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...
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.
Earth System Science Partnership begins transition to Future Earth
Links:
ESSP
ESSP final communique (pdf) December 2012
(pdf, 200 kB)
Under the leadership of Rik Leemans and Martin Rice, ESSP has co-sponsored some of the most ground-breaking and iconic international research projects of our time: the Global Carbon Project, the Global Water Systems Project, the Climate Change and Food Security project, the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis and several others.
In this time, ESSP has demonstrated the need for a more integrated approach to Earth-system science and set the framework for how this could be achieved successfully.
Now, the international research community is focusing research efforts on solutions to the challenge of global sustainability and even closer harmony between natural and social sciences. This has led to the Future Earth initiative, due to begin in 2013 and anticipated to be operational in 2014. All existing ESSP projects will continue under the lead of the global environmental change programmes until they eventually transition into the new Future Earth initiative.
We acknowledge and applaud the work of ESSP and we commit to building on its successes in the coming years.
ESSP final communique, December 2012. (pdf, 200 kB)
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...
How green is my future?
UN panel foresees big growth in renewable energy, but policies will dictate just how big.
UK:
'The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time?'
Royal Society, Philosphical Transactions A