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CPN Seminar Announcement: Prof. Xu Chongyu ---- "Climate Change & Water Resources: Present Achievement & Challenges"


By admin - Posted on 03 March 2008

Since we in January mentioned the topic of our upcoming seminar, many of you have been eagerly looking forward to it...... Finally, here it comes! We are very pleased to invite Prof. Xu Chongyu to give us a refreshing seminar related to global warming issue on March 13 (Thurs).

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Title: "Climate change and water resources - present achievement and challenges"
By: Prof. Xu Chong-yu (Dept. of Geosciences Hydrology, Univ. of Oslo. See more at: http://folk.uio.no/chongyux/)
Date: March 13, 2008, Thursday
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Undervisningsrom 3 (3rd floor) in the George Sverdrups hus (UiO's new library building, marked with number 27 on the attached map)

Abstract of this talk:
Global climatic changes caused by increases in the atmospheric concentration of green house gases have occurred or may begin to appear within the next few decades. One of the most important impacts on society of future climatic changes will be changes in regional water availability. Such changes will affect nearly every aspect of human well-being, from agricultural productivity and energy use to flood control, municipal and industrial water supply, and fish and wildlife management. The tremendous importance of water in both society and nature underscores the necessity of understanding how a change in global climate could affect regional water supplies. This talk will include: what is green house effect? what is global warming? what are the causes? what are the impacts? how to know future climate? how to know future water resources? what the scientists can tell us? what are the challenges? etc.
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If you have any question or suggestion, please feel free to contact us by email: Liu Fang (fang.liu_at_medisin.uio.no) or Lin Yong (yong.lin_at_astro.uio.no).

We sincerely hope you all could reserve the time for this event! See you then!

Best Regards,
Liu Fang & Lin Yong