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The carbon cycle science community recently began an effort to update and revise the very successful 1999 A U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan – written by a committee chaired by Jorge Sarmiento and Steve Wofsy. We now have the opportunity to decide how to outline and prioritize a research agenda on the carbon cycle for the next decade. Given the 1999 Plan and 10 years of experience as a point of departure, we have the opportunity now to ask what has been completed or is no longer a high priority? Which research items need to be continued? What questions should be added? Do we need a change in emphasis or a change in priorities? How has our vision of the priority needs been altered by 10 years of activity?
In fact, this activity starts with a virtually clean slate. We can work from the 1999 Plan or begin anew. Four co-chairs have been selected for this activity and an effort has been made to select a working group that represents the breadth of the U.S. carbon cycle research community (see list below). We invite you to review the documents posted here and to share your comments on these documents and on the broader topic of planning for the future of carbon cycle science in the United States at our blog, Carbon Cycle Science Planning.
We look forward to hearing from the broader carbon cycle science community and capturing a vision that addresses a creative research program.
Sincerely,
Anna M. Michalak, amichala[at]umich.edu
Rob Jackson, jackson[at]duke.edu
Gregg Marland marlandgh[at]ornl.gov
Chris Sabine, chris.sabine[at]noaa.gov
Co-Leaders of the Carbon Cycle Science Working Group
Additional documents may be found on the Documents page.
Anna Michalak, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Robert Jackson, Duke University
Gregg Marland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Christopher Sabine, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robert Anderson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Deborah Bronk, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Kenneth Davis, Pennsylvania State University
Ruth DeFries, Columbia University
Lisa Dilling, University of Colorado
Andy Jacobson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matthew Kahn, University of California - Los Angeles
Steve Lohrenz, University of Southern Mississippi
Galen McKinley, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Chip Miller, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Berrien Moore, University of New Hampshire
Dennis Ojima, The Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
James Randerson, University of California - Irvine
Steven Running, University of Montana
Brent Sohngen, Ohio State University
Pieter Tans, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Steven Wofsy, Harvard University
Ning Zeng, University of Maryland
May 2008
July 2008
September 2008
November 2008
December 2008
February 2009
March 2009
Spring / Summer 2009
June 2009
July 2009
September 2009
Fall 2009
Fall 2009 / Winter 2010
Spring 2010
Summer 2010
Complete production of the next U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan
Please share your comments on these documents and on the broader topic of planning for the future of carbon cycle science in the United States at our blog, Carbon Cycle Science Planning. You may also contact the chairs of the working group at CCSPlan[at]gmail.com.
This page last updated April 15, 2009 .