During the May 16-18, 2018 International Symposium on Carbon in Mexico convened in Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (ITSON), the Co-chair of the Carbon Cycle Intergency Working Group Dr. Nancy Cavavallaro (National Program Leader at USDA NIFA) received the 2018 International Award for Scientific Research from the National Science and Technology Council of Mexico (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico or CONACYT) and Programa Mexicano del Carbono (PMC) (translated as the Mexican Carbon Program).
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2018
May, 2018
April, 2018
A CCIWG poster entitled, ‘Assessing the last decade of carbon cycle science and strategy for the next decade’, by Gyami Shrestha, Nancy Cavallaro, Jim Butler, Zhiliang Zhu, Laura Lorenzoni, and the SOCCR-2 Team was presented at EGU 2018 in Vienna, Austria on April 10, 2018 by Dr. Jack Kaye (Associate Director for Research of the Earth Science Division within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate).
Over 45 members of the 2nd 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
*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.
A website featuring a new network focused on U.S. urban carbon dioxide emissions was unveiled in early February 2018.
February, 2018
...in conjunction with the 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting,... sessions on changing ocean chemistry and ecosystem response....
January, 2018
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.
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.
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