Events
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19 Apr 2024 – YouTube
Breaking Down Microplastics
Earth Day and Earth Science Week. Join the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) for the premiere of AGI's Earth Day Webinar as we explore the multifaceted issue of plastic pollution and microplastics. This webinar features presentations and a pre-recorded panel discussion, offering valuable insights into the challenges and solutions surrounding plastic pollution. During the premiere, our presenters will be available online to engage with the audience, answering questions and participating in discussions in the chat.
Speaker line-up:
Dr. Maia McGuire, University of Florida. "Plastic in the ocean: What we do and do not know"
Dr. Melissa Lenczewski, Northern Illinois University, "Fate and transport of microplastics in the subsurface and groundwater"
Dr. Scott Coffin, California State Water Resources Control Board, "California's adaptive risk management of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems and drinking water"
Dr. Amy Suida and Dr. Shannon Gowans, Eckerd College, "Moving from monitoring to advocacy; Reducing single use promotes prevention"
Toby Leng, student winner of the 2023 Earth Science Week Video Contest from Manhasset, NY, "Ferrofluid: Revolutionizing the Battle Against Plastic Pollution"
The webinar will conclude with a kick-off for Earth Science Week 2024, encouraging you to celebrate "Earth Science Everywhere.".Price: Free
Organised by The American Geosciences Institute (AGI).
https://www.americangeosciences.org/webinars/breaking-down-microplastics info@earthsciweek.org
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24 Apr 2024 – Delft (Netherlands) and online
Water Action Agenda Symposium
Water Action Agenda. The Water Action Agenda is a key result of the UN 2023 Water Conference, held in March 2023. It includes over 830 voluntary commitments made by the international water community to accelerate efforts toward Sustainable Development Goal 6, which calls for universal water and sanitation access.
The symposium brings the network of commitment leads together to reflect on the progress of the implementation of Water Action Agenda commitments, to share experiences and perspectives on progress and to promote next steps.
Speakers include:
Eddy Moors, Rector, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
René van Hell – Director Inclusive Green Growth Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Madhushree Chatterjee, Chief, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Angelo Imperiale, Researcher, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Sareen Malik, Executive Secretary, African Civil Society Network for Water and Sanitation
Kala Vairavamoorthy, Executive Director, International Water Association
Young Water Professionals.Price: no fees
Organised by IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.
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27-28 May 2024 – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Sde Boqer Campus, Israel
International Water Summit
The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR) is pleased to announce the 2024 International Water Summit and the awarding of the Zuckerberg Water Prize during May 27–28, 2024, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Sde Boqer Campus, Israel.
This biannual Water Summit will assemble leading scholars from around the world in the broad field of water science and technology, and will cover four main topics related to water scarcity in a changing world – Climate Change & Water Resources; Emerging Contaminants in Water; Water Challenges in the Developing World; and Watec: Water Technologies.
The summit will address applied and fundamental questions related to the nexus of water, humanity, and the environment. Discussions will be held on cutting-edge research, related challenges, and future directions as well as implications for policy makers. The summit will also include roundtable discussions with active participation from the audience. Researchers that would like to share their studies can submit an abstract for a poster session.
The Zuckerberg Water Prize (sum of USD 60,000) will be awarded during the Water Summit to acknowledge outstanding achievements and global impact of an individual or organization in the broader field of water. The biannual award is endorsed by ZIWR, a leading global institute conducting cutting-edge multidisciplinary research and advanced education in water sciences to improve human well-being and in drylands through technologies and policies for the sustainable use of water resources. ZIWR is accepting nominations for this award for the inaugural round of 2024, with a deadline of March 1, 2024. Among the members on the Prize Committee are Prof. Noam Weisbrod (Director, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research [BIDR], BGU, Israel), Prof. Menachem Elimelech (Yale University, USA), Prof. Janet Hering (Director, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Eawag], Switzerland), Prof. Amit Gross (Director, ZIWR, BIDR, BGU, Israel), and Dr. Karen G. Villholth (Principal Researcher and Groundwater Coordinator, International Water Management Institute [IWMI], South Africa), Prof. Ashok Gadgil; Dr. Karen G. Willholth (Principal Researcher with IWMI, SA).
Information regarding registration and poster presentation can be found here. https://www.watersummitziwr.com/.Organised by The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR), Ben Gurion University, Israel.
