date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:59:08 -0500
from: "Michael E. Mann" <mann@meteo.psu.edu>
subject: our session in July
to: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

   Phil,
   Just confirming that you'll be at IUGG too (I think you already indicated so, but can't
   remember).
   I'm wondering if we should do a bit of advertising of this e.g. on some appropriate
   internet distribution lists?
   So far there are zero (!) abstracts submitted. I'm going to submit one today. The info is
   here:
   [1]http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/abstracttype.asp
   talk to you later,
   mike

JMS017:  The Holocene-Anthropocene Transition: From Natural to Human-Dominance of the Earth System

   Total abstracts submitted: 0
   Abstracts waiting for acceptance: 0 - Accepted Abstracts: 0 - Rejected Abstracts: 0

   Sponsoring Association: IAMAS in collaboration with: IAPSO

   Until recently, the Holocene climate of the last 10,000 years has been relatively stable,
   at least on a global basis. This period, also characterized by regional to global
   fluctuations of varying degrees, provides the context for human-induced change. Since about
   1750, human activities have become a major factor in the climate, altering atmospheric
   composition and the land surface. With projections for the rates of change to continue, we
   are transitioning to a human-dominated climate--the Anthropocene has been coined to
   describe this emerging period. This symposium invites papers describing the Holocene
   climate (observational/ proxy or modeling); the forcings that humans are adding to the
   factors that have affected the climate in the past; documentation, detection, and
   attribution of the resulting changes; and projections of how these changes will develop in
   the future

Convener

   Designated:
   Phil Jones,
   Climatic Research Unit,
   School of Environmental Sciences,
   University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK;
   Tel. +44 (0) 1603 592090;
   Fax: +44 (0) 1603 507784;
   e-mail: [2]p.jones@uea.ac.uk
   Michael E. Mann,
   Earth System Science Center (ESSC),
   Department of Meteorology,
   503 Walker Building, The Pennsylvania State University,
   University Park, PA 16802-5013 USA;
   Tel: +1 (814) 863-4075;
   Fax: +1 (814) 865-3663;
   e-mail: [3]mann@psu.edu

--
Michael E. Mann
Associate Professor
Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC)

Department of Meteorology              Phone: (814) 863-4075
503 Walker Building                    FAX:   (814) 865-3663
The Pennsylvania State University      email:  [4]mann@psu.edu
University Park, PA 16802-5013

[5]http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/faculty/mann.htm

