Global Change Symposium 2006

Human impacts on our planet are changing the atmosphere, climate, ice cover, global biogeochemistry, biodiversity, soils, and even ocean circulation, and have put Global Change at the centre of the international scientific agenda.

The Global Change Group aims to make a distinctive contribution the crucial scientific challenge of forecasting the direction and magnitude of future change in the Earth System. Development of a predictive capability relies on rigorous understanding of the building blocks of the system, represented by the Group's programmes for the Biosphere, Oceans, Atmosphere, Lithosphere and Cryosphere. The four symposium topics reflect the wide range of activities of the Group as reflected in the work of the first year PhD students who made presentations, and the members of academic staff who will offered a wider view of each of the four topic areas.

Programme details

The Global Change Symposium is designed to

1. Introduce our first year PhD students and their area of research;
2. Discuss the challenges we face in Global Change and develop a vision for future research;
3. Launch the Global Change 2005/6 Research Highlights Report;
4. Build links among the diverse components of our research group.

James Croll Prize

The James Croll Prize for outstanding contribution to the Symposium was awarded as follows:

• Winner: Casey Ryan (£100 RTSG funds & a copy of James Lovelock's new book 'The Revenge of Gaia')
• Runner up: Dan Hobley (£50 RTSG funds)

The 2006 Symposium was held in the Festival Theatre on Wednesday March 15^th - use the links on the left to browse the presentations and abstracts.