The Pot, the Plot and the Planet - Carbon in the Greenhouse

CSIRO Plant Industry Forum
Date: Friday 23 August
Time: 3.45pm (EST)
Venue: CSIRO PI Lecture Theatre (video conferenced to all PI sites)

Climate change effects are widespread - from our local environment to the entire globe. To be effective climate change research must investigate processes at all these scales.

This forum will explore the diversity of research undertaken at these different scales starting with 'The Pot' scale, which covers plant responses to increased carbon dioxide (CO2) and temperatures. Then we move onto 'The Plot' and 'The Planet' scale where computer modelling of the carbon cycle at continental and global scales predict the effects of climate change on the atmosphere, land and water.

Finally it will all be put in context by examining how climate change research contributes to national and international 'greenhouse' policy developments that are important for understanding and managing climate change.

Chair: Dr Roger Gifford (CSIRO Plant Industry)

Speakers:

Dr Astrid Volder (CSIRO Plant Industry)
Simulating pasture production under global change conditions using temperature gradient tunnels

Dr Damian Barrett (CSIRO Plant Industry)
Calibrating large-scale carbon cycle models using multiple data sources

Dr Michael Raupach (CSIRO Land and Water)
The carbon cycle at Australian continental and global scales

Dr Chris Mitchell (Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting)
International Developments in Greenhouse Accounting

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