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According to the latest update to the global carbon budget, published in the December 2009 issue of Nature Geoscience, the human perturbation of the carbon cycle continues to grow strongly and track near the most carbon intensive scenarios of the UN-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The economic crisis will likely have a transitional impact on the growth of CO2 emissions and an undetectable effect on the growth of atmospheric CO2 (because the much larger inter-annual variability of the natural sinks). The efficiency of the natural sinks has likeley declined during the last 60 years.
For more information, see the Global Carbon Project Carbon Budget page and news releases from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Purdue University. (December 9, 2009)
The Carbon Cycle Science Working Group recently released a recommendations summary outlining fundamental science questions, research goals, and primary program elements for the next decade of US carbon cycle science. If you wish to comment on this document, you may do so via the Carbon Cycle Science Planning Blog or by sending an email to CCSPlan@gmail.com. For more information about the Carbon Cycle Science Working Group and the plan for carbon cycle science they are developing, please see our Carbon Cycle Science Planning for the Next Decade page. (November 5, 2009)
The calendar below displays both funding opportunities (green) and events related to carbon cycle science (blue).
You may use the arrows at the upper left to scroll through the calendar, the tabs at the upper right to change to different calendar views, and the pull down menu at the upper right to turn each of these calendars on or off. Clicking on an entry will allow you to get more information, including relevant web sites, and to add events to your own calendar. You may also subscribe to these calendars by clicking the "+ Google Calendar" button in the lower right corner.
The history of the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program and its mission and vision, research strategy, and guiding scientific questions
The U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program plans and coordinates interdisciplinary carbon cycle research via the Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group, Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group, the North American Carbon Program, the Ocean Carbon and Climate Change Program, and the State of the Carbon Cycle Report
Ten federal agencies and departments support and execute U.S. carbon cycle research via the Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group
Recent news about the US Carbon Cycle Science Program and related activities
Upcoming events related to the US Carbon Cycle Science Program
Learn more about the process now underway to develop a new carbon cycle science plan for the next decade
Carbon cycle research funding opportunities, including requests for proposals and postdoctoral positions
Learn more about federal carbon cycle science activities
Find all of the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program documents here, as well as links to U.S. Climate Change Science Program and U.S. Global Change Research Program documents
Links to related research efforts in the U.S. and North America, Europe, and around the world
This page last updated December 9, 2009 .