Hi AGU 2017 attendees, We invite you to our AGU Town Hall event titled “Introducing a U.S.-based Research Coordination Network for Blue Carbon” this week in New Orleans. The event (TH45D) will be held on this coming Thursday Dec 14 from 6:15 PM to 7:15 PM in the Convention Center rooms 267-268.
Please join us to learn more about the Global Science and Data Network for Coastal Blue Carbon. Presenters will demonstrate how it will support and improve our knowledge in carbon and greenhouse gas cycling and its potential applications in research, capacity building and policy. We will also be taking questions and welcoming feedback on how to strengthen the interactive global coastal carbon network. Here is the link to the event<https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/meetingapp.cgi/Session/30386> so you can add it to your personal AGU calendar. For more information on the network please visit the official website<https://serc.si.edu/coastalcarbon>, contact Dr. James Holmquist at holmqui...@si.edu and follow @CoastalCarbon<https://twitter.com/CoastalCarbon> on twitter during #AGU17<https://twitter.com/hashtag/AGU17?src=hash> for the latest updates on the network. We look forward to seeing you next week at AGU, Thank you, Coastal Carbon RCN Team Title: TH45D: Introducing a U.S.-based Research Coordination Network for Blue Carbon Abstract: Coastal wetlands store massive amounts of carbon in their soils, transport carbon to adjacent estuaries, and can be the cause of greenhouse gas emissions of they are degraded or eroded. The scale and data-needs of the questions surrounding ‘blue carbon’ keep expanding. Therefore, we are pleased to announce the recent establishment of a Blue Carbon Research Coordination Network (RCN). Our central activity will be creating and curating an online data repository, starting with a library of up to 1,500 tidal wetlands soil carbon profiles. We will also host collaborative working group meetings, and provide online resources to educate all levels of practitioners on field, lab, and analytic best-practices. The goal of the RCN is to accelerate scientific discovery and more effectively meet stakeholder needs. At the town hall we will demonstrate the first iteration of each of these goals as a proof of concept, then solicit community feedback on future developments. Following the demonstration will be an educational outreach activity, on interacting with current data libraries. We encourage feedback, especially on how the RCN can be used to accelerate progress in coastal resiliency, ecosystem services, monitoring reporting and verification, general circulation models, and other concepts in coastal carbon science. -- Jorge Ramos, Ph.D. Manager, Climate and Oceans Center for Oceans Conservation International<http://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx> 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22202, USA Phone: +1 703-341-2628 Cell: +1 202-517-3637 Skype: jorge.ramos.h Twitter: @JorgeRH2O<https://twitter.com/JorgeRH2O> jra...@conservation.org<mailto:jra...@conservation.org> Blue Carbon Initiative<http://thebluecarboninitiative.org/> @BlueCarbon_BCI<https://twitter.com/BlueCarbon_BCI> Jorge -- Jorge Ramos, Ph.D. Manager, Climate and Oceans Center for Oceans Conservation International<http://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx> 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22202, USA Phone: +1 703-341-2628 Cell: +1 202-517-3637 Skype: jorge.ramos.h Twitter: @JorgeRH2O<https://twitter.com/JorgeRH2O> jra...@conservation.org<mailto:jra...@conservation.org> Blue Carbon Initiative<http://thebluecarboninitiative.org/> @BlueCarbon_BCI<https://twitter.com/BlueCarbon_BCI>
