<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B>8/3/2007</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="">************************************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Presentations available from Royal Society March 2007 Showcase of the IPCC WG1 report</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=3494"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=3494</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://tv.royalsoc.ac.uk/dpx_live/dpx.php?dpxuser=dpx_v12"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tv.royalsoc.ac.uk/dpx_live/dpx.php?dpxuser=dpx_v12</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see RESOURCES 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>FORUM</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Climate Catastrophe</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">: DISCCRSnews encourages you to read Hansen, J. 2007. Climate Catastrophe. New Scientist 195 no. 2614: 30-34. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2007/Hansen_2.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2007/Hansen_2.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Jumbo Squid Invade California Coast</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/jumbo-squid-invade-california-coast"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/jumbo-squid-invade-california-coast</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2gwjt4"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2gwjt4</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see FORUM 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SCIENCE NEWS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Nigeria: Climate Change - 13 million citizens at risk</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200707300344.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://allafrica.com/stories/200707300344.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Jumbo Squid Invade California Coast</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/jumbo-squid-invade-california-coast"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/jumbo-squid-invade-california-coast</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2gwjt4"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2gwjt4</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> </SPAN></DIV><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see NEWS 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Big Oil drills for vote of approval</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7e3a8690-3acc-11dc-8f9e-0000779fd2ac.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7e3a8690-3acc-11dc-8f9e-0000779fd2ac.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Algae aids corals in hot water</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20071207-16093-2.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20071207-16093-2.html</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Global Warming Debate Is Stormy</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.miamiherald.com/574/story/186619.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.miamiherald.com/574/story/186619.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2vj837"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2vj837</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Bush Awards Medals to National Science and Technology Laureates</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070727-1711-bush-medals.html">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070727-1711-bush-medals.html</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ytsppq"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ytsppq</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <B>'Dead Zone' Forms Again Off Oregon's Coast</B><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.oregonlive.com/science/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/science/1185933323144640.xml&coll=7">http://www.oregonlive.com/science/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/science/1185933323144640.xml&coll=7</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yrstgy"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yrstgy</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>House Passes $600 Million Increase in National Science Foundation Budget</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Russia Plants Flag on North Pole Seabed</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2140202,00.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2140202,00.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2cajqy"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>http://tinyurl.com/2cajqy</B></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 8 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Lake Superior Changes Mystify Scientists<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-861403~Lake_Superior_Changes_Mystify_Scientists.html">http://www.examiner.com/a-861403~Lake_Superior_Changes_Mystify_Scientists.html</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2nmwbc"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2nmwbc</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 9 below)</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Speakers needed: Fall 2007 AGU Session on "Including Land Use and Land Cover Change in Earth System Models" - </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">10-14 December 2007, San Francisco, CA (USA)</SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see MEETING 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>nternational Conference Climate Changes Spatial Planning (CcSP) - 12-13 September 2007 - Netherlands</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.climatechangesspatialplanning.nl/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.climatechangesspatialplanning.nl</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see MEETING 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>JOBS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="">(see below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Resources and Funding Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(RESOURCES 1) <B>Presentations available from Royal Society March 2007 Showcase of the IPCC WG1 report</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=3494"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=3494</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://tv.royalsoc.ac.uk/dpx_live/dpx.php?dpxuser=dpx_v12"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tv.royalsoc.ac.uk/dpx_live/dpx.php?dpxuser=dpx_v12</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In early March 2007 in London the Royal Society held a two-day discussion meeting titled The science of climate change: A showcase of the IPCC 4th Assessment Working Group 1 Report. