantic).<br> <br> A collection of key researchers have been selected to represent the various broad climatic zones of Australia, including terrestrial and marine records, and those with overarching interests in the time period in question (see below for participant list). The objective of this workshop is to flesh-out a CES for Australia, noting regional and temporal variability. It is expected that participants will bring along the most robust records from their region, to be discussed with reference to skeleton CESs, based on the compilations by Turney et al., 2006a,b and Williams et al., 2009.<br> <br> The broader Quaternary community is invited to contribute records to the regional contact people for consideration. The criteria to be followed are robust chronology, representative records and where possible, quantitative as well as qualitative data. These will initially be compiled into a poster presentation, available to the broader Quaternary community for comment, and then a written publication. Depending on the degree of contribution, either co-authorship or full acknowledgement will be given.<br> <br> Regional contacts:<br> Leanne Armand (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#108;&#97;&#114;&#109;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#64;&#115;&#99;&#105;&#101;&#110;&#99;&#101;&#46;&#109;&#113;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">larmand@science.mq.edu.au</a>) Southern Ocean<br> Kat Fitzsimmons (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#75;&#97;&#116;&#104;&#114;&#121;&#110;&#46;&#70;&#105;&#116;&#122;&#115;&#105;&#109;&#109;&#111;&#110;&#115;&#64;&#97;&#110;&#117;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">Kathryn.Fitzsimmons@anu.edu.au</a>) Arid interior<br> Ian Goodwin (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#105;&#97;&#110;&#46;&#103;&#111;&#111;&#100;&#119;&#105;&#110;&#64;&#109;&#113;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">ian.goodwin@mq.edu.au</a>) Temperate marine<br> Michael Griffiths (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#77;&#105;&#99;&#104;&#97;&#101;&#108;&#46;&#71;&#114;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#105;&#116;&#104;&#115;&#64;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#99;&#97;&#115;&#116;&#108;&#101;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">Michael.Griffiths@newcastle.edu.au</a>) Tropical terrestrial<br> Will Howard (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#119;&#104;&#111;&#119;&#97;&#114;&#100;&#64;&#112;&#111;&#115;&#116;&#111;&#102;&#102;&#105;&#99;&#101;&#46;&#117;&#116;&#97;&#115;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">whoward@postoffice.utas.edu.au</a>) Antarctic<br> Helen McGregor (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#109;&#99;&#103;&#114;&#101;&#103;&#111;&#114;&#64;&#117;&#111;&#119;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">mcgregor@uow.edu.au</a>) Tropical marine<br> Lynda Petherick (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#108;&#46;&#112;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#99;&#107;&#64;&#117;&#113;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">l.petherick@uq.edu.au</a>) Temperate terrestrial<br> Steven Phipps (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#115;&#46;&#112;&#104;&#105;&#112;&#112;&#115;&#64;&#117;&#110;&#115;&#119;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">s.phipps@unsw.edu.au</a>) Climate modelling<br> <br> Please contact the relevant group leaders by Tuesday, 1 December 2009, should you wish to be involved. Your participation is actively encouraged and will ensure the most rigorous and representative CES is constructed.<br> <br> Contacts for further information:<br> Tim Cohen (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#116;&#99;&#111;&#104;&#101;&#110;&#64;&#115;&#99;&#105;&#101;&#110;&#99;&#101;&#46;&#109;&#113;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">tcohen@science.mq.edu.au</a>)<br> Jessica Reeves (<a class="l1" href="mailto:&#106;&#101;&#115;&#115;&#105;&#99;&#97;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#115;&#64;&#114;&#109;&#105;&#116;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#46;&#97;&#117;">jessica.reeves@rmit.edu.au</a>)</p> <hr> <p class="t4">12.11.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Position at PAGES IPO</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Position open for Project and Communications Officer in Bern, Switzerland... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/jobs.woa/wa/job?id=956">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">14.10.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">OSC 2012 Call for Proposals</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Host sought for international global-change meeting &quot;Planet Under Pressure&quot;... <a class="l1" href="http://www.igbp.net/page.php?pid=488" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">21.09.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">IPA and PERMALIST</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>A new website and mailing list is available for the International Permafrost Association... <a class="l1" href="http://ipa.arcticportal.org/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">15.09.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">1st PAGES ADOM workshop</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>High-mid latitude northern atmospheric circulation changes during the last climate cycle... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/science/adom/adom-north.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">10.09.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">SMART project</font></span><br> <br> The SMART project (Synchronising MArine and ice-core Records using Tephrochronology) is a new three-year collaborative NERC-funded research project commencing this month. This project draws on the expertise of Dr Siwan Davies (Swansea University), Dr Bill Austin (University of St Andrews) and Dr Nick Pearce (Aberystwyth University) and aims to construct a comprehensive tephrochronological framework for the North Atlantic region for the last interglacial-glacial transition (OIS 6-4), focusing on the new NEEM ice-core record and existing North Atlantic marine records. This framework will facilitate the synchronization of paleoclimatic records for this period, underpin chronological models and provide a powerful approach for testing the degree of synchronicity between atmospheric and marine proxies and assessing the climatic-forcing mechanisms operating during this period. In addition to the major element characterization of identified horizons, using EPMA, experimentation with the rapidly advancing trace element analytical technique of LA-ICP-MS will be conducted as an essential first step towards its routine application within distal tephrochronological studies.<br> <br> Members of the community who can identify any potential collaborative opportunities are invited to contact the project team (see below). Of particular interest are existing North Atlantic tephrochronological frameworks from high-resolution archives for the period (OIS 6-4) and samples of widespread North Atlantic tephra horizons, such as NAAZ II, FMAZ III, FMAZ II, Vedde Ash and Saksunarvatn Ash, which will aid the assessment of the potential application of trace element analysis within distal tephrochronological studies.<br> <br> Peter Abbott (<a class="l1" href="mailto:peter.abbott@st-andrews.ac.uk">peter.abbott@st-andrews.ac.uk</a>)<br> Dr Siwan Davies (<a class="l1" href="mailto:siwan.davies@swansea.ac.uk">siwan.davies@swansea.ac.uk</a>)<br> Dr Bill Austin (<a class="l1" href="mailto:bill.austin@st-andrews.ac.uk">bill.austin@st-andrews.ac.uk</a>)<br> Dr Nick Pearce (<a class="l1" href="mailto:nick.pearce@aber.ac.uk">nick.pearce@aber.ac.uk</a>)</p> <hr> <p class="t4">10.09.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Ocean Acidification</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>SOLAS-IMBER have launched a new working group on ocean acidification... <a class="l1" href="http://www.imber.info/C_WG_SubGroup3.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">01.09.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">ARCFAC: Call for Proposals</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Access to research infrastructure in Svalbard for European teams... <a class="l1" href="http://arcfac.npolar.no/pages/call4proposals.htm" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">30.07.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">UK Polar Network</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Cryospheric Science Workshop for early career researchers, 4-6 Nov 2009... <a class="l1" href="http://www.polarnetwork.org/new/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">30.07.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">DISCCRS V</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Interdisciplinary climate change research symposium for early career scholars... <a class="l1" href="http://www.disccrs.org/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">30.07.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Vision for Earth System Research</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Have your say on the next decade's most important ESR question... <a class="l1" href="http://www.icsu-visioning.org/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">30.07.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">AGU Cryosphere Young Investigator Award</font></span><br> <br> The Cryosphere Focus Group of the American Geophysical Union seeks nominations for the 2009 Cryosphere Young Investigator Award. This award is given each year to a young scientist for significant contributions to cryospheric science and technology.<br> <br>Nominated contributions should be in the form of peer-reviewed papers or technical reports published in the past three years and may also include service to the community.  A nominee should be within five years of receiving their PhD (as of December 2004).<br> <br>The award will consist of a $700 stipend to support travel of the awardee to the 2009 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, where they will be formally presented with a certificate.  The travel stipend is generously sponsored by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado-Boulder.<br> <br> Nomination packages must be received no later than Friday, 7 August 2009 and should be sent to Anne Nolin (<a class="l1" href="mailto:nolina@science.oregonstate.edu">nolina@science.oregonstate.edu</a>).</p> <hr> <p class="t4">03.07.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">PAGES Science Plan</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>The new PAGES Science and Implementation Plan is out. Download or order here... <a class="l1" href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=346">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">25.06.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">INVEST 2009</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Meeting to define the research goals of the next phase of ocean drilling... <a class="l1" href="http://www.marum.de/en/iodp-invest.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">29.06.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Editor Search for AGU Journal Paleoceanography for the Term 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2013</font></span><br> <br> The Editor Search Committee invites applications from dynamic, well-organized scientists with high editorial standards and strong leadership skills. Successful candidates will be individuals able and willing to stretch beyond their own areas of specialty so that the full range of paleoceanographic topics is covered. Applicants should be respected leaders in the community, independent-minded, and evenhanded. As Editor you should be committed to further strengthen <i>Paleoceanography</i> as a leading journal in its field and be proactive in attracting innovative contributions in traditional disciplines and in emerging fields. The Union is interested in attracting papers in developing areas and ensuring that readers of <i>Paleoceanography</i> receive the best and most timely information possible.<br> <br> As Editor you will:<br> - have full authority to accept or reject submitted papers<br> - ensure fair and timely review<br> - seek out stimulating papers for inclusion in the journal<br> <br> The Search Committee is appointed by the Union President to evaluate candidates and to conduct personal interviews with a small number of highly qualified individuals. The President makes the final selection and appointment. All AGU Editors serve at the pleasure of the President.<br> <br> If you would like to be considered as an Editor of <i>Paleoceanography</i>, send your curriculum vitae with a letter of interest to the Editor Search Committee for <i>Paleoceanography</i> via email at <a class="l1" href="mailto:&#112;&#117;&#98;&#109;&#97;&#116;&#116;&#101;&#114;&#115;&#64;&#97;&#103;&#117;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;">pubmatters@agu.org</a>. If you would like to recommend a highly qualified colleague, please send a letter of recommendation to the same E-mail address. Please make sure that you specify Paleoceanography  in the subject line of the email.</p> <hr> <p class="t4">02.06.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">1st PAGES ADOM workshop</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>High-mid latitude northern atmospheric circulation changes during the last climate cycle... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/science/adom/adom-north.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">02.06.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">APN 2009 Calls for Proposals</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Programs on &quot;Regional Global Change&quot; and &quot;Capacity Development&quot;... <a class="l1" href="http://www.apn-gcr.org/en/callforproposals/cfp09.htm" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">02.06.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">11th International Paleolimnology Symposium</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>The meeting has been postponed to 15-18 December 2009... <a class="l1" href="http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/paleolimnologia/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">16.04.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Deadline for nominations of an early-career researcher in Quaternary science is 31 July 2009... <a class="l1" href="http://terpro.dri.edu/news.htm" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">09.03.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">COST travel grants</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Funding for scientists working on marine trace element and isotope chemistry... <a class="l1" href="http://costaction.earth.ox.ac.uk/wg4_training" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">09.03.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">NICCR Request for Proposals 2009</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>National Institute for Climatic Change Research preproposals due 5 pm PT, 15 May 2009... <a class="l1" href="http://www.niccr.nau.edu/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">05.03.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">The Future of Continental Scientific Drilling</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>A workshop from the U.S. perspective, 4 - 5 June 2009 in Denver, USA... <a class="l1" href="http://www.geo.ku.edu/%7egeology/csw/index.shtml" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">05.03.