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1-3 Jun 2024 – Virtual Platform
First SCCEE International Virtual Conference
Building the Future Innovations and Challenges in Sustainable Civil Engineering. The First SCCEE International Virtual Conference represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of civil engineering. This conference aims to unravel the complexities and potentials inherent in sustainable infrastructure development. This conference welcomes professionals, academics, researchers, engineers, architects, policymakers, and stakeholders passionate about driving sustainable change in civil engineering. Whether you're a seasoned expert or an emerging enthusiast in the field, this event offers valuable insights and networking opportunities for all levels of engagement. If you would like to present at the conference, please submit your Extended Abstract or your Full Paper to the conference website.
Price: Listener - $50, Extended Abstract - $150, Full Paper - $300
Organised by Scientific Steps International Publishing Services L.L.C.
http://scientificstepsgroup-ssg.com/bf-icsce-home/ sccee-conference-2024@scientificstepsgroup-ssg.com
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17-20 Jun 2024 – Burlingame/San Francisco, California
Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture – Linking Science and Policy
3rd International Conference on groundwater issues in agriculture/food production; global groundwater-food-ecosystem nexus. This three-day international conference with a pre-conference workshop day will bring together leading scientists, policy analysts, policy and decision makers, and agricultural and environmental stakeholder representatives from around the world to define and highlight the science of and the challenges in agricultural groundwater resources management and groundwater quality protection. The conference will also offer a forum to identify promising technical and policy solutions that provide a sustainable future for groundwater and food production at regional, national, and global scales.
Around the globe, groundwater is the lifeline for many rural and agricultural regions and their associated cultures and populations. It is also a cornerstone of global food production. Groundwater constitutes nearly half the world's drinking water and much of the world's irrigation water supply. In many regions, groundwater provides significant resilience to drought. Climate change, population growth, overexploitation, salinization and nonpoint source (diffuse) pollution from agricultural activities (including animal farming, ranching, and forestry activities) have exacerbated groundwater quality and quantity conflicts within agricultural regions, at the urban-rural interface, at the agriculture-environment nexus, and extend to the groundwater-surface water interface. Loss of drought resiliency, increased groundwater production costs, falling water tables, well outages, land subsidence, seawater intrusion, loss of groundwater-dependent ecosystems including entire wetland, lake, and streams systems, and extensive surface water pollution from groundwater return flows have reached global dimensions and threaten the health and livelihood of this planet.
Within the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus, this conference specifically highlights the real world challenges, science, solutions, and emerging policies centered around the multi-faceted, inter- and transdisciplinary interface between groundwater and agriculture.
Abstracts can be submitted for both oral and poster presentations. SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY 31 JANUARY 2024.Organised by University of California Davis, Water Education Foundation.
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15-28 Aug 2024 – Kyrgyzstan
International Summer School in Geology
International Summer School on Geoheritage, Geology and Climatology, 2024 Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, 2024 Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. In the summer school program
In 2024, the summer school program is structured in such a way as to get acquainted not only with the geography of the Tien Shan and Kyrgyzstan, but also with the geological heritage of the southern and northern parts of this mountain system. The summer school program includes various objects of geological heritage, glaciers, waterfalls, lakes, canyons, reference geological sections (stratotypes), weathering forms, landscapes, landslides, paleontological layers, a unique karst cave, geo-cultural objects, an ancient cave mine, mineralogy, rare springs and others. Also on the program is a city-museum – the era of the Soviet Union, a kind of geocultural open-air museum of history.
Purpose of the course
The interdisciplinary summer school offers a new and integrated approach to understanding past, present and future geoheritage through the lenses of structural geology, historical geology, geography and climatology.
The integrated development of geological and environmental skills and tools is very interesting when used together, as they can provide information about the origin and formation of geological heritage sites and their physical properties, as well as estimate the timing of processes.
In general, the Geological Sciences Field Summer School will introduce methods of field geology and geological research in a number of disciplines. Field studies will enable you to develop basic field research skills.
Specific topics of the Summer School will change in each individual region of Kyrgyzstan along the route. But they will be considered in conjunction with other thematic areas to provide the opportunity to participate in more than one Summer School and understand the interdisciplinary approach to the study of geoheritage.
