Events

Mountains under Watch 2013 (MUW13)

From: 20.02.2013 to: 21.02.2013

Mountains Under Watch is an interdisciplinary conference that aims at bringing together scientists and experts working in the diverse fields of climate change studies in mountain areas around the world. The specific goal of the conference is to share experiences, methods and strategies for long term observations and monitoring of the climate change effects on different alpine environments, ranging from the cryosphere to the biosphere.

Keynote speakers are as follows:

Martin Beniston – Changing mountain water resources in a warming climate
Wilfried Haeberli – Glaciers, permafrost and new lakes in high-mountain regions
Georg Wohlfahrt – Effects of global changes on mountain ecosystems
Mark W. Williams – Towards establishing a mountain Long Term Ecological Research Network (mLTER) to address resilience and sustainability of complex mountain landscapes

Deadline for registration is 31 January.

To register and for a full programme: http://www.muw2013.it/

Photo (c) Jenny Pansing / Flickr