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The programme can be found at </SPAN><A href="http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=3494"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=3494</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The presentations and linked videos can now be found at </SPAN><A href="http://tv.royalsoc.ac.uk/dpx_live/dpx.php?dpxuser=dpx_v12"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tv.royalsoc.ac.uk/dpx_live/dpx.php?dpxuser=dpx_v12</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> by clicking on the Environment and Climate tab, and then scrolling down to the list of 15 sessions, each titled 'Climate Change Discussion Meeting'. They are in reverse chronological order. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The meeting was of great interest because it was the first occasion when a broad scientific audience was exposed to the underlying content of the work carried out by IPCC WG1. Each of the WG1 chapter lead authors gave a detailed presentation of their findings and were quizzed at length by participants. The event included panel discussions that are well worth watching, as these covered at length the IPCC process itself, along with a host of qualifications and new comments. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since that meeting, the 11 chapters that make up the report have been hosted at </SPAN><A href="http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. You may find that watching the RS presentations, together with reading of the relevant chapter, does effectively bring alive the dense content, making it easier to assimilate the information along with the implications. </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1) <B>Jumbo Squid Invade California Coast</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/jumbo-squid-invade-california-coast"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/jumbo-squid-invade-california-coast</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2gwjt4"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2gwjt4</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Discover - ...over the last few years, millions of jumbo squid-often called red devils, or Humboldt squid-have taken up permanent residence off the coasts of California in the Northern Hemisphere and Chile in the Southern. Sightings have been reported as far north as Alaska, where wolves gnaw on the washed-up carcasses.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Why <I>Dosidicus gigas</I></SPAN><SPAN style=""> has made its recent move to higher latitudes is something of a mystery. A new study in this week's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) says a combination of factors, including changes in the global climate and fishing practices, have caused the jumbo squid population to grow and expand its range.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since the squid are originally from lower latitudes with warmer waters and the most recent invasions were during El Nino events in 1997 and 1998 and in 2002 and 2003, the researchers originally suspected global climate change. But a recent jumbo squid tagging study by William Gilly at Stanford University showed that the cephalopods routinely survive 50-degree temperature fluctuations in a single day, suggesting that relatively gradual global warming might not have that much effect.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 2) <B>Big Oil drills for vote of approval</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7e3a8690-3acc-11dc-8f9e-0000779fd2ac.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7e3a8690-3acc-11dc-8f9e-0000779fd2ac.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When ConocoPhillips was battling to prevent a state takeover of its multibillion-dollar investments in Venezuela last month, why was one of its top executives talking to elementary school teachers about lightbulbs? <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jim Gallogly, head of refining and marketing, was conducting a day of questions and answers on recycling and other issues in Columbia, South Carolina. The third-biggest oil company in the US had sent him to a small city – where it has no operations – at this a critical time. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"People are mad at us," Mr Gallogly explains. "We have to get out and answer their questions."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Explaining its activities is something Conoco, and the industry at large, has started to do in the hope of turning round the poor reputation of the oil and gas sector. The public might be more sympathetic to $3-a-gallon petrol, executives reason, if it understands how the money is spent. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Companies such as Conoco spend billions of dollars each year to find hydrocarbons in remote lands and deep under the ocean. The precious chemicals fuel everything from cars to power stations and are used to make everyday products such as toys and medicines. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(continued...)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 3)<B> Algae aids corals in hot water</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20071207-16093-2.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20071207-16093-2.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Australian Institute of Marine Science - Thursday, 12 July 2007 - AIMS researcher observing the 2006 bleaching event at the Keppels. Coral geneticists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) are closer than ever before to unravelling the 'hidden' microscopic dynamics of reef coral.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr Madeleine van Oppen and Jos Mieog (PhD student) from AIMS say their new highly sensitive genetic technique- 100 times more powerful than conventional methods - has provided the first evidence that many corals store several types of algae, which can improve their capacity to cope with warmer water temperatures.