Polar Science Day 2009 - Arctic climate change and why it is so important

Where when

Danish Energy Agency - Cantina

Tuesday 15th of December, 08.30-17.00

Arrival 0830 – Danish Energy Agency main entrance - Amaliegade 44

 

Dr. Henning Thing to chair all sessions

09.00

09.10

WELCOME

Hans Jørgen Koch, Deputy State Secretary, Danish Energy Agency

  Inge Mærkedal Director of the Danish Agency of Science, Technology and  Innovation  

09.10

09.30

Arctic Climate Change – Why it is so important

(Dr. Bob Corell)

09.30

09.50

Knowing the past and predicting the future

Arctic climate  research status and perspectives

  (Professor Valérie Masson-Delmotte)

09.50

10.10

Predicting the future - Climate modelling

(Dr. Jens Hesselbjerg)

10.10

10.30

Ocean

The Arctic and the world ocean (Dr.Bogi Hansen)

10.30

10.50

Biology and biodiversity are important for ocean CO2 uptake

(Professor Katherine Richardson)

10.50

11.10

Break

11.10

11.30

Humans in the Arctic 

Impacts on Arctic societies

(Dr. Grethe Hovelsrud)

11.30

11.50

Human dimensions of global climate change in Russian Sub-arctic

  (Dr. Susan Crate)

11.50

12.10

Climate change and resources – and new initiatives in Greenland

  (Dr.Thomas Juul-Pedersen)

12.10

12.30

Search and Rescue around Greenland and in the Arctic

(Per Sønderstrup, Head of Department, Danish Maritime Authority)

12.30

12.50

Review and questions 1st part of Polar Science Day

13.10

13.50

Lunch Buffet

13.50

14.10

The Cryosphere

Permafrost

(Dr. Sharon Smith)

14.10

14.30

Arctic Sea Ice

(Dr. Kim Holmén)

14.30

14.50

Ice caps and glaciers

(Professor Martin Sharp)

14.50

15.10

The Greenland Ice Sheet and global sea level rise

(Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen)

15.10

15.30

Break

15.30

15.50

Global Feedbacks

Arctic sea-ice, atmosphere and ocean monitoring and modelling - DAMOCLES

(Professor Jean-Claude Gascard)

15.50

16.10

Impacts of climate on species and systems in the Arctic

(Professor Mads Forchhammer)

16.10

16.30

Thawing of the Arctic and release of Greenhouse gases

(Professor Torben Røjle Christensen)

16.30

16.40

Film – The Greenland Icesheet in a Changing Climate

16.40

16.50

Review and questions 2nd part of Polar Science Day

16.50

17.00

Closing  (Dr. Henning Thing)