Dear colleagues of Division 8,
I hope you and your family are fine even in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Actually, in Japan, the situation is very uncertain, especially in Tokyo
and Osaka.
As for the captioned matter, it was decided that the ACID RAIN 2020
conference would be postponed to late 2021 or early 2022. Although the
actual new date is still under discussion, we have just updated HP to
inform potential participants of the current situation.
https://www.acidrain2020.org
The name of the conference "ACID RAIN 2020" will not be changed to
utilize the materials prepared so far (such as logo, HP, registration
system, etc.).
I will inform you when the new date is decided.
Thank you for your understanding on this matter.
Best regards,
Hiro
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Hiroyuki SASE, Ph.D.
Department Head
Ecological Impact Research Department
Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP)
Japan Environmental Sanitation Center (JESC)
Telephone: +81-25-263-0559 (direct)
Facsimile: +81-25-263-0567
Network Center for the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET)
Visiting Professor
Atmospheric Environment Sciences in East Asia (Cooperation course)
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Niigata University
APN Project on Sulphur Dynamics: http://www.apn.acap.asia
ACID RAIN 2020: https://www.acidrain2020.org
Dear all,
Seminar #3 of the International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of
the IUFRO Task Force on Monitoring Trends and Patterns of Global Tree
Mortality, is now available online.
Watch this seminar at:
https://youtu.be/hRlBc7oR328 <https://youtu.be/hRlBc7oR328>
*Prof. BELINDA MEDLYN*
_Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems: past, present and future_
_Abstract_: Australia is not only the driest inhabited continent, it
also experiences high interannual variability in rainfall, and severe
multi-year droughts. Tree death from drought is thus a recurring feature
of the Australian landscape. In this talk I will review our current
understanding of drought mortality in Australian ecosystems, including
the historical context, current field research on the extent and
mechanisms of drought dieback and recovery, and the development of
models to predict future drought mortality risk.
_Belinda is Distinguished Professor at the University of Western
Sydney_. Her research focuses on how plants, especially forests, respond
to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change. She works
at the interface between experiments and models: her aim is to develop
evidence-based models of how ecosystem productivity, water use and
species composition will be affected by global change, and to do so she
works closely with a number of experimental teams world-wide to test and
improve ecosystem models.
*Previous seminars:*
Seminar # 1: Matt Hansen - Global forest monitoring using satellite data
https://youtu.be/ya8XlQBS6DQ <https://youtu.be/ya8XlQBS6DQ>
Seminar # 2: Flavia Costa - Tree mortality in the Amazon
https://youtu.be/KoC8E6P3Zu8 <https://youtu.be/KoC8E6P3Zu8>
Visit us at:
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/https://www.tree-mortality.net/
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Dear all,
The International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of the IUFRO
task force on monitoring trends and patterns in global tree mortality,
continues the online seminar series.
You are invited to join on *FEB 22 *(11 pm, CET, 5 pm EST) [9 am Sydney
Feb 23):
*Prof. BELINDA MEDLYN*
_Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems: past, present and future_
_Abstract_: Australia is not only the driest inhabited continent, it
also experiences high interannual variability in rainfall, and severe
multi-year droughts. Tree death from drought is thus a recurring feature
of the Australian landscape. In this talk I will review our current
understanding of drought mortality in Australian ecosystems, including
the historical context, current field research on the extent and
mechanisms of drought dieback and recovery, and the development of
models to predict future drought mortality risk.
Please join us for this highly interesting seminar and register at:
https://lu-se.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TYUlICVnRyyIhLQnKeLeJw
<https://lu-se.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TYUlICVnRyyIhLQnKeLeJw>
If you are interested in contributing to the seminar series and/or have
suggestions for additional speakers, please contact us at:
treemortnet(a)gmail.com
_Belinda is Distinguished Professor at the University of Western
Sydney_. Her research focuses on how plants, especially forests, respond
to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change. She works
at the interface between experiments and models: her aim is to develop
evidence-based models of how ecosystem productivity, water use and
species composition will be affected by global change, and to do so she
works closely with a number of experimental teams world-wide to test and
improve ecosystem models.
Visit us at:
https://www.tree-mortality.net/https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
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