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| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Description: Although NOAA was formed in 1970, the agencies that came together
at that time are among the oldest in the Federal Government. The agencies
included the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey formed in 1807,
the Weather Bureau formed in 1870, and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
formed in 1871. Individually these organizations were America's first
physical science agency, America's first agency dedicated specifically
to the atmospheric sciences, and America's first conservation agency.
Much of America's scientific heritage resides in these agencies. They
brought their cultures of scientific accuracy and precision, stewardship
of resources, and protection of life and property to the newly formed
agency.
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Category: Conference Partners
Cooperative Institute or Research in Environmental Sciences
Description: CIRES is an internationally recognized leader in innovative earth
system sciene research committed to integrating its findings to improve
education and public awareness. We conduct research and education
that improves our understanding of the earth system. Since 1967,
the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences has provided a productive setting for collaborative research
and teaching in the wide-ranging disciplines of the environmental
sciences.
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National Center for Atmospheric Research
Description: NCAR is a federally funded research and development center.
Together with our partners at universities and research centers, we are
dedicated to exploring and understanding our atmosphere and its
interactions with the Sun, the oceans, the biosphere, and human society.
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Category: Conference Partners
Integrating Worldwide CO2 Flux Measurements
Description: FLUXNET,
a "network of regional networks," coordinates
regional and global analysis of observations from micrometeorological
tower sites. The flux tower sites use eddy covariance methods to measure
the exchanges of carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor, and energy
between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere.
At
present, over 250 tower sites are operating on a long-term and
continuous basis. Researchers
also collect data on site vegetation, soil, hydrologic, and
meteorological characteristics at the tower sites. To search for flux
or site characteristics data, choose
"Obtain Data" from the menu above.
Added on: 09-Aug-2005 Hits: 79
Category: Climate Related Information
Global Warming Facts & Our Future
Description: Climate Warming Is a Global Problem
But the impacts and potential solutions will affect us locally
and in many different ways. The challenge for each of us and for
our policy makers is to pursue effective responses that are as
fair as possible to all people and nations.
In this exhibition the National Academies provide scientific information
to help us make informed decisions and to help answer some important
questions.
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Category: Climate Related Information
NOAA Carbon Cycle Interactive Atmospheric Data Visualizaiton
Description: This data exploration tool enables visitors to
View all data including near real-time preliminary NOAA / CCGG measurement results.
Obtain details about each sampling location.
Manipulate and compare NOAA / CCGG data sets.
Create custom graphs.
View their plots on-line with an option to save figures locally for later use.
Added on: 20-Jul-2005 Hits: 70
Category: Climate Related Information
The Warming of the Earth
Description: This page is based on a brief synopsis of the 2001 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the National Research Councils 2001 report Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, as well as NCDCs own data resources.
Added on: 12-Aug-2005 Hits: 70
Category: Climate Related Information
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Description:
The predecessor of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the Magnetic
Observatory of Helsinki University, was founded as early as 1838.
Meteorological observations were included in the work of the
Observatory from the very beginning; later, in 1881, the Society of
Sciences assumed responsibility for the operations, and official name
was changed to the Meteorological Central Office, under which name the
Institute began to prepare daily weather information for the newspapers
of Helsinki in 1885.
In 1919 the FMI became a research institute under the Ministry of
Agriculture and later on, in 1968, it was transferred to the Ministry
of Transport and Communications.
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Category: Attendee Organizations
Carbon Cycle Science Program
Description: The
USGCRP budget includes $221 million in FY 2002 for research and observations
related to understanding the global carbon cycle. Carbon is important
as the basis for thefood and fiber that sustain human populations, as
the primary energy source that fuels human economies, and as a major
contributor to the planetary greenhouse effect and the potential for
climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) concentration have
been increasing in the atmosphere, primarily as a result of human use
of fossil fuels and land clearing, and are now higher than they have
been for at least 400,000 years. Of the CO2 emitted to the atmosphere,
about half is currently taken up as part of the natural cycling of carbon
into the ocean, and into land plants and soils. These reservoirs of
carbon are known as carbon “sinks.” Changes in land management
practices and the addition of CO2 and nutrients are known to have the
potential to enhance significantly the uptake of carbon, particularly
by forests and croplands.
