Apply for meeting support

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Published: Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:17

The next deadline for PAGES' workshop/meeting support applications is Monday 12 April 2021.

You must contact a member of the PAGES Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) to discuss your plans at least two weeks before you submit the proposal (i.e. by 29 March).​ Applications received without SSC member notification will not be looked upon favorably.

The workshop should be held from October 2021 onwards.

PAGES offers meeting support in three categories:
- PAGES' working group meetings
- Educational meetings
- Open call meetings

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Two IODP announcements

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Published: Thursday, 28 January 2021 15:48

The PAGES-endorsed International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) announces two major opportunities to the PAGES' community.

Call for proposals - deadline 1 April

IODP facilitates international and interdisciplinary research on transformative and societally relevant topics using the ocean drilling, coring, and down-hole measurement facilities ​JOIDES Resolution​, ​Chikyu,​ and Mission-Specific Platforms (MSP).

Request for information - now open

The ​JOIDES Resolution​ Facility Board (JRFB) is issuing a request for information (RFI) to understand the international scientific community's intent to propose to the ​2050 Science Framework​. Responses to the RFI will be considered by the JRFB in consultation with the other Facility Boards, funding agencies, and the IODP Forum, and they will inform planning on a potential future drilling program.

Access further information and links for both items in this pdf.

Or go directly to the submission portal on the IODP website.

Ecological resilience feature

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Published: Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:35

A Biology Letters special issue written by members of PAGES' former working group Resistance, Recovery and Resilience in Long-term Ecological Systems (EcoRe3) is now complete.

"Ecological resilience: from theory to empirical observations using long-term datasets" is a collection of nine papers, and an editorial, which build on previous work in paleoecology to investigate, identify, and compare components of ecosystem resilience on centennial to millennial timescales.

These papers demonstrate the importance of using long-term ecological records for addressing questions related to the theoretical framework provided by ecological resilience.

Four key messages can be summarized from the papers' findings: (i) multi-proxy studies reveal insights into the presence and mechanisms of alternative states; (ii) transitions between alternative states may not necessarily be abrupt; (iii) components of ecological resilience can be identified in long-term ecological data; and (iv) the paleoecological record can also provide insights into factors influencing the resilience of ecosystem functioning.

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Share your PAGES' memories

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Published: Wednesday, 27 January 2021 17:15

As part of the celebrations for PAGES' 30th anniversary, a special issue of Past Global Changes Magazine will be published in mid-2021.

Would you like to share a story? It's not too late - you have until 31 January!

We're calling on current and past working group members, working group leaders, SSC, EXCOM and ECN members, guest scientists, and workshop attendees to contribute.

Please send a short text (max 100 words) and, if you wish, an accompanying photo with caption (preferably at least 300 dpi) about a particularly memorable or funny experience with PAGES to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., using the subject line "30th anniversary contribution".

Alternatively, you can also just send a photo and caption. Please make sure any identifiable people in the photos have given their permission.

We look forward to showcasing your stories and images in the magazine and on a dedicated 30th anniversary page on PAGES' website.

Western Med sea-level paper

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Published: Tuesday, 26 January 2021 09:52

A new paper, which benefited from discussions held at PALSEA workshops, was recently published in Scientific Reports.

Authors, led by Oana-Alexandra Dumitru, present Neogene and Quaternary sea-level snapshots using phreatic overgrowths on speleothems from caves on Mallorca, Spain, in their paper "Sea-level stands from the Western Mediterranean over the past 6.5 million years".

Their research findings on global mean sea level estimates provide important constraints for the past evolution of sea level and show that local sea level prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis was similar to the highest stand during the Pliocene, with a markedly lower position afterwards.

Access the paper here.

Find out more about PALSEA and how to join its activities here.

Propose a new working group

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Published: Monday, 25 January 2021 16:27

Does your heart pound for paleoscience? Know others who feel the same?

Propose a new PAGES' working group to address a scientific question in an internationally coordinated way. The application deadline is Monday 12 April 2021.

You must contact a member of the PAGES Scientific Steering Committee to discuss your plans at least two weeks before you submit the proposal (i.e. by 29 March).​ Applications received without SSC member notification will not be looked upon favorably.

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