Target group
Master’s students, postgraduates, PhDs and early career researchers in geology, environmental science or similar geoscientific fields, professionals in relevant fields and people seeking to gain knowledge of geological disciplines.
Program
Day 1. (15.08.). Arrival in Bishkek
Meeting at the airport. Hotel accommodation. Briefing.
Day 2. (16.08.). Bishkek – Ala-Archa National Park
Excursion to the national natural park. The park is located 45 km from the city of Bishkek. Acquaintance with the Caledonides of the northern Tien Shan. Mountainous terrain of the advanced mountain range in the Tien Shan system. Northern border of the Tien Shan mountain system.
Tourists arriving in Bishkek, paying attention to the Kyrgyz ridge, located south of the capital, think that these mountains are of volcanic origin. However, after visiting the Ala-Archa National Park, they understand that the Tien Shan mountains are of tectonic origin and have nothing in common with volcanoes.
Day 3. (17.08.). Bishkek – Kaji-Sai (Issyk-Kul)
Trip to Lake Issyk-Kul (warm lake). Along the way, visit the Kok-Moinok canyons. Study of erosion as a result of tectonic activity of the Tien Shan Mountains. The origin of the unique Lake Issyk-Kul. Flooded Chinese city of Chigu. The origin of the aesthetic Meso-Cenozoic landscapes of the southern coast.
Day 4. (18.08.). Kaji-Sai – Arabel high mountain valley (4000 m)
Excursion to the Barskoon gorge, where waterfalls and the classic mountain landscape of the northern Tien Shan are located. We will ascend to the Arabel Valley, a representative of the latest geological structure. Arabel is a peneplain at an altitude of over 4000 m. Accommodation in a field camp.
Day 5. (19.08.). Exploring the geodiversity of the Arabel Valley
Arabel is the newest geological structure. Here are located the representative glacier Suek, glacial lakes, Arabel syrts as a high-mountain landscape, and glacial moraines. On this day, participants will take an excursion to the Suek glacier, where glaciological observations have been carried out for more than 60 years. Return to Kaji-Sai.
Day 6. (20.08.). Kaji-Sai – Kazarman
Participants will see the diversity and difference of the magnificent landscapes of the northern and middle Tien Shan. Study of structural geology. Weathering and erosion processes in the Jumgal River valley. Various landforms. Badlands.
Day 7. (21.08.). Kazarman – Osh
We will climb the pass of the Fergana ridge (3000 m) and descend into the valley of the same name. Participants will see how geology and landscapes change in one day’s journey. There are magnificent panoramas along the way. From the northern and middle Tien Shan we get to the southern Tien Shan and see how the objects of geodiversity change and are very different from the objects of geodiversity of the northern part of the Tien Shan. Arrival in Osh – an ancient city on the Great Silk Road. Hotel accommodation.
Day 8. (22.08.). Osh – Pamir
A trip to the Alai Valley along the Pamir Highway. The Alai Valley is a tectonic boundary between two mountain systems, the Pamirs and the Tien Shan. The Pamir Highway is not just a road, it is an open-air museum of landscapes and geoheritage objects. Along the way, study landforms. Excursion to Tulpar-Kul lakes. The lakes are of glacial origin. Accommodation in a yurt camp in the Achik-Tash valley under Lenin Peak (7134 m).
Day 9. (23.08.). Achik-Tash – Osh
Excursion to Onion Glade, study of glaciers and glacial moraines. Dinner. The return journey along the Pamir Highway is a completely different perspective on geoheritage objects. Study of river terraces. Study of the red-colored Mesozoic complex. Excursion to a huge landslide in the town of Gulcha.
Day 10. (24.08.). Osh – Madygen
A trip to the Madygen geopark. Along the way, an excursion to the Tuya-Muyun karst region and a visit to the Barite cave with various mineral combinations. Accommodation in a tent camp.
Day 11. (25.08.). Geological studies in Madygen
Visit and study of Meso-Cenozoic, Paleozoic geological sections. Study of geoheritage objects, geomorphology, structural geology, paleontology.
Day 12. (26.08.). Geological studies in Madygen
Trip to the Zhailoo-Uchu valley to study the Madygen Formation, Triassic.
Day 13. (27.08.). Madygen – Osh
Return to Osh. Hotel accommodation. Dinner at an ethno restaurant.
