1998 International Year of the Ocean
Activities & Events - Conferences
Conference Information

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6th International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP-VI)

23-28 August, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Background

The oceans are the central link in the Earth system. their developemnt is inextricably linked to the evolution of life; they are great sources and sinks for heat and thus birthplace of many short-term climatic events; they control the physiochemical and biological pathways for most of the carbon within the biosphere and therefore provide the main long term control of atmospheric CO2.

 

Session Topics

The interdisciplinary nature of paleoceanography allows the complex task of unraveling ocean history. The main theme of ICP-VI will be "Reconstructing Ocean History - A window into the Future", with five sessions on the following themes:

  1. Polar-tropical and interhemisphere linkages
  2. Does the Ocean cause, or respond to, abrupt climatic changes
  3. Biotic responses to major paleoceanographic changes
  4. Past warm climates
  5. Innovations in monitoring ocean history

 

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