Here's a reminder from Rob Jackson that abstracts are due tomorrow!
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: AGU session on earth-system stewardship
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:58:52 -0400
From: Rob Jackson
Dear Colleagues,
Terry Chapin, Jen Harden, and I have organized a joint ESA/AGU
Biogeosciences session on "Scientific Foundations for Earth-System
stewardship" for the fall AGU meeting in San Francisco (see below).
Confirmed speakers in the session include Inez Fung, Chris Field, Bill
Schlesinger, and Dennis Lettenmaier. Please submit your work to the
session and pass along this message to others who might be interested.
Abstracts are due tomorrow, Thursday September 2nd.
Thanks!
Rob Jackson
919-660-7408
http://www.biology.duke.edu/jackson
Biogeosciences Session, AGU Fall Meeting 2010
/Scientific Foundations for Earth System Stewardship/
Human activities have exceeded or are close to exceeding safe boundaries
for many aspects of the environment, including climate, nitrogen inputs
to ecosystems, and biodiversity loss. Potential loss of permafrost with
global warming and the loss of tropical diversity are just two examples
of environmental tipping points that may soon be crossed. This session
on global planetaryEarth System stewardship focuses on how sound
geophysical biophysical science and knowledge from other disciplines can
be combined to provide environmental solutions. In addition to the above
examples, potential topics include resilience of the coupled Earth
System, geophysical threats to life on Earth, geoengineering and climate
management, and socio-ecological feedbacks to the environment. The
session is part of a series of joint activities between the American
Geophysical Union and the Ecological Society of America.
Convener Information:
Robert B. Jackson, [email protected], 919-660-7408; Department of Biology
and Nicholas School of the Environment, Box 90338, Duke University,
Durham, NC 27708
Jennifer W. Harden, [email protected], 650-329-4949; U.S. Geological
Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, ms 962, Menlo Park, CA 94025
F. Stuart Chapin, [email protected], 907.474.7922; Department of
Biology and Wildlife Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska,
Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775
Index Terms: 0400 Biogeosciences; 1600 Global Change; 4800 Oceanography:
Biological And Chemical; 0315 Biosphere/Atmosphere Interactions
-------- Original Message Ends --------