Comments: Continuation of the summer school in Madygen for participants who will continue research in the geopark until 31.08.2024. Summer research school in geology in the Madygen geopark
Day 14. (28.08.). Osh Airport.Price: $ 700
Organised by Tien Shan Geological Society and Project 727 of the UNESCO International Geosciences Program.
https://www.geotianshan.org/en/expeditions/international-summer-school-geologist/ info@geotianshan.org
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9-11 Oct 2024 – Istanbul Turkey
Sustain Istanbul 2024: Towards Sustainable Groundwater Use under Changing Climate
We are pleased to announce Sustain Istanbul 2024, an in-person conference to be held at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey from October 9-11, 2024 with the theme “Towards Sustainable Groundwater Use under Changing Climate”. The conference will deal with all aspects relating to the sustainable use of groundwater resources, building on the success of:
- 2022 Sustain Valencia conference “Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Management: Promising Directions and Unresolved Challenges”,
- 2021 AGU annual meeting hybrid session “Prospects for Sustainability of Heavily Stressed Aquifers: Impediments and Opportunities”,
- 2019 Chapman conference “Quest for Sustainability of Heavily Stressed Aquifers at Regional to Global Scales” held in Valencia,
The conference will be held in the South Campus of Bogazici University with its breath-taking view of the Bosphorus straits. The historical and highly dynamic city of Istanbul linking the continents of Europe and Asia is an ideal setting to hold this meeting.Price: $$
Organised by Bogazici University and supported by Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa and Universitat Politècnica de València.
https://sustainistanbul2024.bogazici.edu.tr/ sustainistanbul2024@gmail.com
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12-14 Nov 2024 – Université Paris Cité, France
Sustainable Water Management, and Resource Adaptation (SWMRA)
(SWMRA). The conference aims to contribute to the achievement of the UN’s 6th Sustainable Development Goal, which calls for ensuring access to water and sanitation for all and promoting sustainable water management. innovative solutions and actionable strategies for promoting water sustainability and adaptation at local, regional, and global scales. By bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise, the conference will seek to identify.
Price: 250-350 euro
Organised by IEREK.
http://https://www.ierek.com/events/sustainable-water-management-and-resource-adaptation-swmra swmra@ierek-scholar.org
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13-15 Nov 2024 – Maseru, Lesotho
6th SADC Groundwater Conference
In line with SADC-GMI's core mission, the SADC-GMI will host the SADC Groundwater Conference under the theme "Promoting Peace Across Borders through Conjunctive Water Management" from November 13-15, 2024, in Maseru, Lesotho. The conference theme is inspired by the World Water Day Theme: “Water for peace” and the Stockholm World Water Week Theme “Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future”.
Sub-themes:
• Using advanced technologies
• Harnessing data
• Establishing Innovative governance structures
The primary goal of the conference is to bring together critical stakeholders in the water sector, with a particular emphasis on groundwater, to exchange expertise, knowledge, achievements, and persistent challenges affecting groundwater resources in the regional and continental context. Moreover, the conference endeavors to consistently advocate for the importance of groundwater, encouraging adaptation and fostering collaboration among Member States.
This conference is a premier event that garners the attention and participation of diverse stakeholders across the SADC Member States, including government representatives, regional institutions, private sector entities, academia, scientists, civic organizations, and the media, both from within the region and beyond.Price: 3500.00 ZAR
Organised by SADC Groundwater Management Institute.
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25-28 Nov 2024 – Barcelona, Spain
The 4th Mediterranean Geosciences Union
Geoscience, earthscience, environmental science. The Mediterranean Geosciences Union organizes the 4TH MedGU Annual Meeting at the University of Barcelona (Spain) in collaboration with other universities in the Mediterranean region and with Springer Nature as publishing partner. The proceedings papers (limited to 5 Word pages including figures and references) will be published in the Springer/IEREK ASTI Book Series (indexed in Scopus and SCImago) and extended papers will be published in Special Issues of journals (indexed in Scopus and Web of Science). To learn more about the event and its Publication Plan, please visit our website (2024.medgu.org). Additionally, you can see videos of past MedGU Annual Meetings on YouTube. On this occasion, we are pleased to invite you to take part in the conference (in-person or virtually) and share/discuss your latest research findings.
Organised by Performer.