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Nat climatechangeThis recent paper in Nature Climate Change by Sander Veraverbeke and others discusses how changes in climate and fire regimes are transforming boreal forests. Click the headline above to learn more.

24-27 October 2017 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

Registration is open for 2017 FAMOS school and workshop. Deadline: 15 August 2017. For more information click the headline above.

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The workshop on "Frontiers in ocean-atmosphere exchange: Air sea interface and fluxes of mass and energy" was held from 15-18 May 2017 in Cargèse, Corsica, France. 

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Saint Petersburg, Russia | 8 – 13 October 2017

The CODATA conference will explore the fundamental issues relating to the availability, (re-)use and scientific analysis of data that relate to the most significant contemporary global challenges. For more information see the conference website. The deadine for abstract submissions is 30 June 2017.

CODATA Conference 2017

The Ocean and Climate Scholars Programme is an intensive, fully funded workshop examining our past, present and future climate, oceans interaction and our influence at global, regional and local scales. The programme will be held at NUI Galway, Ireland from 18th to 22nd September 2017 and is open to postgraduate students of ocean, climate and environment related sciences. For more information click the header above.

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Polar Record Education OutreachContribute to this special issue of the Polar Record, aimed at celebrating the tenth anniversary of the International Polar Year. For more information see the attached flyer.

nature geoThis new paper in Nature Geoscience by Benjamin Santer and others analyses global-mean tropospheric temperatures from satellites and climate model simulations to examine whether warming rate differences over the satellite era can be explained by internal climate variability alone.

This training course aims to provide PhD students and early career researchers with the fundamentals of ocean-colour satellite data and their applications. Please see the course website for eligibility to register. The deadline for applications is 24 June 2017.
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Registration for the MathDACC School on Mathematics for Climate Change Detection and Attribution is now open. The school will take place from 24-29 September 2017 in Aussois, France. The deadline for registration is 21st of July 2017. See the website for more details.
 
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Amy LuersFuture Earth has named Dr. Amy Luers, a respected scientist and data innovator, as the new Executive Director of Future Earth, beginning in September 2017. For more information see Future Earth news.

IUGG logo 2On 12 June 2017, the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) released the Statement "The Earth’s climate and responsibilities of scientists and their governments to promote sustainable development" in response to the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.

See the new EOS article on the WCRP/CLIVAR Open Science Conference: Charting the Course for Climate and Ocean Research, which was held in Qingdao, China, between 18–25 September 2016. 

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Figure from EOS Article: Paddleboaters enjoy a sunny day in Qingdao, China. Last September, more than 600 scientists gathered in Qingdao to mark the 20th anniversary of the World Climate Research Programme’s Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability, and Change project at the second WCRP/CLIVAR Open
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clic logoCliC's June 2017 newsletter includes three science features: one on recent changes to New Zealand glaciers, another on phytoplankton blooms observed under thick snow and ice in the Arctic; and the third on biogeochemistry in the Antarctic pack ice. This issue also contains a number of summaries from various CliC events held during the first half of 2017, some news from the CliC Leadership, the report from the last Scientific Steering Group meeting, a list of upcoming workshops and meetings,

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The fifth IMBeR IMBIZO (the Zulu word for a gathering) will be hosted by the Ocean, Carbon & Biogeochemistry Group at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA from 2-5 October 2017. Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2017.

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The Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS), a global research project of Future Earth, will hold its 5th Science Conference in Oxford, United Kingdom in September 2017. Take part in this international conference focusing on "Understanding the impact of land-atmosphere exchanges" by registering and submitting an abstract on the conference website. 5th iLEAPS Science Conference