Technical Program

This is a draft Technical Program – please check back often for further updates.

Monday, October 20: The Science of Climate Change

1:00-1:30 Welcome and introduction
A. D. Miall (U. Toronto)
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1:30-2:15 Climate Changes at Geologic Time Scales: An Overview
W. Ruddiman (U. Virginia)
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2:15-2:45 Cenozoic Climates of the Arctic
K. Moran (U. Rhode Island)
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2:45-3:15 Coffee Break
3:15-3:45 Rapid Carbon Injection and Transient Global Warming During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
A. Sluijs (U. Utrecht)
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3:45-4:15 The Late Cenozoic Climate Record in the Loess of China
N. Rutter (U. Alberta)
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4:15-5:00 General Discussion

 

Tuesday, October 21: Holocene Climates and Climate Models

8:00-8:30 Reconstructing the Last Millennium
Ray Bradley (U. Massachusetts)
8:30-9:00 Ice Cores, Greenhouse Gases and Climate
J. White (U. Colorado)
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9:00-9:30 Tree Rings as Temperature Proxies
B. Luckman (U. Western Ontario)
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9:30-10:00 Millennial-Scale Climate-Change Processes
A. Mix (Oregon State U)
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 The Oceanic Climate Capacitor
Lowell Stott (USC)
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11:00-11:30 General Discussion
11:30-12:00 Poster Displays
1:00-1:30 Recent Environmental Change in Canada's High Arctic
M. Douglas (U. Alberta)
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1:30-2:00 How Much CO2 is Too Much?
D. Archer (U. Chicago)
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2:00-2:30 Climatic Response to Solar Variability
J. Lean (Naval Res. Lab.)
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2:30-3:00 Climate Models: Are They Compatible with Geological Constraints on Earth System Processes?
D. Peltier (U. Toronto)
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3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 Summary and Impressions (panel debate)
General Discussion

 

Wednesday, October 22: Implications and Adaptation

8:00-9:00 The Finite Nature of Fossil Fuels
D. Hughes (GSC)
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9:00-9:30 Improving the Efficiencies of Energy Production from the Oil Sands
S. Larter (U. Calgary)
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9:30-10:00 Clean Coal and CO2 Capture and Storage Technologies
D. Rose (CANMET)
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10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Climate and Carbon Engineering
D. Keith (U. Calgary)
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11:00-11:30 General Discussion
11:30-12:00 Poster Displays
1:00-1:30 Geological Storage of Carbon: 8 Years of Experience from the IEA Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project
D. White (NRCan)
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1:30-2:00 Environmental Impact of the Oil Sands
David Sego (U. Alberta)
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2:00-2:30 Dryland Hydrology and Climate : A Glacial Perspective
W. Broeker (Lamont-Doherty)
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2:30-3:00 Impact on Water Resources, Drought in the West?
S. Grasby (GSC)
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3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 Panel Discussion and General Debate

 

Thursday, October 23: Field Trip

Field trip to examine the Late Quaternary climate history of the Banff National Park area.
Trip Leader: Nat Rutter.