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">1st World Young Earth-Scientists Congress</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>25 - 28 Oct. 2009 in Beijing, China... <a class="l1" href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=331" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">23.01.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">White Papers on proxy uncertainties</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Six proxy-specific White Papers from the 2008 PAGES/CLIVAR workshop in Trieste... <a class="l1" href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=331" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">08.01.09:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">PAGES Science Plan</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>A draft version of the PAGES Science Plan is available for download and comment... <a class="l1" href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=328" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">10.12.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Research on Svalbard for undergraduates</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>U.S. junior-year geology students participate in polar research... <a class="l1" href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/proj/svalbard/welcome.shtml" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">09.12.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Call for drilling site proposals</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Drilling targets of relevance to human evolution in the East African Rift... <a class="l1" href="http://www.icdp-online.org/contenido/icdp/front_content.php?idcat=1225" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">18.11.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Carbon biogeochemistry training workshop</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>Open to students and researchers involved in ocean acidification research... <a class="l1" href="http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/LOV/EPOCA/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=136&Itemid=36" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">12.11.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">PAGES sessions at EGU 2009</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>PAGES will have four sessions at EGU 2009. Abstract deadline 13 Jan. 2009... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/cgi-bin/WebObjects/calendar.woa/wa/calendar?id=146">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">31.10.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">INQUA - Quaternary grants</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font>INQUA welcomes proposals for projects related to the Quaternary. Deadline 5 Jan. 2009... <a class="l1" href="http://www.inqua.tcd.ie/projects_guidelines.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">02.10.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">NCCR-PAGES Summer School</font></span><br> <font color="#990000"><br> </font><span class="standard">&quot;Climate variability, forcings, feedbacks and responses: the long-term perspective&quot; 30 Aug.-4 Sep. 2009, Switzerland... <a class="l1" href="http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/summer_school/2009/index_en.html" target="_blank">more</a></span></p> <hr> <p class="t4">02.10.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Short courses in environmental paleoecology</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>A program of courses is bring offered in 2009 at the Environmental Change Research Centre, UCL... <a class="l1" href="http://www.ecrc.ucl.ac.uk/content/category/6/32/88/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">05.09.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">11th International Paleolimnology Symposium</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>Call for proposals for special sessions before 1 Oct. 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/paleolimnologia/special.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">30.07.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">New Working Group webpages</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>&gt; <a class="l1" href="/science/2k/arctic2k/index.html">Arctic 2k</a><br> &gt; <a class="l1" href="/science/medclivar/index.html">PAGES-MedCLIVAR</a><br> &gt; <a class="l1" href="/science/prchallenge/index.html">PR Challenge</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">30.07.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">PAGES at AGU</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>PAGES is co-organizing 3 sessions at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, USA, 15-19 Dec. 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/cgi-bin/WebObjects/calendar.woa/wa/calendar?id=76">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">10.07.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="style2"><font color="#990000">Arctic environmental research funds for European scientists</font></span><span class="standard"><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font><span class="standard">The European Centre for Arctic Environmental Research calls for proposals before 30 Sep. 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://arcfac.npolar.no/" target="_blank">more</a></span></span></p> <hr> <p class="t4">10.07.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">START Africa Small Grants</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>START calls for pre-proposals before 15 Aug. 2008 for research projects from African scientists... <font color="#990000"><a class="l1" href="http://www.start.org/Program/African_sm_grants.html" target="_blank">more</a></font></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="NOAA" name="NOAA"></a>16.05.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">Visiting Scientist Opportunity at NOAA Paleoclimatology</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>NOAA Paleoclimatology can support several visiting scientists this summer who would like to visit the <a class="l1" href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/data.html" target="_blank">World Data Center for Paleoclimatology</a> located in Boulder, Colorado. Visits should take place between May and October 2008. One week or two week visits are envisioned however other lengths are possible. Travel costs and a small stipend will be provided. The ideal visit would produce either an analysis of existing data distributed by the Center, or the contribution of a new data set. Questions can be addressed to David Anderson (+1 303 497 6237, <a class="l1" href="mailto:david.m.anderson@noaa.gov">david.m.anderson@noaa.gov</a>), and applications can be made by sending a one-paragraph description that includes proposed dates, a description of the proposed topic or activity and its significance, and why it would benefit from a site visit.<br> </p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a name="APECS"></a>09.05.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">Call for APECS U.S. Committees</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>The Association for Polar Early Career Scientists (<a class="l1" href="http://arcticportal.org/apecs" target="_blank">APECS</a>) is establishing a U.S. committee and invites you to participate. There are a number of national APECS committees already in existence (e.g., Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, UK, Sweden). There is also an Alaska APECS group but nothing for the rest of the U.S. We seek individuals from or working in the U.S. who are passionate about polar science, dedicated to progressing polar research and engaged in communicating science across a broad range of expertise. The steering committee will be composed of graduate students through young professors and will be advised by an advisory committee composed of more experienced scientists.<br> <br> Steering committee positions that are currently available include: Chair, co-chair, treasure, web-programmer(s), outreach coordinator(s), information liaison(s), grant proposal writer(s), or any other position crafted by your enthusiasm in a particular area. Mainly, we need individuals who are willing to share the responsibility and benefit of creating a dynamic and active network of polar scientists.<br> <br>Members of the advisory committee will be expected to help facilitate the involvement of early career scientists in national/international meetings, and the development of science programs and methods for successfully navigating the U.S. system of funding/science. The steering committee s information liaison will help keep the advisory panel engaged in the U.S. APECS activities and will inform the advisory committee of APECS needs.<br> <br> If you are interested in participating in either the steering committee or the advisory committee, please contact <a class="l1" href="mailto:rmueller@coas.oregonstate.edu">Rachael Mueller</a>.<br> </p> <hr> <p class="t4">05.05.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">PAGES Jobs Database</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> </font><font color="#990000"><br> </font>Browse or contribute paleoscience jobs. There are currently more than 20 student, post-doc and faculty jobs online... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/resources/jobs/index.html">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4"><a id="NOAA2" name="monsoon"></a>04.04.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">PAGES Global Monsoon Symposium</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>Global Monsoon and Low-Latitude Processes: Evolution and Variability<br>29 - 31 October 2008  Shanghai, China<br> <br> This symposium will bring together paleo- and modern climatologists, data-producers and modelers, working on monsoon variations in different regions. The objectives are to compare monsoon records and simulations from various regional monsoon systems, to find out their similarities and differences across a range of timescales, and to unravel the mechanisms causing variations of the global monsoon system and of regional deviations from the global trend.<br> <br> The major topics of the symposium will include:<br> 1. Global monsoon in modern vs paleoclimatology<br> 2. Global vs regional monsoon systems<br> 3. Modeling the monsoons; Mechanism and processes of monsoon variations<br> <br> Abstract deadline: 31 August 2008<br> Early bird registration deadline: 31 August 2008<br> <br> Click <a class="l1" href="pictures_info/Monsoon_1stCircular.pdf">here</a> to download the First Circular.<br> Click <a class="l1" href="pictures_info/Monsoon_Registration.pdf">here</a> to download the Registration Form.<br> <br> Contact: <a class="l1" href="mailto:weng@mail.tongji.edu.cn">Chengyu Weng</a> (Secretariat)<br> </p> <hr> <p class="t4">04.04.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">New Methodologies and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Global Change Research</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> </font><font color="#990000"><br> </font>ESF Conference, 5-10 Nov. 2008, Porquerolles, France... <a class="l1" href="http://www.esf.org/activities/esf-conferences/details/confdetail284.html?conf=284&year=2008" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">17.03.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">AmeriDendro 2008</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font><span class="standard">First American Dendrochronology Conference, June 23-27, Canada. Abstract deadline 30 March 2008</span>... <a class="l1" href="http://www.treeringsociety.org/AmeriDendro2008/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">13.03.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">PAGES SSC: Call for nominations</font></span><strong><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font></strong>PAGES welcomes nominations for a new SSC member for 2009 by 27 April 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/people/sscleaders/nominations.html">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">11.03.08:</p> <p class="t2"><font color="#990000">Summer School: ENSO dynamics and predictability</font></p> <p class="standard">To be held 14-23 June 2008 in Hawaii, USA. Application deadline: 15 March 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/cgi-bin/WebObjects/calendar.woa/wa/calendar?id=84" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">06.02.08:</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2"><font color="#990000">EPICA 2008 Open Science Conference</font></span><font color="#990000"><br> <br> </font>&quot;Quaternary Climate: from Pole to Pole&quot;. Registration starts March 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://venus.unive.it/epica2008/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">04.02.08:</p> <p class="t2"><font color="#990000">Funding for developing country scientists</font></p> <p class="standard">To attend Proxy Uncertainty Workshop in Italy in July. Deadline 31 March 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?smr=0&ida=a07181" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">17.01.08:</p> <p class="t2"><font color="#990000">Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology</font></p> <p class="standard">Past Climate Reconstruction and Modelling Techniques ... <a class="l1" href="http://www.uniurb.it/ussp/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">17.01.08:</p> <p class="t2">Summer School scholarships</p> <p class="standard">To attend 2008 ECORD Summer Schools in Urbino, Italy and Bremen, Germany. Deadline 29 Feb. 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://www.essac.ecord.org/flyer/Scholarships_flyer_2008.pdf" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">10.01.08:</p> <p class="t2">PAGES &quot;Global &amp; Planetary Change&quot; special issue</p> <p class="standard">Historical and Holocene glacier - climate variations... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=291">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">08.01.08:</p> <p class="t2">PAGES sessions at EGU</p> <p class="standard">Submit your abstract to one of PAGES co-sponsored sessions by 14 Jan. 2008... <a class="l1" href="../calendar/calendar08.html#AnchorApril" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">17.12.07:</p> <p class="t2">Training for young marine scientists</p> <p class="standard">Climate driving of marine ecosystem changes. Deadline 15 Jan. 2008... <a class="l1" href="http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_home.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="t4">09.07.07:</p> <p class="standard"><font class="t2" color="#990000">PAGES Paleoclimate Book now online </font></p> <p class="standard">Download all the chapters and figures from &quot;Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future &quot;... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=4">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">10.05.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: Morocco is now online!</p> <p class="standard">go to: <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/about/national/morocco/">http://www.pages-igbp.org/about/national/morocco/</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="230407" name="230407"></a><b><span class="t4">23.04.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Association of Polar Early Career Scientists</p> <p class="standard">The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) aims to bring together young researchers, and early career scientists and engineers from around the world with an interest in polar regions and the cryosphere. Many early career scientists, although sometimes well connected within their own specialization, often do not have strong contacts with other polar experts. This network aims to provide a forum for polar scientists to begin international and interdisciplinary collaborations early in their careers.