Seventh International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG7) call for papers

A major international symposium on "Innovations for a Sustainable Future", 5-7...

May 14, 2013

Global Land Project major conference call for abstracts

The call for abstracts for the Land Transformations conference, Berlin 19-21...

Apr 30, 2013

Latest Global Change issue available online

The cover story in this issue explores the phenomenon of land grabs by taking a...

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FEATURES

Methane:
Not a damp squib, not yet a time bomb

A potent greenhouse gas, an energy source, a culinary delicacy for some microbes...

Zooming in over the northern latitudes

The Arctic is warming twice as quickly as the rest of the world, with significant consequences for northern Eurasia. Cat Downy discusses how the European Space Agency is working with researchers to combine remotely sensed, field and laboratory data in this hard-to-access region.

Earth-system science at a crossroads

The Planet Under Pressure conference underscored a rapidly changing landscape of Earth-system science. Mike Raupach says that the path ahead should combine the need for wider engagement with a continuing commitment to reason.

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MULTIMEDIA

Ticking time bombs in the human-earth system:

This Second Australian Earth System Outlook Conference, explored a small selection of globally...

Stockholm Seminar: 2000-year climate records

Thorsten Kiefer from IGBP's core project Past Global Changes (PAGES) discusses the 2000-year climate...

Berlin's Anthropocene Project kicks off with Will Steffen's keynote

The Anthropocene Project is an initiative of Berlin's House of World Cultures.

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2013-04-24 Ticking time bombs in the human-earth system: This Second Australian Earth System Outlook Conference, explored a small selection of globally significant “ticking time bombs” which pose risks of unmanageable, undesirable change unless anticipatory actions are taken that fall well outside the corrective capacity of the invisible hand of economic market forces.
2013-01-23 Stockholm Seminar: 2000-year climate records Thorsten Kiefer from IGBP's core project Past Global Changes (PAGES) discusses the 2000-year climate records across continents.
2013-01-22 Berlin's Anthropocene Project kicks off with Will Steffen's keynote The Anthropocene Project is an initiative of Berlin's House of World Cultures.
2013-01-22 IGBP sponsored conference: Ticking Time Bombs in the Human Earth System conference - live stream. Canberra, Australia 26-27 November 2012.
2012-12-20 How to measure wealth and progress Stockholm Seminar Series. Director of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change Ananatha Duraiappah discusses the Inclusive Wealth Report. IGBP is a sponsor of the Stockholm Seminar series.
2012-12-20 What is the vision for Future Earth? A new series of short interviews with the Future Earth transition team articulate why Future Earth and why now.
2012-11-27 IGBP sponsored conference: Ticking Time Bombs in the Human Earth System conference - live stream. Canberra, Australia 26-27 November 2012.
2012-10-16 New Google Earth tour: Ocean acidification Google produced a new Google Earth tour on ocean acidification with partners IGBP and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for the major international conference, the Ocean in a High CO2 World, co-sponsored by IGBP.
2012-06-25 UN's largest summit, Rio+20, kicks off with film co-produced by IGBP The UN's largest event, Rio+20, opened last week with a short state-of-the-planet film encapsulating 20 years of IGBP research including concepts such as the Anthropocene and the Great Acceleration. The film, Welcome to the Anthropocene, was produced by IGBP's Owen Gaffney and Globaia's Felix Pharand Deschenes.
2012-06-18 Food security and planetary boundaries Seminar with Dr. John Ingram, Wednesday 18 April, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm.