CLIMATE CHANGE: marine and mountain ecosystems in the Mediterranean region

Name: CLIMATE CHANGE: marine and mountain ecosystems in the Mediterranean region
Start: 2012-08-27T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2012-08-30T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Veli Lošinj (Croatia)

27 Aug 2012, 08:00 → 30 Aug 2012, 18:00 Europe/Zagreb

Veli Lošinj (Croatia)

Kulturni Dom of Veli Lošinj - Veli Lošinj, Croatia

Description

Topics of the conference are:

Climate change in the Mediterranean area
Climate change and Mediterranean circulations
Climate change and biodiversity
Climate change and Mediterranean marine ecosystems
Climate change and mountain ecosystems in the Mediterranean
Climate change and hydrology in the Mediterranean

Support

ecsac12@ictp.it

Monday 27 August
- 09:00 → 12:00
  
  Arrival and registration 3h
- 16:00 → 16:15
  
  WELCOME 15m
  
  Speakers: Agneza Kučić (Vice-Major of Lo&scaron;inj), Franco Bradamante (University of Trieste and INFN-Trieste)
  
  Slides
- 16:15 → 18:30
  Session I: Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region: Past, Present and Future
  - 16:15
    
    Climate trends and projections in the Mediterranean region 45m
    
    Speaker: Filippo Giorgi (Abdus Salam ICTP)
    
    Slides
  - 17:00
    
    Isotopic Records from Ice Cores Drilled on Colle de Lys (Monte Rosa Massif, Italy) 45m
    
    Speaker: Barbara Stenni (University of Trieste)
    
    Slides
  - 17:45
    
    Climate Change at the Croatian Adriatic - Observations and Regional Climate Models Simulations 45m
    
    Speaker: Čedo Branković (Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ))
    
    Slides
Tuesday 28 August
- 09:00 → 09:45
  Session I: Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region: Past, Present and Future
  - 09:00
    
    Stochastic Rainfall Downscaling for Climate Models 45m
    
    Speaker: Elisa Palazzi (Institute of the Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, CNR)
    
    Slides
- 09:45 → 11:45
  Session II: Mediterranean circulation and its response to Climate Change
  - 09:45
    
    Mediterranean Thermohaline Circulation and Strait of Gibraltar Hydraulic Regime: a Numerical Modelling Perspective 45m
    
    Speaker: Gianmaria Sannino (ENEA)
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
    Coffee Break 30m
  - 11:00
    
    Understanding and Attributing intense Events Signatures in a Changing Climate: from Large Scale to Regional Processes 45m
    
    Speaker: Paolo Ruti (ENEA)
    
    Slides
- 11:45 → 16:30
  
  Lunch Break 4h 45m
- 16:30 → 18:45
  Session III: Climate Change and Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems
  - 16:30
    
    Impacts of Climate Change on the Biogeochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea 45m
    
    Speaker: Paolo Lazzari (OGS)
    
    Slides
  - 17:15
    
    Impacts of Climate and Anthropogenic Forcings on the Adriatic Sea Fishing Community 45m
    
    Speaker: Simone Libralato (OGS)
    
    Slides
  - 18:00
    
    Impacts of Climate and Anthropogenic Forcings on Fishing and Aquaculture in a Coastal Area of the Mediterranean Sea 45m
    
    Speaker: Cosimo Solidoro (OGS)
Wednesday 29 August
- 09:00 → 18:45
  Session IV: Climate Change and Mediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems
  - 09:00
    
    Aerosols and their Interaction with Climate 45m
    
    Speaker: Fabien Solmon (Abdus Salam ICTP)
    
    Slides
  - 09:45
    
    Forest Productivity and Ecosystem Services Under Climate Change Scenarios in the Mediterranean Region 45m
    
    Speaker: Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza (Agricultural Research Council)
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
    Coffee Break 30m
  - 11:00
    
    Mountain ecosystems in southern Italy and in the Alps: faunal communities three decades after (1980-2010) 45m
    
    Speaker: Pietro Brandmayr (University of Calabria)
    
    Slides
  - 11:45
    
    Climatic Cntrol and Population Dynamics: the Case of Mediterranean Ungulates and Alpine Grouses 45m
    
    Speaker: Simona Imperio (ISAC - CNR)
    
    Slides
  - 12:30
    
    Lunch Break 4h
  - 16:30
    
    Epistemology of Desertification andthe Ecosystem Service Paradigm 45m
    
    Speaker: Maurizio Sciortino (ENEA)
    
    Slides
  - 17:15
    
    Dryland Ecosystems and Climate Change 45m
    
    Speaker: Mauro Centritto (CNR)
    
    Slides
Thursday 30 August
- 09:30 → 11:00
  Session V
  - 09:30
    
    Which Computational Environment for Climate Change Studies? 45m
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini (CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS and eXact Lab)
    
    Slides
  - 10:15
    
    Final Considerations/Discussion and Closing 45m
    
    Speaker: Filippo Giorgi (Abdus Salam ICTP)