<br> <br> APECS was founded by three early-career scientists in 2006, as a directive from the International Polar Year (IPY) International Office:<br>Dr. Jenny Baeseman  a microbial ecologist studying life in extreme environments<br>Hugues Lantuit  a permafrost researcher<br>Dr. Rhian Salmon  an atmospheric chemist, and the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the IPY.<br> <br> This network represents people with a wide range of scientific expertise and interests, including glaciology, geology, anthropology, sociology, atmospheric science, oceanography, polar biology, culture and heritage studies, linguistics, space studies, biogeochemistry, and paleontology, as well as studies in the broader cryosphere.<br> <br> Visit <a class="l1" href="http://www.kent.edu/Polar" target="_blank">http://www.kent.edu/Polar</a> to become a member, share news, connect with other polar researchers, and find jobs and events that might be of interest For more information, please email <a class="l1" href="mailto:APECS@kent.edu">APECS@kent.edu</a> or contact Dr. Jenny Baeseman, Director, <a class="l1" href="mailto:jbaesema@kent.edu">jbaesema@kent.edu</a>.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="110407" name="110407"></a><b><span class="t4">11.04.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">IGCP 490 grant for Java fieldtrip</p> <p class="standard">IGCP 490 (The role of Holocene environmental catastrophes in human history) has chosen to sponsor the participation of some scientists to <a class="l1" href="http://www.inqua2007.net.au/tours.asp" target="_blank">excursion B1</a> of the INQUA Congress. This fieldtrip, &quot;Land-ocean and human interaction in the Sunda Strait area: reef and volcano-tsunami disaster of the 19th century&quot;, is taking place in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, 5-11 August, starting from Djakarta and including the Krakatau. You do not need to be taking part in the INQUA Congress to attend the fieldtrip.<br> <br> The award conditions are to:<br> - belong to a developing country or be a young scientist (maximum 3 years after PhD)<br> - submit a short abstract (200 words) about your research related to the IGCP 490 topic. (See <a class="l1" href="http://www.mun.ca/canqua/igcp490/" target="_blank">http://www.mun.ca/canqua/igcp490/</a> for more information on IGCP 490 past activities and objectives.)<br> - contribute to a workshop and business meeting during one evening where your IGCP 490 research will be presented, and contribute by writing a section in the fieldtrip/business-meeting/workshop report.<br> <br> Sponsorship is a large financial contribution to the costs of the fieldtrip (up to 2/3 of the total local costs). An award will be guaranteed after you receive a letter from us and we receive your part of the fieldtrip payment.<br> <br> Please contact both the fieldtrip organizer Dr Wahyoe Hantoro (<a class="l1" href="mailto:hantoro@geotek.lipi.go.id">hantoro@geotek.lipi.go.id</a>) and the IGCP 490 leader Prof. Suzanne Leroy (<a class="l1" href="mailto:Suzanne.Leroy@brunel.ac.uk">suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk</a>) before 26 May 2007.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="210207" name="210207"></a><b><span class="t4">14.03.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Northern Eurasian Paleoecological Workshop</p> <p class="standard">As part of the <a class="l1" href="http://quest.bris.ac.uk/programme/themes/deglaciation.html" target="_blank">QUEST Deglaciation Programme</a>, Jesus College, Oxford &amp; Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE) is hosting a data-gathering workshop from 19-23 March 2007 for academics from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) working in palaeoecology. The primary objective of this workshop is to catalogue the unpublished macrofossil and pollen data from the FSU spanning the interval 21 kyr to present, and place it in a recently developed QUEST macrofossil database (web portal in preparation). The workshop has invited 10 academics from FSU who will participate in an intensive four-day programme focused around populating the database, group discussion, analysis of output and publication plans. The workshop is partly sponsored by PAGES.<br> <br> If you have unpublished macrofossil data from the FSU and you would like to contribute to this workshop, please contact:<br> <br> Heather Binney<br> School of Geography<br> University of Southampton<br> Highfield<br> Southampton SO17 1BJ<br> Email: <a class="l1" href="mailto:h.a.binney@soton.ac.uk">h.a.binney@soton.ac.uk</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="urbino" name="urbino"></a><b><span class="t4">12.03.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">2007 Urbino Summer School in Palaeoclimatology</p> <p class="standard">The International Marine Past Global Change Study (IMAGES) is sponsoring two Scholarships to allow outstanding young scientists to attend the Urbino Summer School in Palaeoclimatology (USSP) 2007. The Scholarships will each be worth up to ¬1000, to offset costs of registration, travel, subsistence and accommodation at the Schools. Preference will be given to PhD students or young post-doctoral research scientists.<br> <br> Applications should be made to the USSP Office (<a class="l1" href="mailto:ussp@uniurb.it">ussp@uniurb.it</a>) no later than 22 March 2007. They should consist of a short (1-2 page) curriculum vitae, a 1-page covering statement justifying the application, and two letters/references in support of the application. These references should be solicited by the applicant and must be received by the USSP Office by the deadline.<br> <br>Applicants will be advised of the panel s decision before the end of March 2007, in order for students to meet the deadlines (31 March 2007) for applications to the Summer School.<br> <br> For information on the Urbino Summer School in Palaeoclimatology:<br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.uniurb.it/ussp/" target="_blank">http://www.uniurb.it/ussp/</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="210207" name="210207"></a><b><span class="t4">21.02.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">North American Pollen Atlas</p> <p class="standard">The North American Pollen Atlas, just published, provides a comprehensive series of visualizations of modern pollen-climate and pollen-vegetation relationships, based on a network of over 4500 surface pollen samples. The intent of the Atlas is to aid paleoclimatic and paleoecological interpretations of fossil pollen diagrams. The atlas is priced at $48 and may be ordered from the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (<a class="l1" href="https://payment.palynology.org/#Contribution" target="_blank">https://payment.palynology.org/#Contribution</a> and scroll to bottom of 'Contribution' list). All income supports the AASP. On-ine PDFs of all Atlas pages may be viewed and downloaded at the <a class="l1" href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pubs/williams2006/williams2006.html" target="_blank">NOAA Paleoclimatology website<br> </a><br> The underlying surface pollen dataset is described by Whitmore et al. (2005, QSR), and can be downloaded from two mirrored sites at the <a class="l1" href="http://www.lpc.uottawa.ca/data/index.html" target="_blank">University of Ottawa</a> and <a class="l1" href="http://www.geography.wisc.edu/faculty/williams/web/data.htm" target="_blank">Wisconsin</a> If you have additional surface pollen samples, please consider sending them to <a class="l1" href="mailto:gajewski@aix1.uottawa.ca">Konrad Gajewski</a> or <a class="l1" href="mailto:jww@geography.wisc.edu">Jack Williams</a>. We are committed to maintaining and updating the surface sample database as a community service, and welcome additional data contributions.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">19.02.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: UK is now online!</p> <p class="standard">go to: <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/about/national/uk/">http://www.pages-igbp.org/about/national/uk/</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">12.02.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal</p> <p class="standard">The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for outstanding young Quaternary scientists<br> <br> INQUA has established the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal in recognition of the many contributions of Nick Shackleton, a giant in the field of Quaternary science. The medal will be awarded once every four years to an outstanding young Quaternary scientist, chosen by his or her peers and evaluated by a blue-ribbon committee of distinguished scientists. The medal, INQUA's first, honors Nick's distinguished career in Quaternary geochronology and paleoclimatology, which spanned 40 years and was based on isotopic studies of deep-sea sediment. Shackleton was showered with honors by his peers and the wider scientific community, thus a medal in his name seems appropriate and necessary. Nick served INQUA for 12 years, first as a Vice-President, then, from 1998 to 2003, as President, and most recently as Past-President.<br> <br> Click <a class="l1" href="pictures_info/njsmedal.pdf">here</a> to download the full announcement and nomination form.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">08.02.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">1st QUEST Open Science Conference</p> <p class="standard">Earth System Science OSC to be held in March 2007. Abstract deadline 13 February... <a class="l1" href="http://quest.bris.ac.uk/workshops/OSC/index.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">30.01.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">1st International Sclerochronology Conference</p> <p class="standard">To be held in Florida, USA from 17-21 July 2007. Abstract deadline 15 March... <a class="l1" href="http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/sclerochronology/" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="xviiinqua" name="xviiinqua"></a><b><span class="t4">18.01.07:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">PAGES co-sponsored sessions at XVII INQUA Congress</p> <p class="standard">Every four years the international Quaternary community gathers together for the INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research) Congress. This is the largest gathering of its kind of Quaternary researchers. Session themes are broad, and such diverse topics as paleoclimate, archeology, glaciology, the carbon cycle and environmental reconstruction are covered.<br> <br>This year s congress will be held from 28 July - 3 August in Cairns, Australia. PAGES has 3 co-sponsored sessions:<br> <br> <b>1. Land-atmosphere-ocean linkages during past climatic changes<br> </b>Interactions between ocean and atmosphere processes are crucial for the identification of feedbacks active in climate change. Integrated studies of marine and terrestrial proxies and detailed land-sea correlations are required to establish the sensitivity and phase response of these different systems. This symposium seeks to examine marine and terrestrial records on orbital to sub-millennial timescales with a particular interest in the southern continents and surrounding seas.<br> The symposium is jointly sponsored by the INQUA Commissions on Marine and Coastal Processes (Project 0420) and Palaeoclimate (Project 0409), the Past Global Changes (PAGES) project, and ARC Environmental Futures Network.<br> <br> Convenors: Isabel Cacho (Spain), Thorsten Kiefer (Switzerland), Peter Kershaw (Australia) and Jan-Berend Stuut (Germany)<br> <br> <b>2. Past 2000 years in the Southern Hemisphere<br> </b>One of the major requirements for developing a better understanding of future climate dynamics (climate modes, low-to-high latitude and longitudinal linkages, and global teleconnections) is to develop high resolution records of the recent past for comparison and model simulations. This session will focus on contributions that aid the understanding Southern Hemisphere reconstructions, especially of past climate-state parameters (temperature, precipitation, atmospheric pressure fields) and of past modes of climate variability, based on natural archives and documentary data within the late Holocene.<br> <br> Convenors: Chris Turney (Australia), Ricardo Villalba (Argentina), Martin Grosjean (Switzerland), Neville Nicholls (Australia)<br> <br> <b>3. Human-environment interactions during the Holocene a regional approach<br> </b>There is a great deal of interest in determining the relative influence of climate and other natural processes and human impact on Holocene environments to provide a better basis for understanding and managing the present landscape, and prediction and modeling of future changes in climate and atmospheric composition. This session aims to attempt the decoupling of these influences through through complementary examination of specific regions from paleoenvironmental and archaeological perspectives. It is supported by PAGES Focus 4, IHOPE and the Environmental Evolution Commission of the International Geographical Union.<br> <br> Convenors: Tim Denham (Australia), Carole Crumley (USA), John Dearing (UK), Andrei Velichko (Russia)<br> <br> Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2007<br> For more information, click <a class="l1" href="http://www.inqua2007.net.au/" target="_blank">here</a> for the INQUA website<br> </p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="swed" name="swed"></a><b><span class="t4">27.12.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Support for fieldwork in northern Sweden</p> <p class="standard">Fieldwork Support Available<br> Access to Abisko Naturvetenskapliga Station (ATANS) Grant Program<br> Abisko Scientific Research Station<br> <br> The Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) in Sweden announces the availability of funding for visiting scientists as part of the Access to Abisko Naturvetenskapliga Station (ATANS) grant program. ANS is located about 200 km north of the Arctic Circle within a range of terrestrial and freshwater environments.<br> <br> Funded by the European Union (EU) Transnational Access Programme, ATANS provides travel and accommodation support for scientists from EU countries (outside Sweden) and associated states to conduct fieldwork at ANS.<br> <br> Proposals are invited from established and young researchers, including PhD students, that relate to the natural environment (geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and cryosphere) of the Swedish subarctic. ANS encourages projects that:<br> - integrate or link existing research groups, such as collaborative IPY projects;<br> - focus on environmental processes during winter;<br> - are led by scientists from new EU-member states; and<br> - include first-time ANS users and research groups.<br> <br> Applications may be downloaded from the ANS website and submitted via e-mail. Successful candidates will be notified within one month of the application deadlines.<br> <br> Application Deadlines<br> for Winter/Spring Season: 31 December 2006<br> for Summer Season: 1 March 2007<br> <br> For further information and to apply for funding, please go to:<br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.ans.kiruna.se" target="_blank">http://www.ans.kiruna.se</a><br> <br> or contact:<br> Christer Jonasson<br> Abisko Scientific Research Station<br> E-mail: <a class="l1" href="mailto:christer.jonasson@ans.kiruna.se">christer.jonasson@ans.kiruna.se</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">11.12.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">AMS Summer Policy Colloquium</p> <p class="standard">Ten-day immersion in atmospheric policy Washington, DC, USA, June 2007... <a class="l1" href="http://www.ametsoc.org/atmospolicy/colloquium_summer.html" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="geotraces" name="geotraces"></a></p> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">04.12.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">GEOTRACES town meetings at AGU and ASLO:</p> <p class="standard">You are invited to attend an open discussion of the GEOTRACES program in town-meeting format at the upcoming meetings of the AGU in San Francisco and ASLO in Santa Fe (details below).<br> <br> GEOTRACES is an international program to study the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes. Anticipated benefits of the program range from an improved understanding of the sources, sinks and internal cycling of essential micronutrients (e.g., Fe, Co, Zn) to a more reliable application of geochemical proxies used in paleoceanography.<br> <br> The objectives of GEOTRACES intersect with those of several major international programs, such as SOLAS, IMBER, PAGES and CLIVAR, as well as with many national and regional initiatives (e.g., the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry program in the USA). We anticipate substantial interaction between GEOTRACES and these programs, and hope to use the town meetings to foster that interaction.<br> <br> GEOTRACES has recently completed its Science Plan (available at <a class="l1" href="http://www.geotraces.org" target="_blank">http://www.geotraces.org</a>) and is now beginning to implement the first phase of the program, which will involve the intercalibration of methods used for sampling and analysis of trace elements and their isotopes.<br> <br> Intercalibration is vital for the success of the program, to ensure that results obtained by different groups and in different regions can be compared in a meaningful way. This intercalibration effort is intended to serve the broader community of marine biogeochemists, whether or not an individual or group is involved in a GEOTRACES field program. Anyone interested in measuring trace elements and their isotopes in seawater and marine particles is encouraged to attend a town meeting, or to make their interests known by contacting us (<a class="l1" href="mailto:geotraces@ldeo.columbia.edu">geotraces@ldeo.columbia.edu</a>).<br> <br> Each town meeting will be divided into two parts:<br> 1) A general introduction to GEOTRACES and its objectives, and<br> 2) A discussion of the Intercalibration program.<br> <br> Meeting times and locations:<br> <br> Fall AGU, San Francisco:<br> Monday evening, 11 December 2006, from 18:30 - 19:30, Salons 4 - 6, Marriott Hotel<br> <br> ASLO, Santa Fe<br> Wednesday morning, 7 February 2007, from 10:00 - 11:00, Mesa A Room, Hilton Hotel<br> <br> The international GEOTRACES science steering committee (SSC) will meet in San Francisco immediately following the AGU meeting, so the town meeting in San Francisco will provide an opportunity for the community to raise issues to be considered by the SSC.<br> <br> Anyone wishing to be added to the GEOTRACES e-mail list can do so by sending a request to <a class="l1" href="mailto:geotraces@ldeo.columbia.edu">geotraces@ldeo.columbia.edu</a>.<br> <br> Bob Anderson<br> Gideon Henderson<br> Co-chairs, GEOTRACES SSC</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="nerc" name="nerc"></a><b><span class="t4">04.12.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">NERC Arctic Field Station 2007</p> <p class="standard">Opportunities exist for researchers in UK universities, research institutes and other recognized organizations (and their international collaborators) to carry out environmental research relevant to the NERC remit at the Ny-Ålesund Arctic research base in the Svalbard Archipelago. This location is particularly suitable for ecological research, glacial/periglacial geomorphology, hydrology and atmospheric chemistry.<br> <br> The station will be open for the period June to September 2007. The station may also open in March or April if required.<br> <br> The closing date for applications for the summer season (June - September) is 31 March 2007, but those wishing to use the facility in March/April should notify the station manager and submit their application as soon as possible.<br> <br> For further information and the application procedure, see the NERC webpage:<br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/areas/polar/aos/arctic-station-ao.a" target="_blank">http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/areas/polar/aos/arctic-station-ao.a</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">23.11.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Call for Participation: Permafrost Young Researchers Network</p> <p class="standard">The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) is a collaborative program of the International Permafrost Association that connects members of the research community. PYRN, which was formed one year ago, invites participation from young scientists engaged in the study of permafrost.<br> <br> Hosted by Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, PYRN provides information on conferences, fellowships, position announcements, funding sources, recently completed theses and dissertations, and other resources of interest to permafrost scientists. The network currently consists of over 200 young researchers from 27 countries. Those involved or interested in permafrost research are welcome to join.<br> <br> Future activities of PYRN include coordinating programs for young researchers during IPY and planning for the 9th International Conference on Permafrost to be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, in summer 2008.<br> <br> For further information and to join the network, please go to:<br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.pyrn.org/" target="_blank">http://www.pyrn.org/</a><br> <br> or contact:<br> Hugues Lantuit<br> Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research<br> E-mail: <a class="l1" href="mailto:hlantuit@awi-potsdam.de">hlantuit@awi-potsdam.de</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">20.11.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Special Issue: Past Climates workshop</p> <p class="standard">&quot;Journal of Quaternary Science&quot; special issue published on the Australasian paleo workshop (June 2005)... <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages.unibe.ch/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=274">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">06.11.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">AGU Town Meeting, 11 Dec. 2006</p> <p class="standard">Drilling in the Earth's Continental Crust - Research Accomplishments and Opportunities... <a class="l1" href="/calendar/calendar06.html#AnchorDecember">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">19.10.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">06/07 Short-courses at UCL</p> <p class="standard">We would like to draw your attention to the 2006/2007 short-course programme in Environmental Palaeoecology and Aquatic Ecology being offered by the Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London. This programme is in collaboration with Queen Mary College (QMUL) and the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). Registration is now open and the courses available include:<br> <br> Quantitative Environmental Palaeoecology<br> <br> Introduction to Planktonic Foraminiferal Analysis<br> <br> Introduction to Benthic Foraminiferal Analysis<br> <br> Introduction to Diatom Analysis (Courses in January and June)<br> <br> Introduction to Pollen Analysis<br> <br> Introduction to Plant Macrofossil Analysis<br> <br> Introduction to Palaeoceanography<br> <br> Introduction to Fish Ecology<br> <br> Chironomids: Water Quality and Climate Change<br> <br> Introduction to the Ecology and Identification of Aquatic Macrophytes<br> <br> Ostracod Analysis<br> <br> Stable Isotopes and Environmental Change<br> <br> Numerical Analysis of Biological and Environmental Data<br> <br> For full details, dates and an application form for the courses please visit <a class="l1" href="http://www.ecrc.ucl.ac.uk/shortcourses" target="_blank">http://www.ecrc.ucl.ac.uk/shortcourses</a> or contact the Course Co-ordinator David Hunt (<a class="l1" href="mailto:d.s.hunt@ucl.ac.uk">d.s.hunt@ucl.ac.uk</a>).</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">27.09.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">PAGES looking for a new Science Officer</p> <p class="standard">PAGES is seeking a Science Officer for its International Project Office in Bern, Switzerland... <a class="l1" href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/jobs.woa/wa/job?id=156">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">21.08.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Quantitative Environmental Palaeoecology Course</p> <p class="standard">9-20 October 2006, London, UK. An introduction to lake sediment records in reconstructing past environments... <a class="l1" href="http://www.ecrc.ucl.ac.uk/content/view/47/18/">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">21.08.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Last British and Irish Ice Sheet</p> <p class="standard">Annual Discussion Meeting of the Quaternary Research Association (UK) will be held from 4-5 Jan. 2007... <a class="l1" href="../calendar/calendar07.html">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">10.05.06:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">LOTRED-SA 1st PAGES Workshop</p> <p class="standard">4-7 October 2006, Mendoza, Argentinia: Reconstructing Past Regional Climate Variations in South America over the late Holocene... <a class="l1" href="../science/lotred-sa/meetings.html">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="260406" name="260406"></a><b><span class="t4">26.04.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">MedCLIVAR events related to PAGES activities</p> <p><span class="t4">1.) MedCLIVAR call for proposals for an ESF young scientist exchange program:<br> <br> </span><a class="l1" href="http://clima.casaccia.enea.it/medclivar" target="_blank">MedCLIVAR</a> will be soon able to announce a call for &quot;young scientist exchange projects&quot; within the approved ESF (European Science Foundation) program. In the present preliminary stage, only pre-proposals are required. However, because of the  tight  timing of the actual call, interested candidates are suggested to submit a preproposal now.<br>Grants will be assigned for exchange of researchers and imply a period (about 5 months) to be spent in a host institution. About 8 grants, each not exceeding 7500 euros, will be selected. A grant proposal implies the agreement between two  Institutions supporting MedCLIVAR on a common research project. The two  proponents should not belong to the same country. The two institutions  requesting a grant should write a joint project and identify two  members acting as responsible scientists.<br>Priority is given to projects  involving countries that are  members of ESF, but participation from other countries is welcome.  The MedCLIVAR ESF Steering Committee  will select  successful applications.<br> The grant preproposal should be sent to <a class="l1" href="mailto:piero.lionello@unile.it">piero.lionello@unile.it</a><br> <br> <b>Please note the following</b>:<br> - deadline for preproposal: 21st May<br> - period of the project: 2nd half 2006<br> - subject of the grant has to be related to the 1st MedCLIVAR workshop (see below)<br>Moreover, the participation to the 1st workshop &quot;Reconstruction of past  Mediterranean climate:   Unexplored sources of high resolution data in historic time&quot; is required. In future, other calls will be announced for projects not addressing these priorities.<br> - obligation: final report<br> <br> <b>Preproposal:<br> </b>The preproposal should contain in a single attachment the following documentation:<br> - name of the proposed grant holder with CV (max 750 word) and publications<br> - name of the two responsible scientists with CV (max 750 words) and publications<br> - description of the project (max two pages)<br>- short description of the two involved institutions  and facilities in<br> - relation with the proposed research program (max 750 words)<br> <br>The deadline for the actual proposals will be announced at a later stage.  Likely, unless further information will be required, it will be possible to confirm the pre-proposal without need to produce a new documentation.<br> <br> <span class="t4">2.) MedCLIVAR workshop on Reconstruction of past Mediterranean climate: Unexplored sources of high resolution data in historic time<br> <br> </span>The first MedCLIVAR workshop is planned to be held from 09/11/06 to 13/11/06 November in Baeza  (Jaen, Spain), Universidad Internacional de Andalucia .  The title of the  workshop is &quot;Reconstruction of past Mediterranean climate:   Unexplored sources of high resolution data in historic time&quot;<br> The main aim of the workshop is to identify sources of early instrumental data, pre-instrumental observations, documentary and natural proxies, which have not been previously explored and/or identified and can be relevant for the reconstruction of the Mediterranean climate or weather extremes of the past Millennium with high resolution (annual or higher).<br> <br> This workshop should be considered as a starting point for a &quot;Past regional variability Activity&quot; in the Mediterranean region similar to the already started PAGES-Initiative for southern South America (<a class="l1" href="../science/lotred-sa/index.html">LOTRED-SA</a>). The workshop is supposed to act as a bridge for community building within the Mediterranean region - especially incorporating scientists / data from the north African / Arabian community. The workshop and the initiative are expected to create a link between paleo / data / and modelling scientists, therefore strengthening the community building effort of the PAGES/CLIVAR intersection. Thus, blending and interaction of all these communities will be of considerable value for progress in understanding past climate variability in the Mediterranean area.<br> <br> The workshop will be a meeting point for:<br> - a) Scientists with previous experience in the field. They will provide relevant examples which will be used as case studies in the workshops.<br> - b) Scientists, archivists, officials, etc.. able to identify archives, institutions and natural sites with potential interest for the workshop objectives, specially from northern African and Eastern Mediterranean countries.<br> - c) Climate Modellers interested in the use of these regional data.<br> <br> The main expected outcomes will include:<br> - A list of persons and institutions responsible for potential sources of past climatic data in the Mediterranean non previously identified or explored. It is expected that the core group will develop further steps in community building activities - probably starting an Initiative on &quot;Past regional variability in the Mediterranean&quot; as a joint MedCLIVAR/PAGES activity.<br> - Preliminary guidelines to build a freely accessible database of high-resolution climatic data and proxies relevant for past climate reconstruction in the Mediterranean.<br> - Papers in PAGES Newsletters with a summary of the workshop report and/or selected contributions.<br> - Identification of areas with potential for submission of Projects dealing with Past Mediterranean climate (EU or other sources).