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Published: Wednesday, 09 September 2020 15:31

Read about the latest PAGES' news, meetings, and opportunities from around the world in this month's e-news.

Highlights include deadline extensions for the YSM and OSM in 2021; the call for PAGES 30th anniversary memories; extensive working group news, products, and meeting updates; PAGES Early-Career Award nominations due 30 September; ECN, Future Earth and WCRP information; and many other relevant opportunities.

New OSM/YSM deadlines

Extensions have been made to several deadlines for PAGES' 6th Open Science Meeting (OSM) and 4th Young Scientists Meeting (YSM) to be held in Agadir, Morocco, from 16-22 May 2021.

YSM

The new application deadline for the YSM is 11 October (was 13 September). Approximately 80 early-career researchers will be chosen. The decision notification date for the selection of YSM attendees and those receiving grants is now 15 November.

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The YSM will be held 30km north of Agadir from 16-18 May 2021.

OSM

The deadline date for abstracts and financial support requests for the OSM has been extended to 15 October (was 1 October).

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The OSM will be held in Agadir from 18-22 May 2021.

PAGES is monitoring the coronavirus situation closely and will follow guidance from the relevant national public health authorities and global health organizations. We continue to hope that the YSM and OSM will take place, as scheduled, in person. PAGES and the Local Organizing Committee will continue to issue updates as information comes to hand.

PlioVAR marine synthesis paper

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Published: Thursday, 27 August 2020 16:17

A new paper "Lessons from a high-CO₂ world: an ocean view from  ∼ 3 million years ago" from the former PAGES' working group Pliocene climate variability over glacial-interglacial timescales (PlioVAR) was published in Climate of the Past today.

Authors, led by Erin McClymont, examine a single interglacial during the late Pliocene (KM5c, ca. 3.205±0.01 Ma) when atmospheric CO₂ exceeded pre-industrial concentrations, but were similar to today and to the lowest emission scenarios for this century.

As orbital forcing and continental configurations were almost identical to today, they are able to focus on equilibrium climate system response to modern and near-future CO₂. Using proxy data from 32 sites, they demonstrate that global mean sea-surface temperatures were warmer than pre-industrial values, by ∼2.3 degrees C for the combined proxy data (foraminifera Mg∕Ca and alkenones), or by ∼3.2–3.4 degrees C (alkenones only).

Their results demonstrate that even under low-CO₂ emission scenarios, surface ocean warming may be expected to exceed model projections and will be accentuated in the higher latitudes.

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Fine out more about the work of PlioVAR here.

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Published: Wednesday, 12 August 2020 17:50

Read about the latest PAGES' news, meetings and opportunities from around the world in this month's e-news.

Highlights include 13 September deadline for 4th Young Scientists Meeting applications, PAGES 30th anniversary highlights, including a call for memorable stories and photos from past PAGES events, extensive working group news and meeting updates, deadlines for new PAGES working groups, workshop support applications, and the PAGES Early-Career Award, plus ECN, Future Earth and WCRP information, and many other relevant opportunities.

Share your PAGES' memories

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Published: Monday, 10 August 2020 14:54

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

Would you like to share a story?

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. by 30 October 2020, 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.

Financial support for meetings

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Published: Thursday, 06 August 2020 16:56

The next deadline for PAGES' workshop/meeting support applications is Wednesday 16 September 2020.

Applicants must contact an SSC member at least two weeks before the deadline (i.e by 2 September) to explain the meeting plan and how it is relevant to PAGES.

The meeting or workshop should be scheduled to take place at least six months after the application deadline (i.e. preferably from March 2021 onwards).

PAGES offers meeting support under three categories of workshops:
- PAGES' working group meetings
- Educational meetings
- Open call meetings

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