May 17, 2013
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
The call for abstracts for the Land Transformations conference, Berlin 19-21...
Apr 30, 2013
The cover story in this issue explores the phenomenon of land grabs by taking a...
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...
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.
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.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon opens RIo+20 summit with state of the planet film co-produced by IGBP and Globaia
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.
The 3-minute data visualization was originally developed for the Anthropocene.info website and commissioned by the Planet Under Pressure conference. The film takes the viewer on a journey across the planet and through the last 250 years of Earth's history - from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the Rio+20 summit.
Full resolution version, below.
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SOLAS Scientific Steering Committee Meeting 2013
Jun 17 - Jun 20, 2013
IMBER Scientific Steering Committee Meeting 2013
Global Change Magazine No. 80
The cover story in this issue explores the phenomenon of land grabs by taking a closer look at the Southeast Asian nation of Laos. Also featured are articles on resilience in the face of sea-level...
Global Change Magazine No. 79
This issue highlights various aspects of Arctic climate change, including sea ice and methane. We also look at a new tool for analysing complex global challenges, the path ahead for the Earth-system...
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