<br> <br>Some funds will be available for supporting a limited number of participants. Please note that  participation will be eventually restricted to a maximum number.  An email confirming interest for the workshop  should be send within May 15 to P.Lionello &quot;<a class="l1" href="mailto:piero.lionello@pd.infn.it">piero.lionello@pd.infn.it</a>&quot; and  to R.Garcia-Herrera &quot;<a class="l1" href="mailto:rgarciah@fis.ucm.es">rgarciah@fis.ucm.es</a>&quot;.<br> <br> <br>The email should  contain<br> 1) a description of position and title of the participant<br>2) an indication of  which workshop theme she/he is willing to contribute (with  reference to the themes in the workshop description)<br>3) an email  address for future contact.<br> 4) A request if financial support is needed for the participation<br> 5) a brief CV (750 words max )<br>6) a list of most recent publications, preferably  on subjects related to the MedCLIVAR workshop. item 4), 5) and 6) are not mandatory at this stage, but they will be required for the final application.<br> <br>A  mailing list will be prepared on the basis of the received information. Scientists in this list will be contacted for the final application and further details.<br> <br> The description of the workshop and the instructions will also be published in the MedCLIVAR web page: <a class="l1" href="http://clima.casaccia.enea.it/medclivar/" target="_blank">http://clima.casaccia.enea.it/medclivar/</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="190406" name="190406"></a><b><span class="t4">19.04.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Call for Proposals: Climate Change Adaptation</p> <p class="standard">Call for Proposals: Climate Change Adaptation<br> <br> Outline proposals are invited for climate change adaptation projects to<br> participate in Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA).<br> <br> Click <a class="l1" href="pictures_info/ACCCA_call_(Apr06).pdf">here</a> for information about the ACCCA project, the call for proposals, and an application form. The call will also be available for download from <a class="l1" href="http://www.accca.unitar.org" target="_blank">www.accca.unitar.org</a>.<br> <br> Proposals are sought for projects in Africa and Asia that would:<br> <br> * Identify and prioritize climate risks of targeted stakeholders and identify the climate influenced decisions that they face;<br> * Assess available knowledge about risks and adaptation opportunities, as well as synthesize the knowledge in terms that are directly relevant to stakeholder concerns and decision-making needs;<br> * Develop, test and disseminate risk communication materials that are designed to assist adaptation decisions;<br> * Use the risk communication materials in stakeholder forums to develop recommendations for climate change adaptation and promote their adoption;<br> * Identify critical knowledge gaps that impede effective adaptation decisions and design assessment activities that would generate new knowledge to fill them.<br> <br> Deadline for application: 22 May 2006. Applicants must use the form included in the call.<br> <br> Available funding: 9 projects are expected to be awarded grants of up to USD 70,000 each. Project development grants of up to USD 5000 are also available.<br> <br> Eligibility: The lead applicant must be employed with an institution based in a developing country of Africa or Asia; proposals must have at least two institutional partners that include one stakeholder organization and one scientific organization.<br> <br> Project Period: Projects selected for awards are expected to begin in January 2007 and be completed by June 2008 (18 month duration).<br> <br> Contacts: For further information, please contact Annie Roncerel<br> &lt;<a class="l1" href="mailto:annie.roncerel@unitar.org">annie.roncerel@unitar.org</a>&gt; or Neil Leary &lt;<a class="l1" href="mailto:nleary@agu.org">nleary@agu.org</a>&gt;.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a id="240306" name="240306"></a><b><span class="t4">24.03.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2"><i>Science</i> and <i>QSR</i> papers - CAPE</p> <p class="standard">In mid-October of 2002, the IGBP-PAGES CAPE (CircumArctic PaleoEnvironments) Working Group held a workshop to discuss and synthesize data on the last interglacial in the Arctic. Two Science papers and one Quaternary Science Reviews paper have emerged from that workshop.<br> <br> 1) CAPE Last Interglacial Project Members (in press) Last Interglacial Arctic Warmth Confirms Polar Amplification of Climate Change, <a class="l1" href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBC-4JS1N1X-1&_user=10&_handle=V-WA-A-W-WB-MsSAYVA-UUW-U-AACZVYYVUV-AACVUZEWUV-WVEBYCAV-WB-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=07%2F31%2F2006&_rdoc=3&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%235923%232006%23999749986%23627721!&_cdi=5923&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=81770f4a4b2bb45915fcd3e487c5123c" target="_blank">Quaternary Science Reviews</a>.<br> <br>This paper is a synthesis of all of the existing data on the Arctic Marine Stage 5e records, with extensive tables and regional summaries of what the data tell us about an Arctic warmer than  <br> now. It documents the mass movement of treeline, sea ice limit, precipitation and temperature change. Importantly, it argues that thermohaline circulation was still operating despite having a smaller Greenland Ice Sheet.<br> <br> 2) Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Marshall, S.J., Overpeck, J.T., Miller, G.H., Hu, A. &amp; CAPE Last Interglacial Project Members (2006) Simulating Arctic Climate Warmth and Icefield Retreat in the Last Interglaciation, <i><a class="l1" href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5768/1751" target="_blank">Science</a></i> 311, 1751-1753.<br> <br> Arctic warming and melting of polar glaciers in the future will be significant but the magnitude is uncertain. This paper uses a global climate model, dynamic ice sheet model, and paleoclimatic data, to evaluate Northern Hemisphere high latitude warming and its impact on Arctic icefields during the Last Interglaciation. Simulated climate matches paleoclimatic observations of past warming, and the combination of physically-based climate and ice sheet modeling with ice core constraints indicate that the Greenland Ice Sheet and other circum-Arctic ice fields likely contributed 2.2 to 3.4 meters of sea level rise during the Last Interglaciation.<br> <br>3) Overpeck, J.T,  Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Miller, G.H., Muhs, D.R., Alley, R. &amp; Kiehl, J.T. (2006) Paleoclimatic Evidence for Future Ice Sheet Instability and Rapid Sea Level Rise, <i><a class="l1" href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5768/1747" target="_blank">Science</a></i> 311, 1747-1750.<br> <br>Sea-level rise from melting of polar ice sheets is one of the largest potential threats of future climate change. Polar warming by the year 2100 may reach levels similar to 130,000 to 127,000 years ago that were associated with sea level several meters above modern; both the Greenland Ice Sheet and portions of the Antarctic Ice Sheet may be vulnerable. The record of past ice sheet melting indicates that the rate of future melting and related sea level rise could be faster than widely thought.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">20.03.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">ESSP Open Science Conference</p> <p class="standard">Contribute an abstract to a PAGES session by 1 May 2006... <span><a class="l1" href="../calendar/calendar06.html#AnchorNovember" target="_blank">more</a></span></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">16.03.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">African workshop special issue</p> <p class="standard">&quot;Quaternary International&quot; special issue published on the African paleoperspectives workshop (Kenya 2004)... <a class="l1" href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=IssueURL&_tockey=%23TOC%236046%232006%23998519998%23618604%23FLA%23&_auth=y&view=c&_acct=C000049003&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=946156&md5=b9b5875242bdb63c8b40d3313ba3fc02" target="_blank">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">13.03.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">NSF 06-549 &quot;Antarctic Research&quot; Solicitation</p> <p class="standard">Support of projects in Antarctica (2007-2008 austral summer) or in USA (early 2007).<br> <br> The National Science Foundation solicitation &quot;Antarctic Research&quot; (NSF 06-549) has been released:<br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5519&org=ANT&from=home" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5519&amp;org=ANT&amp;from=home</a><br> <br> The &quot;Antarctic Research&quot; solicitation is for support of projects in Antarctica during the 2007-2008 austral summer or projects in the United States beginning in early 2007. The proposal submission deadline is Wednesday, 7 June 2006.<br> <br> The goals of the U.S. Government in Antarctica are to expand fundamental knowledge of the region, to foster research on global and regional problems of current scientific importance, and to use Antarctica as a platform from which to support research. For projects involving fieldwork, the U.S. Antarctic Program supports only that research that can be done exclusively in Antarctica or that can be done best from Antarctica. The program also supports analytical research performed at home organizations.<br> <br> NSF recently released the solicitation &quot;International Polar Year&quot; (NSF 06-534) <a class="l1" href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13615" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13615</a>, which focuses on specific emphases areas in science, education, and outreach. However, IPY-relevant proposals (as outlined in the National Academy of Science vision document, <a class="l1" href="http://www.us-ipy.org" target="_blank">http://www.us-ipy.org</a>) that are outside these emphasis areas may be submitted to this Antarctic Research solicitation.<br> <br> Additional information concerning other NSF IPY-related funding opportunities is available online at: <a class="l1" href="http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipyinfo.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipyinfo.jsp</a><br> <br> For information concerning other Federal agencies and their IPY programs, please go to the U.S. government interagency IPY site at: <a class="l1" href="http://www.us-ipy.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.us-ipy.gov/</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">01.03.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">QUEST-INSU Announcement of Opportunity</p> <p class="standard">Understanding the ice-core record of changing atmospheric composition - UK-French proposals invited... <a class="l1" href="http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/thematics/quest/ao_insu.shtml">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">25.02.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">PAGES OSM special issue</p> <p class="standard">Participate in discussion on latest submissions to open-access journal &quot;Climate of the Past&quot;... <a class="l1" href="http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/cp/cpd/special_issues.html">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">25.01.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">LOTRED-South America is online</p> <p class="standard">This new group addresses last millennium's climate dynamics of southern South America... <a class="l1" href="../science/lotred-sa/index.html">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">20.01.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">PAGES Jobsite goes hands-on</p> <p class="standard">Put your paleoscience job offer directly online with our new web interface. Free, quick, simple... <a class="l1" href="../resources/jobs/index.html">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">16.01.2006:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">New Science Structure for PAGES</p> <p class="standard">View outline and comment ... <a class="l1" href="../science/newstructure.html">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">20.12.2005:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">PAGES Newsletter</p> <p class="standard">The latest PAGES Newsletter &quot;Climate Forcings&quot;, a joint production of PAGES and CLIVAR, is available online... <a class="l1" href="/cgi-bin/WebObjects/products.woa/wa/product?id=263">more</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">06.12.2005:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">An International Paleolimnology Association?</p> <p class="standard">At the 2003 International Paleolimnology Symposium held in Finland, there was widespread support for the development of an international society or association of paleolimnologists. This effort was led by Rick Battarbee, and a small ad hoc committee was formed at the Finland meeting to further explore the formation of a paleolimnology association. The first draft of a constitution and mission (written by Prof. John P. Smol, Queen's University, Canada) is available at <a class="l1" href="http://www.umanitoba.ca/geoscience/paleolim/ipa.html" target="_blank">http://www.umanitoba.ca/geoscience/paleolim/ipa.html</a>. The goal is to initiate discussion and comments on the constitution and mission, and to vote on and approve the final text at the <a class="l1" href="http://www.geo.umn.edu/paleolim10/" target="_blank">10th International Paleolimnology Symposium</a> in Duluth in June 2006. Minor comments can be sent to <a class="l1" href="mailto:SmolJ@BIOLOGY.QueensU.Ca">John Smol</a>, more detailed comments should be sent to the entire <a class="l1" href="http://plaza.ufl.edu/swhitmor/paleolim.htm" target="_blank">Paleolimnology Forum</a>.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">07.11.2005:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">2005 START Fellowship/Visiting Scientist Program Announcement</p> <p class="standard">Announcement of Opportunity, START Fellowship/Visiting Scientist Program (Round 14)<br> <br> This program, funded by DGIS, the Netherlands, is designed to increase the number of developing country scientists who will conduct research, and contribute to START regional research networks and the Joint and Core Projects of the Earth System Science Partnership (IGBP, WCRP, IHDP, and DIVERSITAS). Research bearing on policy issues and sustainable development is encouraged.<br> START Fellowships are offered at the graduate and post-graduate levels to young scientists (under 35 years of age at the time of application) from Africa, Asia, and Oceania. START fellows may work under senior mentors in leading institutions in any part of the world, where research is conducted on relevant regional aspects of global change. Long-term collaboration between the individuals and institution involved is also a desired outcome of the programme. The duration of these fellowships is ordinarily 4-8 months.<br> <br> A parallel activity, the START Visiting Scientist Award, provides more senior scientists from developing countries an opportunity to undertake short-term visits to major international institutions to become acquainted with recent advances in research and develop long-term programmatic linkages and partnerships. The duration of these awards is usually 1-2 months.<br> <br> Both the fellowship and visiting scientist awards will provide economy-class, roundtrip airfare and a modest subsistence allowance.