CLIMATE CHANGE: marine and mountain ecosystems in the Mediterranean region

from Monday 27 August 2012 (08:00) to Thursday 30 August 2012 (18:00)
Veli Lošinj (Croatia)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
27 Aug 2012
28 Aug 2012
29 Aug 2012
30 Aug 2012
AM
09:00 Arrival and registration  
09:00
Session I: Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region: Past, Present and Future (until 09:45)
09:00 Stochastic Rainfall Downscaling for Climate Models - Elisa Palazzi (Institute of the Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, CNR)  
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09:45
Session II: Mediterranean circulation and its response to Climate Change (until 11:45)
09:45 Mediterranean Thermohaline Circulation and Strait of Gibraltar Hydraulic Regime: a Numerical Modelling Perspective - Gianmaria Sannino (ENEA)  
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Understanding and Attributing intense Events Signatures in a Changing Climate: from Large Scale to Regional Processes - Paolo Ruti (ENEA)  
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11:45 --- Lunch Break ---
09:00
Session IV: Climate Change and Mediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems (until 18:45)
09:00 Aerosols and their Interaction with Climate - Fabien Solmon (Abdus Salam ICTP)  
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09:45 Forest Productivity and Ecosystem Services Under Climate Change Scenarios in the Mediterranean Region - Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza (Agricultural Research Council)  
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Mountain ecosystems in southern Italy and in the Alps: faunal communities three decades after (1980-2010) - Pietro Brandmayr (University of Calabria)  
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11:45 Climatic Cntrol and Population Dynamics: the Case of Mediterranean Ungulates and Alpine Grouses - Simona Imperio (ISAC - CNR)  
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12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
16:30 Epistemology of Desertification andthe Ecosystem Service Paradigm - Maurizio Sciortino (ENEA)  
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17:15 Dryland Ecosystems and Climate Change - Mauro Centritto (CNR)  
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09:30
Session V (until 11:00)
09:30 Which Computational Environment for Climate Change Studies? - Stefano Cozzini (CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS and eXact Lab)  
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10:15 Final Considerations/Discussion and Closing - Filippo Giorgi (Abdus Salam ICTP)  
PM
16:00 WELCOME - Franco Bradamante (University of Trieste and INFN-Trieste) Agneza Kučić (Vice-Major of Lošinj)  
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16:15
Session I: Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region: Past, Present and Future (until 18:30)
16:15 Climate trends and projections in the Mediterranean region - Filippo Giorgi (Abdus Salam ICTP)  
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17:00 Isotopic Records from Ice Cores Drilled on Colle de Lys (Monte Rosa Massif, Italy) - Barbara Stenni (University of Trieste)  
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17:45 Climate Change at the Croatian Adriatic - Observations and Regional Climate Models Simulations - Čedo Branković (Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ))  
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16:30
Session III: Climate Change and Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems (until 18:45)
16:30 Impacts of Climate Change on the Biogeochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea - Paolo Lazzari (OGS)  
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17:15 Impacts of Climate and Anthropogenic Forcings on the Adriatic Sea Fishing Community - Simone Libralato (OGS)  
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18:00 Impacts of Climate and Anthropogenic Forcings on Fishing and Aquaculture in a Coastal Area of the Mediterranean Sea - Cosimo Solidoro (OGS)