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Simply, when conditions warm the more heat tolerant algae provide back-up, become more abundant. Some algal types impart greater resistance to environmental extremes," said Mr Mieog.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since the discovery of this 'shuffling' effect some years ago there has been much debate amongst marine scientists, many suggesting it is an infrequent event due to the small number of corals that were shown to host several types of algae.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But this is where the high-powered genetic investigations of Dr van Oppen's team (in collaboration with the Netherland's University of Groningen) reveal the contrary.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their study shows that most common corals on the Great Barrier Reef harbour more than one type of algae, and that conventional genetic methods have failed to detect some types which occur in low abundance.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"This work shatters the popular view that only a small percentage of corals have the potential to respond to warmer conditions by shuffling live-in algal partners," said van Oppen<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The potential for this hidden back-up type (algae) to step in and provide nutrition to coral during heat stress is far greater than currently thought," Mr Mieog added.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The ability of reef corals to adapt or acclimatise to projected climate change is critical, but it has been an incredibly controversial question in contemporary coral reef science and conservation.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"It is clear now that the previous techniques were unable to detect symbionts (algal partners) at low abundance."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since the 1980s, reefs around the world have been devastated by bleaching, where temperature increases of just 1°C above the long-term average can cause coral animals to expel the photosynthetic algae that keep them supplied with nutrients.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"This flexibility discovered in our research is important in understanding the past evolutionary success of these coral species and their future survival capacity in the face of a changing climate," Dr van Oppen added.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 4) <B>Global Warming Debate Is Stormy</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.miamiherald.com/574/story/186619.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.miamiherald.com/574/story/186619.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2vj837"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2vj837</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Miami Herald (Registration Required) - Hurricanes are forming twice as often as they did a century ago, largely because of global warming caused by humans, according to a new scientific study. Other scientists say the report draws improper conclusions from partial data.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The study, conducted by two respected researchers and scheduled to be released today in a peer-reviewed publication, found that four hurricanes and two tropical storms developed during an average year between 1900 and 1930.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Between 1995 and 2005, however, the average shot up to eight hurricanes and seven tropical storms, the report said. The scientists attributed the sharp increases to warmer ocean temperatures and altered wind patterns linked to human-induced global warming.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 5) <B>Bush Awards Medals to National Science and Technology Laureates</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070727-1711-bush-medals.html">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070727-1711-bush-medals.html</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ytsppq"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/ytsppq</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>San Diego Union-Tribune (Registration Required) - WASHINGTON - President Bush awarded 30 science and technology medals Friday for breakthroughs in such fields as astrophysics, laser technology, climatology and tissue engineering.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The National Science Foundation administers the Medal of Science, which was established by Congress in 1959. The Medal of Technology was established by Congress in 1980 and is administered by the Commerce Department.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"We have researchers who have drilled into glaciers, isolated the DNA of mobile genes and pioneered the distributed feedback laser," Bush said before presenting the medals in the White House's East Room. "In other words, we've got some smart people here. And we're glad you're Americans."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 6) <B>'Dead Zone' Forms Again Off Oregon's Coast</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.oregonlive.com/science/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/science/1185933323144640.xml&coll=7">http://www.oregonlive.com/science/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/science/1185933323144640.xml&coll=7</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yrstgy"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/yrstgy</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Oregonian (Registration Required) - For the sixth year in a row, a suffocating blanket of oxygen-starved water is forming off the central Oregon coast, with marine life struggling to endure the repeated trauma, Oregon State University scientists say.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The return of the "dead zone," where water holds so little oxygen that fish and other life cannot survive, suggests a fundamental shift in wind and water patterns off Oregon that may reflect global warming trends, the scientists said.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Last year's unusually severe and long-lasting dead zone turned sections of the seafloor into graveyards of dead crabs, starfish and sea anemones. Observations by a remote control submarine this summer suggest that marine life such as starfish may take as long to return as plants and animals did after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, said Jane Lubchenco, an OSU professor of marine biology.