<br> <br> <span class="t4">Nominations/Applications<br> </span>The following information must be included in applications for the START Fellowship and Visiting Scientist Programmes:<br> <br> 1) The START Fellowship/Visiting Scientist Application Form [available from the START website (<a class="l1" href="http://www.start.org" target="_blank">www.start.org</a>) in various formats or by request; 3 pages].<br> 2) A brief description (3-5 pages) of the proposed fellowship/visiting scientist program, including expected outcomes and an explanation of how the project may contribute to national/regional policy making. Linkages to the international global change research programmes should be made explicit.<br> 3) Indication of willingness of host institution to receive fellow or visiting scientist (e.g. letter of support; 1 page);<br> 4) Curriculum vitae of candidate, including relevant qualifications and experience (1-2 pages); and<br> 5) Proposed budget requirements (airfare and subsistence as appropriate for host country). All budget items should be justified (1 page).<br> <br> Applications (of no more than 12 pages total) can be submitted electronically, via fax, or by mail (postmarked by the deadline). Electronic submission is strongly encouraged.<br> <br> <b>DEADLINE for the fourteenth round of awards is: December 16, 2005.<br> </b><br> For further information, contact:<br> Ms. Patricia Sipher, Program Coordinator<br> International START Secretariat<br> 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Suite 200<br> Washington, DC 20009 USA<br> Tel: (1-202) 462-2213; Fax: (1-202) 457-5859<br> E-mail: <a class="l1" href="mailto:psipher@agu.org">psipher@agu.org</a><br> <br> The START Fellowship/Visiting Scientist Award Program is made possible through funds from The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We thank The Netherlands for its continued support of START programmes.<br> </p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">31.10.2005:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">New CalCurve - CalPal_2005_SFCP</p> <p class="standard">An update of the Cologne Radiocarbon Calibration Program can be downloaded from the site <a class="l1" href="http://www.calpal.de" target="_blank">http://www.calpal.de</a>. The update includes new dialogs for Archaeological 14C-Database Management (MultigroupComposer), as well as for mixed Archaeological 14C and TL-U/Th-Database Management (MultimethodComposer). Both dialogs allow the graphic representation of up to 10 archaeological data groups with max 1000 dates each. A new visual tool (Reservoir-Explorer) gives more support in the construction of Glacial calibration curves using the CalCurveComposer. We have included an interface from CalPal to the GIS-Program Globalmapper (<a class="l1" href="http://www.globalmapper.com" target="_blank">http://www.globalmapper.com</a>), to allow the convenient construction of high-resolution archaeological site-distribution maps based e.g. on the freely available SRTM High-Resolution Radar Satellite data. Finally, we have included in CalPal the most recent 14C-age calibration data sets INTCAL04 (March 2005) and Fairbanks0805 (Aug 2005) and have built and integrated the corresponding calibration curves.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">06.10.2005:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Adaptation and mitigation: responses to climate change. 5th International NCCR Climate Summer School</p> <p class="standard">27 August - 1 September 2006, Grindelwald, Switzerland<br> <br> The NCCR Climate, Switzerland's Centre of Excellence in Climate and Climate Impact Research, invites young scientists to join leading climate researchers in a scenic Swiss alpine setting for key-note lectures, workshops and poster sessions on the occasion of the fifth NCCR Climate Summer School 2006.<br> <br> The topics covered at the NCCR Climate Summer School 2006 will include:<br> * Economics of climate change: an overview<br> * Dealing with climate impacts in the past, climate scenarios for the future<br> * Mitigation and adaptation: combined strategies, instruments and implementation<br> * Game theory and applications<br> * Induced technological change<br> The Summer School invites young researchers from all fields of climate and climate impact research. The courses cover a broad spectrum of climate impact research issues and foster cross-disciplinary links. Each topic includes keynote plenary lectures and workshops with in-depth discussion in smaller groups. All Summer School participants are expected to present a poster of their research and there will be ample opportunity for discussion. There will be an excursion to exciting research sites.<br> <br> Lecturers confirmed:<br>L. Barreto (PSI, CH), C. Carraio (U Venice, I), O. Edenhofer (PIK, D), R.B. Howarth (Dartmouth C., USA), M. Grubb (Cambridge U, UK), P. Heck (SwissRe,CH), M. Hoel (U Oslo, N), C. Kemfert (HU Berlin, D), G. Müller-Fürstenberger (U Bern, CH), N. Nakicenovic (TU Vienna, A), G. Stephan (U Bern, CH), Ph. Thalmann (EPFL, CH), C. Pfister (U Bern, CH), J.M. Reilly (MIT, USA), C. Schär (ETHZ, CH), S. Seneviratne (ETHZ, CH), H. Wanner (U Bern, CH), A. Wokaun (PSI, CH), L. Viguier (EPFL, CH).<br> <br> The Summer School is open to young researchers (PhD students and Post-Docs) worldwide. Participation is highly competitive and will be limited to a maximum of 70. A small number of grants will be available for students from developing countries.<br> <br> DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 20 DECEMBER 2005<br> Successful applicants will be notified in February 2006.<br> <br> On-line information, preliminary programme and application forms are available at<br> <a class="l1" href="http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch" target="_blank">http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch</a><br> <br> NCCR Climate, University of Bern, Erlachstrasse 9a, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland<br> Tel: +41 31 631 31 45, Fax: +41 31 631 43 38, <a class="l1" href="mailto:nccr-climate@giub.unibe.ch">mailto:nccr-climate@giub.unibe.ch</a><br> </p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-09-26:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Short-courses in Environmental Palaeoecology and Aquatic Ecology</p> <p class="standard">We would like to draw your attention to the 2005/2006 short-courses in Environmental Palaeoecology and Aquatic Ecology being offered by the Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London in collaboration with Queen Mary College (QMUL) and the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). Registration is now open and the courses available include:<br> <br> <span class="t4">ENVIRONMENTAL PALAEOECOLOGY<br> </span><br> Quantitative Environmental Palaeoecology<br> Introduction to Benthic Foraminiferal Analysis<br> Introduction to Pollen Analysis<br> Introduction to Plant Macrofossil Analysis<br> Palaeoceanography<br> Introduction to Diatom Analysis (Courses in February and June)<br> Ostracod Analysis<br> Stable Isotopes and Environmental Change<br> <br> <span class="t4">AQUATIC ECOLOGY<br> </span><br> Introduction to Diatom Analysis (Courses in February and June)<br> Introduction to the Ecology and Identification of Aquatic Macrophytes<br> Chironomids: Water Quality and Climate Change<br> Introduction to Fish Ecology<br> Numerical Analysis of Biological and Environmental Data<br> <br> For full details, dates and an application form for the courses please visit <a class="l1" href="http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/ecrc/teaching.stm" target="_blank">http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/ecrc/teaching.stm</a> or contact the course co-ordinator David Hunt at <a class="l1" href="mailto:d.s.hunt@ucl.ac.uk">d.s.hunt@ucl.ac.uk</a><br> </p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-08-30:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">AnalySeries 2.0.3 is now available online</p> <p class="standard">AnalySeries 2.0.3 is now available online at: <a class="l1" href="http://www.lsce.cnrs-gif.fr/soft-lsce/index-en.html">http://www.lsce.cnrs-gif.fr/soft-lsce/index-en.html</a>.<br> This new version works on Mac OSX but should also work on older Mac OS9.5 systems.<br> The file is posted as a stuffit archive. If you experience problems downloading, first download it as a file to your disk, then open it with Stuffit Expander (a free utility: e.g. at <a class="l1" href="http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/">http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/</a>).<br> If you bookmark or refer to the AnalySeries web page, please do so ONLY at <a class="l1" href="http://www.lsce.cnrs-gif.fr/soft-lsce/index-en.html">http://www.lsce.cnrs-gif.fr/soft-lsce/index-en.html</a> since other pages may change.</p> <p class="standard">For further information please contact Didier Paillard (<a class="l1" href="mailto:didier.paillard@cea.fr">didier.paillard@cea.fr</a>).<br> </p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-08-25:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">DISCCRS Climate-Change PhD network</p> <p class="standard">The Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate-Change Research, or DISCCRS (pronounced &quot;discourse&quot;) brings together graduates from the physical/natural and social sciences engaged in climate-change/impacts research to foster understanding across disciplines and catalyze formation of an interdisciplinary, international collegial network. Register your dissertation abstract to become part of the DISCCRS network and receive the electronic newsletter at <a class="l1" href="http://aslo.org/phd.html" target="_blank">http://aslo.org/phd.html</a>.<br> Contact Susan Weiler, <a class="l1" href="mailto:weiler@whitman.edu">weiler@whitman.edu</a>, for more information.<br> <br> Applications are invited from recent PhD graduates doing climate-change/impacts research for the Spring 2006 DISCCRS II Symposium in Pacific Grove, CA (application deadline Oct. 2, 2005). Get the poster at: <a class="l1" href="http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf</a>.<br> </p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-08-22:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">PROPER course 5</p> <p class="standard">Within PROPER a series of five courses are organized covering the most relevant<br> aspects related to Paleo- Climate research from the basics to the latest developments.<br> The courses will be hosted at different locations throughout Europe. PROPER invites<br> applications for course 5<br> <br> <a class="l1" href="../calendar/2005/proper-course5.jpg" target="_blank">&gt; flyer.jpg</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-08-02:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">START/PACOM Call for Proposals 2006</p> <p class="standard">START/PACOM announces its 2006 Call for Proposals, supported through funds from the National Science Foundation/United States Climate Change Science Project (NSF/USCCSP). This call is open to African scientists in the area of global environmental change research.<br> <br> Click <a class="l1" href="pictures_info/StartPacomCallForProposals06.doc">here</a> to download the Call and application form.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-07-22:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">The Academy of Science for the Developing World (TWAS)</p> <p class="standard"><span class="t4">International Programme for Higher Education &amp; Research (IPHER)<br> </span><br> TWAS's expanding Fellowship and Associateship schemes have been grouped under a new title: the &quot;International Programme for Higher Education &amp; Research&quot; (IPHER). This now over-arching designation should make it easier for applicants to find the program most suited to their requirements. IPHER now boasts some 250 fellowships tenable in developing countries such as Brazil, China and India. Additional programs with Mexico and Pakistan are due to start in the near future. Click <a class="l1" href="http://www.ictp.trieste.it/%7etwas/Exchange.html" target="_blank">here</a> for an overview table.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-06-16:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Invitation to Co-Author Holocene Thermal Maximum Paper</p> <p class="standard">Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences (PARCS)<br> <br> In 2002 a number of arctic paleoclimatological researchers got together in Boulder, Colorado to work on a synthesis of data pertaining to the timing and duration of the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM) in the Arctic.<br> The meeting and resulting research was supported by the NSF Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences (PARCS) program. Since that time, a synthesis of the HTM in the western Arctic (between 0 and 180 W) has been published (Kauffman et al. 2004 Quaternary Science Reviews) and proven very useful.<br> <br> It is appropriate to complete this work with a methodologically similar synthesis of the eastern Arctic (0-180 E). There remains PARCS funding for this effort and we want to invite you to contribute as a co-author for a synthesis aimed at Quaternary Science Reviews that will be a linked publication to the western HTM paper. We hope this will really be a joint effort by Circumpolar Arctic PaleoEnvironments (CAPE), PARCS, Quaternary Environments of the Eurasian North (QUEEN), Pan-Arctic Cycles, Transitions, and Sustainability (PACTS) researchers etc. that transcends all our research groups and efforts.<br> <br> We are seeking records that:<br> 1. Pertain to summer thermal conditions from Fennoscandia, Svalbard, Northern Russia, and western to central Siberia that come from sites at 65 N latitude or higher. The focus will be terrestrial, but marine records are welcome.<br> 2. Records can be quantitative proxy temperatures or qualitative thermal indicators such as coniferous tree pollen records.<br> 3. Provide continuous or near-continuous records, with at least three radiocarbon or other dating controls (bracketing the HTM if evidence of an HTM is present).<br> 4. Extend back at least to 10,000 14C yr BP.<br> 5. If your record is temperature sensitive, but does not show any HTM, that is fine. It is important to know in which regions there was no strong HTM.<br> 6. We would like original 14C ages in addition to Cal ages if possible.<br> 7. We would ask for the record in digital form, the georeference for the site, the publication reference, and your estimates of the timing of initiation and termination of the HTM.<br> 8. If you have multiple sites in one region please do include all of them.<br> 9. Finally, we would need a paragraph or two of text describing your record/regional pattern.<br> <br> We really want to make this as easy as possible for contributors. The data sets will be collated and mapped by Konstantine Kremenetski at UCLA and Matt Duval at the Data Management Office of the PARCS Program. I, and Darrell Kauffman, will work on the text and all contributors will be co-authors and will review the manuscript prior to submission.<br> Konstantine will also be obtaining published records from the literature, however, if you want to make sure your records are included and you want to be a co-author, please contribute directly.<br> We do hope you will contribute to this effort. Please send me a reply e-mail ASAP and we will send you a pdf of the western HTM paper and other specific information to help make your contribution easy.<br> <br> Much thanks!