Upcoming Events
Ecosystems
Information on individual items is subject to change. Please consult each event's web site or contact for the most accurate and current information. If you spot an error or wish to suggest a change, please contact us using the information at the bottom of this page. We also encourage you to let us know of events that should be listed. Please use this form to submit information or send an email to webmaster@climatescience.gov about upcoming events. Events should include a substantial component related to global change research (see list of specific research areas in left column). |
5 - 9 November 2008
Society of American Foresters 2008 National Convention: Forestry in a Climate of Change
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Reno-Tahoe, Nevada |
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Society of American Foresters
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Contact |
Carlton Gleed
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What are the dimensions of change? Where are our boundaries? Who is making the decisions? As expressed by our theme, “Forestry in a Climate of Change,” we believe that
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November 6-8, 2008
The European Forest-Based Sector: Bio-Responses to Address New Climate and Energy Challenges?
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Nancy, France |
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Government of France (as a part of the French Presidency of the European Union) |
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Why? During its presidency of the European Union (second semester 2008), France wishes to contribute to the debate on the roles of forests and their products in a post-2012 climate regime.
What? The roles of the forest-based sector and perspectives for the future will be discussed under three main headings:
How? Invited keynote speakers in plenary sessions, voluntary contributions in parallel sessions or poster sessions. Where? Nancy (Palais des congrès), city in the East of France (1 1/2 hour from Paris by TGV - High Speed Train) When? 6, 7 and 8 November 2008. Who? 350 participants - Scientists from research centres and universities, Professionals from the European forest-based sector, Delegates from European member States and the European Commission, Delegates from other national or international bodies, Students, Journalists. |
11 - 14 November 2008
North American Lake Management Society 2008 Symposium
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Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada |
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http://www.nalms.org/Conferences/2008LakeLouise/Default.aspx |
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North American Lake Management Society |
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North American Lake Management Society
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This year’s theme is Lake Management in a Changing Environment, and concerns lake management during unprecedented development, water scarcity, and climate change. |
8 - 10 December 2008
Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World
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Washington, DC |
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National Council for Science and the Environment |
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National Council for Science and the Environment
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The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) will hold the 9th National Conference for Science, Policy and the Environment: Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. The conference will develop and advance science-based solutions to address the challenge the changing world poses to biodiversity (and to humanity). It combines world-class speakers and discussions with interactive facilitated breakout sessions to develop recommendations for conserving and using biodiversity sustainably, symposia to explore topics in detail, skill-building workshops, posters, a Showcase of Biodiversity Partners, and opportunities to network with colleagues new and old.
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15 – 19 December 2008
2008 AGU Fall Meeting
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San Francisco, California |
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American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
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AGU Meetings Department
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Atmospheric Composition • Climate Variability and Change • Ecosystems • Global Carbon Cycle • Global Water Cycle • Human Contributions and Responses • Land Use and Land Cover Change • Permalink
February 22-24, 2009
Unknown knowns and known unknowns: Chemical oceanography in a changing world
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Savannah, GA |
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william savidge, |
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Skidaway Institute of Oceanography will be hosting a Symposium entitled “Unknown knowns and known unknowns: Chemical oceanography in a changing world” on February 22-24, 2009, in Savannah, GA. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together marine scientists to reassess our current understanding of carbon cycles in the ocean (i.e., the “unknown knowns” and identify critical gaps in our understanding or our measurements (the “known unknowns” of the ocean carbon cycle. Details of the meeting can be found at http://www.skio.usg.edu/meetings/geochem/index.php. |