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(Unless otherwise noted, all news pieces were written by Gyami Shrestha.)

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2018

April, 2018

Over 45 members of the 2^nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2) Team met at USDA NIFA in Washington, D.C. from April 3 to 5, 2018.

During the period of 2.5 days, participants deliberated key remaining issues from the public and National Academy of Sciences SOCCR2 fourth-order draft review period and worked on revising the draft chapters collaboratively across chapters.

March, 2018

New National Academy of Sciences Report ' Anthropogenic Methane Emissions'

New: National Academy of Sciences Review of the Draft 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report and Draft 4th National Climate Assesssment

*Cross-posted from U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) communications*

Two reports reviewing major climate assessment reports have been released today by the NAS Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.

New: “CO2-USA” Network and Save the Date for next CO2-USA workshop

A website featuring a new network focused on U.S. urban carbon dioxide emissions was unveiled in early February 2018.

February, 2018

4th U.S. Ocean Acidification Principal Investigators Meeting

...in conjunction with the 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting,... sessions on changing ocean chemistry and ecosystem response....

Winter 2018 NACP Newsletter

upcoming meetings, trainings etc.

January, 2018

Publications: U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program International Decade of Soils Workshop

The U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program convened the International Decade of Soils (2015–2024) Workshop at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, in March 2016.

Soil carbon (C) resilience is promoted by the stabilization of carbon in its mineral-associated, sorbed, particulate, and dissolved forms and microbes in complex soil aggregates. Vulnerability increases when intrinsic soil properties, environmental conditions, and perturbations reduce the amounts of stable aggregates, soil microbes, particulate C, and mineral-associated and sorbed C, leading to greater proportions of leached C and greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide and methane).

SOCCR-2 Public Comment Period Closed

The Public Comment Period of the 4th-Order Draft of the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report has closed. The author teams will be revising the chapters and responding to the public comments.

For details, follow the following links:

SOCCR-2 Draft Public Comment Period (Nov 3, 2017 to Jan 12, 2018) and 4th National Climate Assessment

2017