<br> Glen MacDonald, University of California Los Angeles (<a class="l1" href="mailto:macdonal@geog.ucla.edu">macdonal@geog.ucla.edu</a>)<br> Darrel Kauffman, Northern Arizona University<br> Konstantine Kremenetski, University of California Los Angeles<br> Matt Duval, Bates College</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-06-16:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">APN Annual Regional Call for Proposal</p> <p class="standard">The APN Annual Regional Call for Proposal (ARCP) 2005 has been launched. Kindly check out the APN website for more details: <a class="l1" href="http://www.apn-gcr.org/en/indexe.html" target="_blank">http://www.apn-gcr.org/en/indexe.html</a><br> <br> Second Strategic Phase (2005-2010)<br> <br> 2005 Annual Regional Call for Proposals (ARCP)<br> <br>The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) is an inter-governmental network whose mission is to enable investigation of change in the Earth s life support systems as it occurs in the Asia-Pacific region to:<br>1.     Identify, explain and predict changes in the context of both natural and anthropogenic (human-induced) forcing;<br>2.     Assess potential regional and global vulnerability of natural and human systems; and<br>3.     Contribute, from the science perspective, to the development of policy options for appropriate responses to global change that will also contribute to sustainable development.<br> <br> The APN is inviting proposals for funding from April 2006, and is able to provide a limited amount of financial support for research and other activities that fall within its areas of interest.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-06-16:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">University of the Sea prepares to launch</p> <p class="standard">The French vessel <i>Marion Dufresne</i> will be partly converted into an Australian-led University of the Sea for a historic research voyage this month, conducting research and teaching activities.<br>The research ship s facilities will enable students to receive an intensive grounding in marine research during the two-week trip from Port Moresby to Darwin.<br> Patrick De Deckker will lead a team of three academics and 19 postgraduate students [7 Australians and 11 from the Asia-Pacific region]. Patrick and colleagues from the University of Sydney and University of Technology, Sydney, attracted support from a variety of sources to conduct this first voyage.<br> <br> &gt; <a class="l1" href="pictures_info/UOS.doc">more infos about UOS.doc</a><br> <br> The voyage can be followed online at: <a class="l1" href="http://uos.anu.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://uos.anu.edu.au</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-06-16:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">START-PACOM Doctoral Fellowship Awards</p> <p class="standard">The International START Secretariat and the Pan African START Committee (PACOM) wish to announce fellowship opportunities for outstanding young African scientists engaged in global environmental change research leading to doctoral dissertation (see attached application form). These fellowships are supported through a grant from the Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD) to START for regional capacity building for global environmental change research in Africa.  Awards will be for up to two years of study leading to completion of Ph.D. dissertation or for the final year of graduate study combined with one-year of post-doctoral research. Candidates must have completed at least one year of study toward a Ph.D. to be eligible for this award. Proposals should focus on some aspect of global environmental change in Africa.   Awards will provide for tuition, research materials, and a small living allowance. <br>Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program leading to a Ph.D. degree in an African university and have completed one year of doctoral study program.  Applicants must have completed their Master s degree (or equivalent). Candidates must be 35 years of age at time of application or younger. Applicants must be pursuing a doctoral degree related to environmental change in Africa.<br> Application Deadline is August 15, 2005. For further details see the International START website (<a class="l1" href="http://www.start.org" target="_blank">www.start.org</a>).<br> <br> &gt; <a class="l1" href="pictures_info/start-Announce-2005.doc">Announcement.doc</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-06-08:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">New Open Access Journal Climate of the Past</p> <p class="standard">Climate of the Past (CP) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications and review papers on the climate history of the Earth. CP has recently been launched by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) and follows the innovative two-stage publication concept of the EGU which involves a scientific discussion forum.<br> <br> The main subject areas are:<br> " reconstructions of past climate based on instrumental and historical data as well as proxy data from marine and terrestrial (including ice) archives;<br> " development and validation of new proxies, improvements of the precision and accuracy of proxy data;<br> " theoretical and empirical studies of processes in and feedback mechanisms between all climate system components in relation to past climate change on all space and time scales;<br> " simulation of past climate and model-based interpretation of palaeo climate data for a better understanding of present and future climate variability and climate change;<br> <br> Full information under <a class="l1" href="http://www.climate-of-the-past.net" target="_blank">http://www.climate-of-the-past.net</a> .</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-05-12:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: China is now online!</p> <p class="standard">go to: <a class="l1" href="http://www.pages-igbp.org/china">www.pages-igbp.org/china</a></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-04-21:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Vega Medal</p> <p>The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography is proud to announce that Professor Francoise Gasse will be awarded the Vega medal in gold by the Swedish King Monday 25th of April. She is the first female scientist to receive this medal. In honor of her research, a symposium is organized at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm entitled &quot;Paleo-views of a modern problem: Quaternary changes in water resources in arid zones of the Old World&quot;.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-03-25:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Pollen Database</p> <p>Online searchable neotropical pollen database launched.<br> <br> The Neotropical Paleoecology Research Group is pleased to announce the launch of its searchable pollen database on the web.<br> <br>The purpose of this database is to assist in the identification of Neotropical pollen and can be quizzed according to family or genus, or as a multiple access key.  The database contains photographs of &gt;1000 taxa most commonly found in fossil pollen spectra.<br> <br>This data base is searchable in a read only format without any software requirements.  However, if you wish to edit or modify the database in any way then FileMaker 5 or higher is required.<br> <br>It should be noted that this database is an ongoing project and it is by no means a complete guide to Neotropical pollen.  In addition, there are undoubtedly small glitches and typing errors within the program and database.  We would encourage people to inform us of these when they are encountered.<br> <br> To register to download the pollen database please follow links from our web page, http://www.fit.edu/biology/bushlab/index.html</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-03-14:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Joint USDA-NASA Interagency Research Announcement Land Cover/Land Use Change</p> <p>Notice of Intent Deadline: 28 April 2005<br> Full Proposal Deadline: 1 August 2005<br> <br> The announcement is available here<br> <br> The joint USDA-NASA interagency research announcement for Land Cover/Land Use Change (LCLUC) is out. This research opportunity addresses the Land Use/Land Cover Change (LULCC) element of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and is the the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) contribution to the U.S. Climate Change Research Initiative.<br> <br> Both NASA LCLUC and CSREES are interested in studies on land cover and land use that are coupled to climate variability and global change and are likely to affect the resources and services that agriculture, forest, and rangelands provide to society and the natural environment.<br> Within the announcement is a statement saying &quot;Of particular interest are studies of environmental and human impacts related to LULCC in the Arctic region.&quot; From the USDA/CSREES standpoint, this is USDA's contribution to SEARCH for this year.<br> <br> The solicitation does not call for proposals on LULCC impacts on carbon cycles except for studies that link carbon and water cycles with emphasis on LULCC. The solicitation does not call for proposals on LULCC impacts on water cycles except for studies on freshwater resources and water quality in non-arid regions of the world undergoing significant changes in land exploitation.<br> <br> Dr. Nancy Cavallaro (ncavallaro@csrees.usda.gov) is the USDA/CSREES point of contact for this competition. A required notice of intent is due on 28 April 2005 and the full proposals are due on 1 August 2005.<br> <br> For further information, please contact:<br> Louie Tupas<br> National Program Leader<br> Global Change and Climate<br> CSREES, USDA<br> Phone: 202-401-4926<br> Fax: 202-401-1706<br> E-mail: ltupas@csrees.usda.gov<br> URL: www.csrees.usda.gov<br> </p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-03-03:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">IntCal04 calibration curve and CALIB 5.0 release</p> <p>Calibrated radiocarbon ages are the basis for comparison between many records in paleoclimatological, geophysical, and archaeological studies. It is therefore necessary to have a standard radiocarbon calibration curve for intercomparisons to be valid. The radiocarbon community has recognized this need and hence has adopted an international standard for calibration, IntCal04 which was ratified at the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference in Wellington New Zealand. The importance of the quality of the data set used for calibration cannot be overstated. The IntCal04 working group and the journal &quot;Radiocarbon&quot; is thus pleased to announce the release and publication of &quot;IntCal04: Calibration Issue&quot; as a special issue of &quot;Radiocarbon&quot; (v46, n3, 2004). Concurrent with the IntCal04 release and consistent with previous incarnations of IntCal is a revision and update of the calibration software program CALIB.<br> <br> Please visit www.radiocarbon.org to download IntCal04 and links to internationally standardized and accepted radiocarbon calibration software programs (BCal, CAL25, CALIB, OxCal).<br> <br> The IntCal issue and release of the IntCal04 data sets would not have been possible without the financial assistance of the Leverhulme Trust, and the University of Arizona/Radiocarbon. The NSF's Earth System History Program funded revision and updating of CALIB.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-02-28:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">PAGES relevant conference report on the 8 International Conference on Paleoceanography</p> <p>Biarritz, France 5-10 September 2004<br> in: EOS (Vol.86; No.7, 15th February 2005)<br> <br> Download the pdf</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-02-24:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">New paleoceanography data available from the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology</p> <p>The World Data Center for Paleoclimatology has recently updated its paleoceanography data. The contributed data is available via the web query and map interface at: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleocean.html.<br> <br> The database now contains 1,434 sites from 260 contributors and several hundred different variables. Comments are welcome to paleo@noaa.gov.<br> <br> PAGES encourages you to contribute your recently published data to the database. Information on contributing can be found at: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/contrib.html.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2005-01-17:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: Africa, Kenya and Japan are now online!</p> <p>go to: www.pages-igbp.org/africa<br> go to: www.pages-igbp.org/kenya<br> go to: www.pages-igbp.org/japan</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><a name="inqua"></a><b><span class="t4">2005-01-05:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">INQUA Call for Proposals 2005</p> <p class="standard">The International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) has announced its open call for funding proposals for 2005. INQUA normally provides seed monies for the development of research projects that will seek major support elsewhere. Priorities for INQUA funds include international conferences and workshops, especially where they are integral parts of approved projects.<br> Young scientists and scientists from developing countries are given priority for travel assistance.<br> <br> If you have a research-driven project proposal that can take advantage of the PAGES Open Science Meeting to be further developed, we encourage you to consider applying for INQUA funding. For example, you might use the opportunity for team members to meet and present research results.<br> <br> Full INQUA guidelines and application forms can be found at: http://www.inqua.tcd.ie/projects.html<br> <br> <b>Application deadline is 1 March 2005.</b></p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-12-10:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Mia J. Tegner Grants in Marine Environmental</p> <p class="standard">Marine Conservation Biology Institute is embarking on the third year of the Mia J. Tegner Memorial Research Grants in Marine Environmental History and Historical Ecology. To date MCBI has awarded 17 grants, each $6000 and below (http://www.mcbi.org/Advancing/Advancing.htm#mia).<br> This program provides funding for high-quality, results-oriented research projects in the areas of marine environmental history and historical ecology. To our knowledge, this is the first dedicated program for funding research in this neglected and important area of study.<br> <br> This grants program is dedicated to the memory and scientific legacy of Mia J. Tegner, a marine biologist from Scripps Institution of Oceanography who lost her life in January 2001 while carrying out research in the waters of Southern California. Dr. Tegner's primary research focused on the ecology of kelp forest communities. She studied the ecology and restoration of abalone populations in southern California, and her long time series of observations made significant contributions to the scientific understanding of the effects of ocean climate on nearshore ecosystems. Dr. Tegner was a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her work, her dedication to the field of marine biology and her contribution to a seminal paper on historical ecology, was the inspiration for creating this program to both insure Dr. Tegner's legacy and honor her memory.<br> <br> Applications are due by <b>January 28, 2005</b>. Please view additional details and application guidelines at: http://www.mcbi.org/Advancing/Tegner_grant_announcement%202004.htm.