Added on: 09-Aug-2005 Hits: 51
Category: Climate Related Information
Charles David Keeling: 1928-2005
Description:
Charles David Keeling, the world's leading authority on atmospheric greenhouse gas accumulation
and climate science pioneer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography since 1956, died of a heart
attack on June 20, 2005 while at his Montana home. He was 77 years old.
Added on: 25-Sep-2005 Hits: 50
Category: Climate Related Information
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
Description: NOAA works closely with the international PAGES/ CLIVAR initiative to improve our understanding of societally relevant climate variability and our ability to predict future climate change. NOAA contributes to the PAGES/CLIVAR initiative by supporting the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, and by providing extramural support (jointly with the National Science Foundation) for the Earth System History Program area of special emphasis on paleoclimate variability
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Category: Attendee Organizations
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
Description: Polar and Marine research are central themes of Global system and Environmental Science. The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic and at temperate latitudes. It coordinates Polar research in Germany and provides both the necessary equipment and the essential logistic back up for polar expeditions. Recent additional research themes include North Sea Research, contributions to Marine Biological Monitoring, Marine Pollution Research, Investigation of naturally occuring marine substances and technical marine developments.
Added on: 08-Aug-2005 Hits: 49
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French Atomic Energy Commission
Description: CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation.
A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in
setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world.
Added on: 28-Jul-2005 Hits: 48
Category: Attendee Organizations
Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
Description: Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS) is one of the highest meteorological research institutions in China. CAMS is attached to China Meteorological Administration, and supported by both China Meteorological Administration and Ministry of Science and Technology of China. It was established in 1978. Its predecessor was the Central Meteorological Institute, which was renamed as CAMS in 1991.
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Category: Attendee Organizations
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
Description: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) plays a role to contribute to development of science and technology, forestry administration, Japan's international cooperation, and public activities, for promotion of sustainable forest management and resource utilization, through research on forest, forestry and forest products
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Category: Attendee Organizations
Biology in Colorado | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU, Boulder
Description: The importance of a broad undergraduate education in Biology cannot be overstated and our recent restructuring has put the department of EBIO in a unique position at CU to prepare students for advanced research in all aspects of Biology, as well as giving them a broad general undergraduate education. In the Letters section (here in PDF format, please scroll to page 3!) of the Nov 28th issue of Science a letter from the President of the National Academy of Sciences discusses this importance. The letter is based on a report called Bio 2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists. This report was written at the request of the National Institute of Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute and presents a recommendation for educating students interested in careers central to biomedical research. As the President quoted from the report
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Category: Attendee Organizations
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC
Description: CDIAC responds to data and information requests from users from all
over the world who are concerned with the greenhouse effect and global
climate change. CDIAC's data holdings include records of the
concentrations of carbon dioxide and other radiatively active gases in
the atmosphere; the role of the terrestrial biosphere and the oceans in
the biogeochemical cycles of greenhouse gases; emissions of carbon
dioxide to the atmosphere; long-term climate trends; the effects of
elevated carbon dioxide on vegetation; and the vulnerability of coastal
areas to rising sea level.
Added on: 16-Sep-2005 Hits: 46
Category: Climate Related Information
Tohoku University
Description: Tohoku University was founded in 1907 as the third imperial university,
during the period when Japan had begun to transform itself into a
modernized society. Since then, it has played a leading role in both
research and education in Japan, and is now ranked among the top
universities in the Asia-Pacific region.
Added on: 28-Jul-2005 Hits: 45
Category: Attendee Organizations
Botany & Microbiology at The University of Oklahoma
Description: The Department of Botany and Microbiology is located in George Lynn Cross Hall -- a modern nine-story building on the Norman campus that contains teaching classrooms and laboratories, research laboratories, faculty, graduate student and supporting staff offices, a media preparation center, microbiology culture collection and stockroom. The department also operates two greenhouses and several field sites.
Added on: 08-Aug-2005 Hits: 44
Category: Attendee Organizations
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
Description: The former National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) was founded in 1983 to conduct advanced and basic technological development pertaining to the control, maintenance and utilization of the agro-environment, including the biological environment. The new National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES) was turned into an Independent Administrative Institution (a semi-autonomous agency) on April 1, 2001 and concentrates to fulfilling its research mission on a global scale as follows: 1) strategies to ensure stable food supplies under global environment change, 2) assuring the safety of food and environment utilizing the natural circulation function of agriculture, and 3) succession of the agro-environmental resources to future generations.
