For more information on this international symposium on Arctic Feedbacks
to Global Change being held at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi, Finland,
please contact:
Dr. Peter Kuhry
Arctic Centre
University of Lapland
PO Box 122
96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Phone: +358/16341-2755
Fax: +358/16341-2777
Email: peter.kuhry [at] urova.fi
2nd CIRCULAR
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 'ARCTIC FEEDBACKS TO GLOBAL CHANGE'
25-27 October 2001
Arctic Centre
Rovaniemi, Finland
REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
All those interested in this symposium are cordially invited to see the
symposium programme, the preliminary list of keynote speakers, details
on registration, travel, accommodation and excursions, and instructions
for abstract submission at:
http://www.urova.fi/home/arktinen/feedback.htm
This web site offers the possibility for online registration and
submission of abstracts.
Deadline for early registration: 8 September 2001
Deadline for abstract submission: 21 September 2001
BACKGROUND
An intercomparison of GCM results shows a remarkable consensus that
suggests a significant polar amplification of the global warming signal
and increased precipitation for the Circum-Arctic region. If these
changes occur they would cause large-scale alterations in arctic
ecosystem function, triggering both positive and negative feedbacks that
would affect climate at regional and global scales. The international
symposium will assess, through an interdisciplinary approach, our
current understanding of processes in the Arctic that represent a
feedback to Global Change (carbon balance, ocean currents, sea level,
albedo, others). The aim is to quantify these feedbacks in different
sectors of the arctic environment and in the Arctic as a whole.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please contact:
Dr. Peter Kuhry
Arctic Centre
University of Lapland
PO Box 122
96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Phone: +358/16341-2755
Fax: +358/16341-2777
Email: peter.kuhry [at] urova.fi