Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the following session at the IUGG General Assembly on July 8-18, 2019, in Montreal, Canada:
JM01: Adapting in the Anthropocene
Convener: Keith Alverson
Co-conveners: Gia Destouni, Mike Wolovick
The detection and attribution of significant human impact on the global environment has been robustly shown across a number of Earth system components. In this context, the concept of planetary boundaries and tipping points has received substantial visibility. Well known examples include greenhouse gas and aerosol levels in the atmosphere, ice sheet collapse and sea level rise, sea ice loss, plastic and acidification in the ocean, shifts in freshwater availability and quality, and biodiversity loss, nutrient and toxic chemical loading in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems. This symposium will highlight examples of where we are experiencing the kind of dominant human impacts on the global environment that define the Anthropocene, with a focus on actions that can be taken to reverse the anthropogenic forcings, reduce their adverse impacts on natural and social systems and provide sustainable services, including food and water security and safety, for a growing and increasingly affluent global human population.
Note that travel grants are available for students, early career scientists, female scientists, and attendees from less-affluent countries.
The deadline for abstract submission is February 18. The deadline for early-bird registration is April 5.
The homepage for the assembly is here:
http://iugg2019montreal.com/index.html
Abstract submission is here:
http://iugg2019montreal.com/abstract-submission.html
Registration is here:
http://iugg2019montreal.com/register.html
Travel grants are here:
http://iugg2019montreal.com/travel-grant.html
We look forward to seeing you all in Montreal.
Keith, Gia, and Mike
-- Dr. Mike Wolovick Postdoctoral Research Fellow Princeton AOS/GFDL New Jersey, USA
