Media Advisory 09-008
Gauging the Effects of Increasing Carbon Dioxide on Land and in Oceans

Lectures at the National Science Foundation are first in a series on global systems science

On April 6, 2009, NSF will host the first two lectures in a new series on global systems science. Credit and Larger Version

April 1, 2009

The complex connections among climate change, biodiversity, environmental degradation, sustainability, dependence on fossil fuels and socioeconomic systems are increasingly being captured in one research area, referred to as global systems science.

To look at how global systems science can address challenging research questions in energy production and use, while considering the impact on global climate, the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Directorates for Biological Sciences and Geosciences will host the first in a series of lectures.

In two complementary presentations on the same day, the effects of increasing carbon dioxide on land--from small field plots to the global scale--and in the world's oceans will be discussed. Taking part are biologist Chris Field, director of the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science on the campus of Stanford University; and marine chemist Peter Brewer, senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Note: Access to Stafford II - Room 555 requires a pass. Please contact Cheryl Dybas, cdybas@nsf.gov, (703) 292-7734, to register for the lectures and to obtain a building pass.

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Media Contacts
Cheryl Dybas, NSF (703) 292-7734 cdybas@nsf.gov

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NSF Directorate for Geosciences: http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=GEO
NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences: http://www.nsf.gov/bio

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