PAGES 2k coordinator Nerilie Abram was recently interviewed on Forecast, a podcast about climate science and climate scientists by Michael White, Nature's editor for climate science.
Abram, an associate professor at the Australian National University in Canberra, talks about her career, the PAGES 2k project (from 37mins 43secs) and the Nature paper she co-authored last year (from 44mins).
Access the podcast here.
A new PAGES 2k Network/Euro-Med2k working group paper discussing the problems with large-scale, multiproxy temperature reconstructions was recently published in Reviews of Geophysics.
Authors Bo Christiansen and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist critically assess the many challenges, including the trade-off between using a larger number of proxy records with a weaker temperature signal and fewer proxy records with a stronger temperature signal, and how the different sources of noise and the complicated covariance structure of the temperature field limit reconstruction skills.
The focus is on single-index reconstructions but some of the observations are also relevant for field reconstructions.
Ljungqvist hopes the paper will illuminate some of the problems related to making large-scale temperature reconstructions from proxy data.
Access the paper here.
Learn more about the 2k Network here.
PAGES is calling for applications from scientists to serve on its Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) from January 2018.
Three positions will be filled. The deadline for consideration is 3 April 2017. Read further for details on what's involved in being an SSC member and how to apply.
The next deadline for PAGES' workshop/meeting support applications is 3 April 2017.
Applicants must contact an SSC member at least two weeks before the deadline to explain the meeting plan.
PAGES offers meeting support under three categories of workshops:
- PAGES' working group meetings
- Educational meetings
- Open call meetings
Does your heart pound for paleoscience? Know others who feel the same?
Propose a new PAGES' working group by 3 April 2017 to address a scientific question in an internationally coordinated way.
You must contact a member of the PAGES Scientific Steering Committee to discuss your plans at least two weeks before you submit the proposal. Applications received without SSC member notification will not be looked upon favorably.
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Early registration for PAGES 5th Open Science Meeting closes 20 February 2017.
The 5th OSM will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, from 9-13 May 2017.
The registration price for the duration of the event increases from 350 Euros to 450 Euros after the February deadline. On-site registration costs 600 Euros. Discount rates are offered for students (with proof) - 200/260/340 Euros. Day passes are 200 Euros for everyone.
The OSM and associated Young Scientists Meeting (Morillo de Tou, Spain, 7-9 May) are the flagship events on PAGES scientific calendar and are held every four years.
All information for both events can be accessed here.
Read about the latest PAGES' news, meetings and opportunities from around the world in this month's e-news.