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Crop Genetics and Environmental Research Unit
Description: This Unit conducts research on crop plants to identify and characterize genes of agronomic importance, to assess the impact of global climate change on future crop productivity, to improve biological nitrogen fixation and to identify alternatives to methyl bromide for protection of crops from soil borne pests.
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Carnegie Department of Global Ecology
Description: The Carnegie Institution is a private organization that conducts basic research for the benefit of humanity. Its Department of Global Ecology, founded in 2002 on the campus of Stanford University, conducts basic research on the interactions among the earth's ecosystems, land, atmosphere, and oceans. The goal of this research is understanding the ways these interactions shape the behavior of the earth system, including its responses to future changes. The Department of Global Ecology includes faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates, plus technical and administrative staff. There are opportunities for volunteers who wish to be involved in the research.
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National Institute for Environmental Studies
Description: Since its establishment in 1974, the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) has been playing a major role in environmental research in Japan. We are proud of the integrative expertise to tackle environmental issues through the collaboration of our researchers and staffs with diversified specialties such as physics, chemistry, engineering, agriculture, fisheries, medicine, pharmacology, law/politics and economics.
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Physics and Astronomy - Utrecht University
Description: Research takes place within the facultary research institute, in one of thirteen research programmes. These programmes are part of the research institute, and participate in science institutes and research schools that have been recognized by the Royal Netherlands Acadamy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
Added on: 08-Aug-2005 Hits: 36
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UCLA | Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Description: The UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences has been at the forefront of atomspheric and oceanic research and educatino since its inception in 1940. A broad curriculum is offered in Dynamic and Synoptic Meterology, Atomspheric Chemistry and Physics, Atomspheric Radaition and Remote Sensing, Climate Dynamics, Physical Oceanagraphy, and Upper Atmospheric and Space Physics. The Departments unique strength lies in the breadth of its educational and research programs.
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| Talk History | |
| Friday, September 30 | | · | Discussion Panel |
| · | Nitrogen Regulation of Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems in Respons |
| · | The Role of Water Relations in Driving Grassland Ecosystem Responses to Rising A |
| · | Unraveling the Decline in High-latitude Surface Ocean Carbonate |
| Thursday, September 29 | | · | Hazards of Temperature on Food Availability in Changing Environments (HOT-FACE) |
| · | The Amazon and the Modern Carbon Cycle |
| · | New Coupled Climate-carbon Simulations from the IPSL Model |
| · | The Changing Carbon Cycle |
| · | What are the Most Important Factors for Climate-carbon Cycle Coupling? |
| · | CO2 Uptake of the Marine Biosphere |
| · | European-wide Reduction in Primary Productivity Caused by the Heat and Drought i |
| · | Persistence of Nitrogen Limitation over Terrestrial Carbon Uptake |
| · | Atmospheric CO2, Carbon Isotopes, the Sun, and Climate Change over the Last Mill |
| · | Proposing a Mechanistic Understanding of Atmospheric CO2 During the late Pleist |
| · | Greenhouse Gas (CO2, CH4) and Climate Evolution since 650 kyrs Deduced from Anta |
| Wednesday, September 28 | | · | (In and) Out of Africa: Estimating the Carbon Exchange of a Continent |
| · | Recent Shifts in Soil Dynamics on Growing Season Length, Productivity, and... |
| · | Interannual Variability in the Carbon Exchange Using an Ecosystem-fire Model |
| · | Photosynthesis and Respiration in Forests in Response to Environmental Changes |
| · | Seasonal and Interannual Variability in Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange in Japan |
| · | Estimating Landscape-level Carbon Fluxes from Tower CO2 Mixing Ratio Measurement |
| · | Monitoring Effects in Climate and Fire Regime on Net Ecosystem Production |
| · | Radiative Forcing from a Boreal Forest Fire |
| · | The Influence of Soil and Water Management on Carbon Erosion and Burial |
| · | Spatial and Temporal Patterns of CO2, CH4, and N2O Fluxes in Ecosystems |
| · | Modeling the History of Terrestrial Carbon Sources and Sinks |
| · | The Age of Carbon Respired from Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| · | Discussion Panel |
| · | The Underpinnings of Land Use History |
| Tuesday, September 27 | | · | Regional CO2 Fluxes for North America Estimated from NOAA/CMDL Observatories |
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