PAGES Magazine for Teens

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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

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IPCC AR6 WGII extensions

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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.

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Tips for online meetings

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Published: Thursday, 30 April 2020 12:32

Are you considering hosting or attending an online meeting?

PAGES would like to bring these resources to your attention on how to get the best from your event.

These tips may provide you with the boost you need to go virtual, whether you intend to be a host or a participant.

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The PAGES Early-Career Award

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Published: Thursday, 30 April 2020 11:35

PAGES is pleased to announce a biennial Early-Career Award (ECA) for excellence in collaborative scholarship, including research, communication, outreach, leadership, networking, community service, and international collaboration.

The PAGES ECA honors people in the early stages of their career for their engagement both within and beyond the scientific community, for example through (though not limited to) involvement in science coordination, outreach, networking, leadership activities, development of international collaborations and for excellence in research in support of PAGES' goals.

The first Award will be publicly presented by PAGES at the next Open Science Meeting (OSM) to be held in Agadir, Morocco, in May 2021.

Nominations close 30 September 2020.

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Holocene dust special issue

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Published: Wednesday, 29 April 2020 14:13

PAGES' former working group Dust Impact on Climate and Environment (DICE) has released the special issue "Holocene Dust Dynamics" in The Holocene.

Guest edited by François De Vleeschouwer, Jan-Berend Stuut, and Fabrice Lambert, the special issue contains nine papers which aim to contribute to a better understanding of the role of dust aerosols.

The articles analyse the evolution and climatic impact of atmospheric dust over long and short timescales within the Holocene in various regions.

It is a partial outcome of discussions held at the group workshop at Las Cruces, Chile, in January 2018.

Access the "Holocene Dust Dynamics" special issue here.

Find out more about DICE here.

ENSO and SAM reconstructions

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Published: Monday, 27 April 2020 13:47

PAGES' 2k Network data have been used in a new Climate of the Past paper by Christoph Dätwyler et al. "Teleconnections and relationship between the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) in reconstructions and models over the past millennium".

The climate of the Southern Hemisphere (SH) is strongly influenced by ENSO and SAM variations. Because of the limited length of instrumental records in most parts of the SH, very little is known about the relationship between these two key modes of variability over time.

Using proxy-based reconstructions and last-millennium climate model simulations, authors find that ENSO and SAM indices are mostly negatively correlated over the past millennium. Pseudo-proxy experiments indicate that currently available proxy records are able to reliably capture ENSO–SAM relationships back to at least 1600 CE.

Access the paper here.

Find out more about the 2k Network here and access the database used here.