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

David Bush, University of West Georgia, says that decades of coastal studies and an increasing focus on planning has not checked the global trend of coastal-zone population growth and development, and coastal planners/managers cannot wait for the answer to the causes of global warming to make decisions regarding land-use plans and regulations.
"Sea Level Is Risen. Storms Are a Certainty. Now What?" (4:10 p.m.)
View abstract at: http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Paper50153.html

Numerous other sessions and papers at the Houston Joint Meeting address issues surrounding global climate change. The complete technical program is online and fully searchable (by date, author, program, or keyword) at: http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/start.html.

**WHEN & WHERE**

Lecture by Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies
"Target Atmospheric CO₂: Where Should Humanity Aim?"
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, noon to 1:15 p.m.
George R. Brown Convention Center, General Assembly Theater B

"Global Warming Science: Implications for Geoscientists, Educators, and Policy Makers I & II"
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 8:00-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-5:00 p.m.
George R. Brown Convention Center, General Assembly Theater B

**CONTACT INFORMATION**

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After the meeting, contact session conveners:
Andrew Buddington, Spokane Community College
+1-509-533-8017

or
George Stone
Milwaukee Area Technical College
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For more information on the 2008 Joint Meeting visit www.acsmeetings.org

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