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SCAR XXXI & Open Science Conference
last update: Jan 04, 2010 04:32 PM
Antarctica – Witness to the Past and Guide to the Future
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Jul 30, 2010 09:00 AM
to Aug 11, 2010 06:00 PM |
| Where | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Event Dates
1) SCAR Business meetings (July 30-August 2)
2) SCAR Open Science Conference (August 3-6)
3) SCAR Delegates Meeting (August 9-11)
Event Venue
Both SCAR XXXI & Open Science Conference share the same venue:
Hotel Panamericano Buenos Aires
Carlos Pellegrini 551
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Open Science Conference Sessions
Session # Themes/ Session Titles
I CONNECTIVITY AND CROSS-SCALE INTERACTIONS
1 Electromagnetic propagation: thermosphere, mesophere and atmosphere
2 Coupling of the lower, middle and upper atmosphere
3 Antarctic boundary layer: transport, air-snow exchange, aerosols and trace gases
4 Southern Ocean gateways and ocean-ice sheet interactions
5 Antarctic climate and links to the rest of the globe
6 Antarctic and South American climate: linking the past and present record
7 Data access and sharing for cutting edge science
8 Evolution of the Antarctic continent and the global system
9 Air-sea-ice interactions and shelf ocean processes
10 Subglacial geophysics, sediments and biota
11 Solar-terrestrial physics in polar regions
12 Magnetic studies of the Antarctic
13 Subglacial lakes-linkages with long-term ice-sheet behaviour
14 Mapping Antarctica: ADMAP, BEDMAP, and other activities
15 King George Island: model for interdisciplinary Anatrctic science
Open Session - Connectivity and Cross-Scale Interactions
II TIPPING POINTS
16 Biodiversity, biogeochemistry and climate in the Southern Ocean
17 Global changes and Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity
18 Retrospective studies of Southern Ocean food webs: a guide to the future
19 Antarctic deglaciations: mechanisms, timing and character
20 Southern Ocean circulation and the global climate system
21 Earth Structure, Deformation, and Ice Sheet Evolution
22 Climate and ecosystem changes in the Antarctic Peninsula region Open Session - Tipping Points
III ECOSYSTEM HEALTH
23 Phylogenetics and phylogeography of Antarctic microbial ecosystems
24 Polar genomics, gene flow, population dynamics and adaptation
25 Spring-time ecosystem processes in the Antarctic sea ice zone
26 Top predators in Antarctic marine ecosystems
27 Carbon uptake and acidification in the Southern Ocean
28 Organisms: biogeochemical indicators of environmental change
29 Acoustics in the marne environment
30 Human biology and medicine
31 Cernsus of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML)
32 UV in Antarctica: ecosystem effects and interactions with climate change
33 Continuous Plankton Recording (CPR)
34 Evolution of Antarctic organisms
35 Biodiversity, ecosystem function and environmental change: past, present and future Open Session - Ecosystem Health
IV CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
36 Antarctic astronomy - witness to the distant past and guide to the distant future
37 Decadal ocean and atmospheric variability in the southern hemisphere
38 Long term data from Antarctic ecosystems
39 Permafrost and periglacial Antarctic environments
40 Quaternary upper ocean stratification, sea-ice and productivity
41 Comparison of Antarctic ice and sediment core climate records
42 Antarctic climate history over the last 200 years
43 Modern and paleotopographic/bathymetric reconstructions: Antarctic paleoenvironments
44 Dynamics of Antarctic ice streams and ice shelves: processes and patterns
45 Antarctic snow accumulation distribution from models, measurements and remote sensing
46 The Antarctic ice sheet: from inception to demise: data and models
47 Seeps and vents in Antarctica
48 Quaternary Southern Ocean intermediate and deep-water circulation
49 History of Antarctica and scientific research
50 Antarctic ice shelf disintegration and rapid environmental change
51 Status and trends in Antarctic sea ice
52 Weather and climate in Antarctica
Open Session - Continuity and Change
