Climate change experts seize the day: Oct. 7, 2008

View all morning session abstracts: Session number 228 (8:00-11:30 a.m.) http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Session4924.html

View all afternoon session abstracts: Session number 264 (1:30-5:00 p.m.) http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Session5034.html

**SELECTED SESSION HIGHLIGHTS**

Michael Mann, Dept. of Meteorology and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State University, will present recent studies on temperature rise predictions.
"Global Climate Change: The Science, the Likely Impacts, and Possible Solutions" (8:10 a.m.)
View abstract at: http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Paper48540.html

George Luber, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will review the spectrum of public health activities appropriate to addressing climate change.
"Climate Change and Human Health: The Public Health Response" (9:20 a.m.)
View abstract at: http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Paper48541.html

Gifford Miller, INSTAAR and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, will address decreasing uncertainty of the future consequences of climate change for modern society.
"The Arctic Bellweather Is Ringing!: Paleoclimate Data Quantify the Magnitude of Past Arctic Amplification" (10:20 a.m.)
View abstract at: http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Paper48544.html

Vladimir Romanovsky, Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, will discuss possible ramifications of permafrost degradation.
"Past, Present, and Future of Permafrost in a Changing World" (2:25 PM)
View abstract at: http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Paper50150.html

Camille Parmesan, University of Texas at Austin, examines biodiversity changes in the context of global warming. A temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius over the next 100 years may result in massive species extinctions and possibly loss of some natural systems altogether.
"Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Human Health" (3:25 p.m.)
View abstract at: http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Paper50157.html