PAGES - Past Global Changes

AR6 review: Register by 29 May

Details: Published: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:37

Friday 29 May is the deadline for registering to review the IPCC-AR6 WGI report "Physical Science Basis of Climate Change".

This is the final opportunity to help expand the impact of paleoscience in this major international report.

You can comment on as much or as little of the report as you want.

The paleoscience information in the report is located as follows:

1. Paleo content in chapters: Text on paleo science is included in most of the 12 chapters. For a list of specific topics and section numbers, you may refer to the Paleo Table of Contents (here).

PAGES and WDS-Paleo webinar

Details: Published: Monday, 25 May 2020 15:03

webinar icon web Want to know more about important paleodata services?

On Wednesday 27 May at 14:00 UTC, PAGES will conduct a webinar with the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology (WDS-Paleo).

A replay of the webinar with a live Q&A session will be shown on Thursday 28 May at 17:00 UTC.

The webinar "Promoting FAIR principles at NOAA’s World Data Service for Paleoclimatology" will be presented by WDS-Paleo's Carrie Morrill. Morrill and her WDS-Paleo colleagues Wendy Gross and Imke Durre will be available for questions.

The primary mission of WDS-Paleo is to ensure that global paleoclimatology proxy and derived reconstruction data are maintained in a permanent archive that is easily and openly accessible to the world's science community and to other users.

International postal delays

Details: Published: Monday, 25 May 2020 14:05

Due to COVID-19 disruptions, postal services in some countries have been affected.

Delivery of the most recent Past Global Changes Magazine "Past Plant Diversity and Conservation" cannot be guaranteed, and many copies have already been returned to the IPO.

If you have not received your hard copy of this issue and would still like one, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. when you know your country's international postal service has been restored, and we will happily send it again.

In the meantime, you can access all our magazines online.

Read the latest e-news

Details: Published: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 18:32

Read about the latest PAGES' news, meetings and opportunities from around the world in this month's e-news.

Highlights include PAGES 6th Open Science Meeting updates, the announcement of the new PAGES Early-Career Award, the call for authors for PAGES' magazine for teens, extensive PAGES working group news and publications, including information on cancelled meetings and workshops, IPCC AR6 updates, the upcoming WDS-Paleo webinar, ECN updates, Future Earth and WCRP information, and other opportunities.

PAGES Magazine for Teens

Details: Published: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 11:00

PAGES is preparing a special magazine issue for teenagers! This issue will highlight paleoscience topics of interest to the next generation, written in an easy to understand format. The objective is to present global change from a paleo perspective.

Papers should tell a story by addressing a scientific question and including appealing and understandable figures/images without sacrificing scientific rigor; they should highlight debates/dilemmas for present and future societies related to the topic.

All paleoscience topics that echo the younger generation's questions about our relationships with the environment and the Earth system are welcome.

Call for authors - 30 June 2020

IPCC AR6 WGII extensions

Details: Published: Monday, 04 May 2020 12:40

Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which assesses scientific literature relating to impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, has revised the timeline for preparing its contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) because of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors of IPCC reports volunteer their time and expertise. A survey by Working Group II found that its authors are experiencing unique and sustained challenges in the wake of COVID-19. Their ability to deliver to the original timeline has been compromised by competing responsibilities, limited resources and diverse personal challenges.

In light of these challenges, Working Group II is extending a number of milestones due to be reached in 2020 by around four months. The cut-off date for scientific literature to be submitted for publication, if it is to be included in the assessment, moves to 1 November 2020. The government and expert review of the report’s Second Order Draft will now take place between 4 December 2020 and 29 January 2021. The Fourth Lead Author Meeting to prepare the final draft will now be held in March 2021.

All details here.