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 7) <B>House Passes $600 Million Increase in National Science Foundation Budget</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>July 27, 2007 --The U.S. House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill that would increase funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) by nearly $600 million or 10 percent to $6.5 billion in fiscal year 2008. The bill would put NSF on track to double its budget in less than 10 years.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Funding for NSF is included in the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act that passed the House by a vote of 281 to 142 on July 26. Two days before the vote, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued a Statement of Administration Policy saying that the President would veto the bill if it is presented to him. The Administration “strongly opposes” the bill because it “includes an irresponsible and excessive level of spending and includes other objectionable provisions.”<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Regarding the National Science Foundation, the Statement of Administration Policy says, “the Administration supports neither the additional $72 million above the [President’s budget] request allocated to NSF education programs that lack proven effectiveness, nor [Appropriations Committee] report language that seeks to allocate funds away from the NSF research programs that most directly contribute to America’s economic competitiveness.”<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although the House passed the appropriations bill by a large majority, the margin of victory was several votes short of the number needed to override the threatened veto. If the bill is vetoed, funding for NSF and other science agencies could be reduced in a subsequent bill.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The National Science Foundation got off to a good start in the FY 2008 appropriations process. President Bush proposed increasing the NSF budget by $513 million or 8.7 percent to $6.4 billion as part of his American Competitiveness Initiative.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would increase the NSF budget by $637 million or 10.8 percent to $6.55 billion in FY 2008. The full Senate is expected to vote on the bill within the next two months and then a conference committee will be appointed to reach a compromise between the House and Senate versions of the bill.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The House and Senate appropriations bills and the President’s budget request would provide similar funding levels for NSF except for Education and Human Resources (EHR) programs, which have strong bipartisan support in Congress. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The President’s budget request would increase funding for EHR by 7.5 percent in FY 2008. The House appropriations bill would increase EHR funding by approximately 18 percent and the Senate bill would increase EHR funding by approximately 22 percent.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NSF has fared well at each stage in the appropriations process so far. The President proposed a substantial increase in funding for NSF in FY 2008. The House appropriations bill would increase funding for NSF above the level proposed by the President. The Senate appropriations bill would increase funding above the level passed by the House. The final funding level for NSF remains uncertain, especially if Congress is unable to override the threatened veto of the House appropriations bill.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 8) <B>Russia Plants Flag on North Pole Seabed</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2140202,00.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2140202,00.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2cajqy"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><B>http://tinyurl.com/2cajqy</B></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Guardian (UK) - Russia today planted a flag on the North Pole's seabed in an attempt to declare sovereignty of the unclaimed land. The journey to the bottom of the sea began at an ice hole near the North Pole and the two Russian submarines dived to over 4200 metres, according to the Itar-Tass news agency.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The expedition leader and famed polar scientist, Artur Chilingarov, told colleagues on the surface that his craft had reached the seabed. "The landing was smooth, the yellowish ground is around us, no sea dwellers are seen," he said, according to Tass.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Expedition members said the biggest challenge for the sub crews will be to find their way back to the surface through an opening in the 1.5 metre-thick polar ice, before exhausting air supplies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">**********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 9) Lake Superior Changes Mystify Scientists<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.examiner.com/a-861403~Lake_Superior_Changes_Mystify_Scientists.html">http://www.examiner.com/a-861403~Lake_Superior_Changes_Mystify_Scientists.html</A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2nmwbc"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2nmwbc</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">MARQUETTE, Mich. - Deep enough to hold the combined water in all the other Great Lakes and with a surface area as large as South Carolina, Lake Superior's size has lent it an aura of invulnerability. But the mighty Superior is losing water and getting warmer, worrying those who live near its shores, scientists and companies that rely on the lake for business.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The changes to the lake could be signs of climate change, although scientists aren't sure. Superior's level is at its lowest point in eight decades and will set a record this fall if, as expected, it dips three more inches.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meanwhile, the average water temperature has surged 4.5 degrees since 1979, significantly above the 2.7-degree rise in the region's air temperature during the same period. That's no small deal for a freshwater sea that was created from glacial melt as the Ice Age ended and remains chilly in all seasons.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(MEETING 1) <B>Speakers needed: Fall 2007 AGU Session on "Including Land Use and Land Cover Change in Earth System Models" - </B></SPAN><SPAN style="">10-14 December 2007, San Francisco, CA (USA)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This AGU2007 Fall Meeting Session on “Including Land use and Land Cover Change in Earth System Models” is an initiative of the Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System (AIMES) Young Scholars Network 2007.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Session B32:
