Second Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference

Second Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference on
"Antarctica in the Earth System" Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th July 2006, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Australia.

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EXTENDED TO MONDAY FEBRUARY 13 2006

This international and interdisciplinary meeting will cover all aspects of current Antarctic research, and particularly those that address the close couplings between Antarctic processes and the other parts of the Earth System. Topics include (but are not restricted to):
? present and future Antarctic climate and links to the rest of the globe
? palaeo-climate of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean
? subglacial hydrological processes and ice-bedrock processes
? evolution of the Antarctic continent and its role in global systems
? molecular and genetic biology of Antarctic ecosystems
? biodiversity of the Southern Ocean
? sun-earth interactions in polar regions
? Southern Ocean biogeochemistry and its response to climate change


Registrations are now open for the Second Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference on "Antarctica in the Earth System" Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th July 2006, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Australia.

Visit http://ww.scarcomnap2006.org/registration.php to ensure you catch the Early Bird Rate and for more information on potential topics for submission of abstracts.

For more information, please contact http://www.scarcomnap2006.org/scarosc.php.