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-12-03:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">ePalaeontology - new website</p> <p class="standard">There has recently been established a new international palaeotological portal &quot;ePalaeontology&quot;. It is the electronic heart of a community of online palaeontologists.<br> <br> The whole material is published in accord with the Creative Commons License.<br> This allows sharing of the material and the contents with others.<br> ePalaeontology freely makes available usable scientific material for your own research. In the Downloads it is possible to freely find files of images and scientific software.<br> <br> Everybody is invited to contribute to this interesting project of search and sharing of the paleontological resources.<br> <br> In order to offer the best and most varied service to the increasing number of users, ePalaeontology is currently considering the option of acepting external contributions (news, articles, links suggestions etc.) from its users.<br> <br> The ePalaeontology website is http://www.epalaeontology.com</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-10-22:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Call for Proposals - Global Change Research in Africa</p> <p class="standard">START, through funding from the United States Climate Change Science Project (Global Change Research Program), is pleased to announce the attached Call for Proposals. Proposals are being solicited from scientists based at African institutions for research projects related to:<br> <br> 1) Climate Variability and Climate Change in Africa<br> 2) Impacts/Adaptations/Vulnerability to Global Change<br> 3) Land Use and Ecosystem Change<br> 4) Bio-geochemical Fluxes, and<br> 5) Biodiversity.<br> <br> Proposals must fall within the research frameworks of START's sponsoring programs (IHDP, IGBP, and WCRP). Proposals should also address the joint research issues of the Earth System Science Partnership: Water Systems, the Global Carbon Cycle, and Global Change and Food Security.<br> <br> International collaboration is encouraged. Proposals will be accepted until <b>17 December 2004</b> as per the attached instructions.<br> <br> Download instructions:<br> for MSWord (.doc)<br> for AcrobatReader (.pdf)<br> <br> This information is also available through the START website: www.start.org</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-10-18:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Online Registration and Abstract Submission for the OSM2005 meeting is now open!</p> <p class="standard">Online Registration<br> Online Abstract Submission<br> </p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-10-15:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Announcement of Opportunity: START Fellowship/Visiting Scientist Program (Round 13)</p> <p class="standard">This program, funded by DGIS, the Netherlands, is designed to increase the number of developing country scientists who serve as active partners in global change research in START regional networks and in the Joint and Core Projects of the Earth System Science Partnership (IGBP, WCRP, IHDP, and DIVERSITAS).  Through this effort, these scientists will also be able to contribute to related aspects of sustainable development for their respective countries and regions... more</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-09-16:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Contribute to the EPICA challenge at the fall AGU</p> <p class="standard">Predict greenhouse gas concentrations back to 700kyr... more</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-09-16:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">New PAGES Newsletter</p> <p class="standard">PAGES News issue 2004/2 is now available online. Click here for more information.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-09-15:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: Turkey is now online!</p> <p class="standard">go to: www.pages-igbp.org/turkey</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-08-19:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">PAGES Book Winners</p> <p class="standard">Congratulations to the following 10 people who were selected at random from the 450 PAGES subscribers who submitted their expertise online before 30 June 2004. They have won a copy of the IGBP-PAGES book &quot;Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future&quot;.<br> <br> Tatiana Blyakharchuk<br> Declan Conway<br> Brian Haskell<br> Karen Hammes<br>Björn Holmqvist<br> Fei Huang<br> Dieter Kelletat<br> Xixi Lu<br> Louis Maher<br> Vera Markgraf</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-08-10:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Announcement</p> <p class="standard">3rd Call for Proposals of the EU Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), FP6-2004-Global-3 (sub-priority 1.1.6.3 &quot;Global Change and Ecosystems&quot;) was published on 16 June 2004 and closes 26 October 2004 (first stage).     more...</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-06-09:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Revision of the Geological Time Scale;<br> Implications for the &quot;Quaternary&quot;</p> <p class="standard">The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) intends to extend the Neogene System to the present and eliminate Quaternary as a formal chronostratigraphic unit in the new Geological Time Scale. Brad Pillans, President of the INQUA Commission on Stratigraphy and Chronology, has made a proposal to ICS and INQUA to redefine the Quaternary as a Subsystem of the new Neogene System. Dr. Pillans' proposal has been circulated to INQUA members and the larger community of earth scientists interested in the late Cenozoic and is included in next issue of Quaternary Perspectives. An alternative position, advocating that we stand our ground and demand that the Quatenary be retained as a System separate and distinct from the Neogene, is presented in the same issue by Phil Gibbard, Chair of the ICS Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy....     more...</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-06-09:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: Czech Republic is now online!</p> <p class="standard">go to: www.pages-igbp.org/czechrepublic</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-06-09:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">2004 START Young Scientist Award Announcement</p> <p class="standard">The International START Secretariat is soliciting nominations/applications for the CY 2004 START Young Scientist Awards.  These awards recognize the research accomplishments of outstanding young scientists from developing countries in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Mediterranean. Nominations must be for young scientists who have published a paper in an established peer-reviewed journal (preferably in English).  In keeping with START's mission of conducting research on regional aspects of global change, the paper must be on an aspect of global change in the context of the research projects of START's program sponsor, the Earth System Science Partnership comprising the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP - www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de), the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP - www.igbp.net), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP - www.wmo.ch/web/wcrp/wcrp-home.html) and DIVERSITAS (www.diversitas-international.org).<font color="white">____</font>more...</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-06-09:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Workshop Funding</p> <p class="standard"><b>PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR THE SECOND AND LAST CALL FOR 2004 HAS BEEN MOVED FORWARD TO 15 SEPTEMBER 2004!</b><font color="white">____</font>more...</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-06-01:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Out now: Our website statistics for 2004</p> <p class="standard">These are the statistics from January 01, 2004 to May 01, 2004 (122 days) compared with the last ones from December 02 to May 03.<br> <br> <b>769 people</b> visit the PAGES website each day!<font color="white">____</font>more...</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-06-01:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">The new Paleo Perspective on Abrupt Climate Change has just been released</p> <p class="standard">The site is intended for a non-technical audience in order to provide an overview of the<br> paleo record of abrupt events, contextualize key data sets, and frame about what is<br> known and unknown about the mechanisms and time-scales involved .<br> <br> Please feel free to let us know your comments about the site as there are some<br> enhancements we would like to make in the future.<br> <br> go to: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/abrupt</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-05-24:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: Ethiopia is now online!</p> <p class="standard">go to: www.pages-igbp.org/ethiopia</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-05-01:</span></b></p> <p class="standard"><span class="t2">Special session at the 2004 AGU meeting<br> </span><span class="t4">(13-17 December in San Francisco)</span></p> <p class="t4">Title: Paleoecological Approaches to Late Quaternary Climate Change and Landscape Evolution in the Circumarctic</p> Interdisciplinary research in the Arctic has grown in the past decade, and paleoenvironmental research has been in the forefront of this effort. The emphasis on Arctic System Science has encouraged the development of cooperative projects with researchers focusing on a broad range of paleoclimatic questions. Arctic paleoclimatologists are addressing the importance of interpreting past archives of climate change in conjunction with the study of landscape processes such as soil development, vegetation succession, and cryogenic processes. The modern Arctic environment is dominated by these dynamic processes, and the challenge for Arctic paleoecologists is to understand the interaction of climate and edaphic processes, and to differentiate between them. This session focuses on climate and climate change in the late Glacial and Holocene with emphasis on methods of climate reconstruction, spatial and temporal scales of variability, evolutionary landscape processes, and regional synthesis.<br> These topics should be interpreted broadly, and are not meant to be limiting. A primary goal is to promote interaction between disciplines.<br> <br> Conveners: Wendy R. Eisner, University of Cincinnati, USA, email: Wendy.Eisner@uc.edu,<br> and Kenneth M. Hinkel, University of Cincinnati, USA, email: Kenneth.Hinkel@uc.edu<br> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-04-28:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: Lithuania is now online!</p> <p class="standard">go to: www.pages-igbp.org/lithuania</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-04-01:</span></b></p> <p class="standard"><b>Georg Hoffmann has arrived</b></p> <p class="standard">go to: http://www.pages.unibe.ch/people/guestscientists.html</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-03-31:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Call for Comments (LRC-LacCore)</p> <p class="standard">The Limnological Research Center (LRC) at the University of Minnesota, with funding from NSF and the University, has been operating the National Lacustrine Core Repository (LacCore) since the summer of 2000. The mission of LacCore is to curate sediment cores from lakes around the world and archive the data for use by the global community of scientists interested in the study of past environment and climate in lake sediment cores. LacCore was founded on the belief that lake sediment archives provide continental paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental information that are of scientific and societal value, and the study and data archiving of these cores is most efficiently accomplished with the existence of a national facility where 1) an array of state of the art equipment are available free of charge to the community and 2) a dedicated, trained staff is present to assist visiting scientists in documenting, curating and sampling lake sediment cores.<br> <br> We at LacCore would like to ask the members of the paleoclimate community for input regarding the value of the lake sediment cores and the need for a dedicated Repository with an integral Core Laboratory. LRC considers the operation of the LacCore to be primarily a service to the lake sediment community and would appreciate knowing how this service is perceived. More information about LacCore can be found at http://lrc.geo.umn.edu/LacCore/laccore.html.<br> <br> We will post verbatim on the LacCore Webpage comments received by laccore@umn.edu.<br> To be of most use, we would appreciate receiving comments by May 31, 2004</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-03-24:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">RECLIDO, the Spanish network of climate reconstruction from documentary sources, has recently launched their website.</p> <p class="standard">Visit their website at: http://www.ucm.es/info/reclido/<br> <br> The abundant and convincing evidences on climatic change have originated in the last<br> years a growing interest in the study of climate in the past. The short length of the<br> instrumental records has increased the interest in the use of climate reconstruction<br> techniques like dendrochronology, the study of the ice cores, the corals lake sediments,<br> etc. Among all of them, the use of documentary sources presents evident advantages,<br> allowing better temporal resolution than other most of the techniques.</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-03-23:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">National PAGES: New Zealand is now online!</p> <p class="standard">go to: www.pages-igbp.org/newzealand</p> <hr> <p class="standard"><b><span class="t4">2004-03-03:</span></b></p> <p class="t2">Pre-publication offer on DPER volumes</p> <p class="standard">We are very pleased to announce a special (temporary) PRE-PUBLICATION offer for the purchase of the next three volumes of the DPER (Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research) Series.<br> <br> Volumes 6 through 8, scheduled to be published this September, are NOW available for order at the special price of $55US (Euro50) per book!<br> Please see details of this special offer at the DPER Web site<br> (http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~mlast/paleolim/dper.html)<br> <br> This offer is available only for credit card purchases, and the special order form (available at the above web site) must be completed and returned to Kluwer at the address or fax given on the form.<br> <br> The titles/editors of these three volumes<br> <br> Volume 8: Long-Term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes<br> Edited by R. Pienitz, M. S. V. Douglas and J. P. Smol<br> Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-2125-9, ~500 pages<br> <br> Volume 7: Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments<br> Edited by P. Francus<br> Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-2061-9, 338 pages<br> <br> Volume 6: Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa<br> Edited by R. W. Battarbee, F. Gasse and C. E. Stickley<br> Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-2120-8, ~600 pages<br> <br> The detailed table of contents for these books are available at the web site above.<br> <br> Finally, Volume 9 in this DPER series (&quot;Earth Paleoenvironments: Records Preserved in Mid-and Low-Latitude Glaciers&quot;, edited by L. 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