Including Land Use and Land Cover Change in Earth System Models<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Land use and land cover change are both driver and target of physical and social components of the earth system. Economic, political, demographic and cultural forces together with climate and other environmental drivers (e.g. soil fertility and water availability) influence decision making and lead to changes in land cover and land use. In turn, land cover and land use affect the biophysical and biochemical processes of the earth system (e.g. via albedo, heat fluxes, surface roughness, emissions, water fluxes) and thereby modify the environmental setting (e.g. climate, climate variability, soils, water availability) societies are embedded in.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Despite the integral role in the earth system, land use dynamics are not yet well represented in most earth system models, and feedbacks between the social and biophysical sphere have only been addressed in very few modeling frameworks.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">This session seeks to provide a platform both for earth system modelers who account for land use changes in their models, and for land use modelers who work on the continental to regional scale. Papers are invited that explore the interaction of physical and social constraints and drivers in land use decision<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Abstract submission requirements:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Please refer for full submission guidelines to the 2007 AGU Fall Meeting Web site: </SPAN><A href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. Note the abstract submission <B>deadline of 6 September 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Abstracts can be submitted only when the first author is an AGU member in good standing or a nonmember whose abstract submission is sponsored by an AGU member in good standing. (If you or a colleague would like to present, but are not an AGU member, please contact me, as I am happy to consider sponsoring your abstract.
Lara Kueppers<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:lkueppers@ucmerced.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">lkueppers@ucmerced.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> - DISCCRS II) </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Abstracts must be accompanied by submission fees. All accepted abstracts will be published in a supplement to Eos.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For questions, please contact: <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">For questions about the AGU2007 Fall Meeting, please visit </SPAN><A href="http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">For questions related to this session:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Elke Verbeeten <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:e.verbeeten@cgiar.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">e.verbeeten@cgiar.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">, Lara Kueppers <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:lkueppers@ucmerced.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">lkueppers@ucmerced.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="">Marko Scholze <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:marko.scholze@bristol.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">marko.scholze@bristol.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(MEETING 2) <B>International Conference Climate Changes Spatial Planning (CcSP) - 12-13 September 2007 - Netherlands</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.climatechangesspatialplanning.nl/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.climatechangesspatialplanning.nl</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We would like to invite you to participate in this conference. The conference will take place at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague. There is no conference fee.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Climate change is a reality. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has provided a mount of new and convincing evidence that human influence on climate is undeniable and should be regarded as a factor of major importance. Currently the climate science community and policy makers are converging at a concept of combining mitigation efforts with climate adaptation measures and strategies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">In 2004, a unique and ambitious research programme started in The Netherlands, called “Climate changes Spatial Planning”. A budget of 80 million Euro has been made available, jointly by government and stakeholders on a 50/50 basis for the programme. It includes interdisciplinary research to improve climate models and scenarios, as well as strategies for adaptation and land use related mitigation in close dialogue with stakeholders.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On the first day of the conference results from the CcSP programme are presented and key note presentations on climate change and spatial planning are given by internationally well-known scientists and policy makers such as dr. Rajenda K. Pachauri (chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC), prof.dr. Carlos Nobre (chair International Geosphere-Biosphere research Programme), dr.Terry Barker (Cambridge University), representatives from the European Commission and representatives from the government of the Netherlands.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On the second conference day CcSP research results are presented by leading scientists from the Netherlands in dialogue with regional stakeholders and international experts.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Attached you will find a description of the conference programme. 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