Conference Themes
ICP15 will take in a wide range of palaeoclimate topics, presented by researchers at the cutting edge of their fields. We have organised the conference into the five themes listed below. Speakers in each theme are being carefully chosen and curated by our Science Committee, and will be announced soon.
1. Biogeochemistry and Climate
This theme invites contributions ranging from the development of biogeochemical tools and models to their application in reconstructing the state of the ocean and marine ecosystems under different climate conditions and their response to climate related changes over time. Some areas in this theme may include, but are not restricted to, contributions that discuss multi-proxy approaches to reconstructions or data-model comparison and integration to better understand past Earth System processes and interactions; contributions to understand feedbacks and drivers of past biogeochemical cycles; application of biogeochemical models including those relevant to understanding past changes in ocean acidification, deoxygenation or the functioning of the biological pump; contributions that illustrate current challenges, limitations and potential areas for future development and applications are also encouraged.
Speakers coming soon…
2. Ocean Dynamics
This theme will discuss global and regional Ocean circulation and , water mass evolution through time and space. Contributions will include, but not restricted to, proxy and model data based reconstructions of past ocean circulation that have affected regional and global climate; wind and density driven ocean circulation in the past; challenges in proxy and model based past ocean circulation reconstructions.
Speakers coming soon…
3. Palaeo-monsoon / Tropical Monsoon Dynamics
This theme invites recent advances in tropical monsoon dynamics and palaeomonsoon reconstructions based on both proxy and model data over a variety of timescales e.g. tectonic, orbital, millennial, centennial, decadal and seasonal. How tropical monsoon systems are (de)coupled? How do they interact with regional and global climate? How past tropical monsoon systems vary under cold and warm climate states as well as during climatic transitions.
Speakers coming soon…
4. Past Climate State Reconstructions
This theme will bring together global palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimatic reconstructions using both proxy and model data. This theme will discuss climate states (both cold and warm) reconstructions from low latitude to high latitude as well as vertical palaeoceanographic changes in the surface, thermocline and deep ocean across the geological timescale.
Speakers coming soon…
5. Innovation / Novel Approaches in Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimatology
This theme will focus on recent progress in the development and refinement of palaeoclimate archives and models. What are the new and exciting tools in palaeoclimatology? How are existing tools being applied in new and interesting ways? What advances in our understanding of proxies have the potential to refine our interrogation of past climates?
Speakers coming soon…