The summer school PCES2020 “(Past) Climates and the Earth System” will be held in Urbino from 13 to 26 July. The course will provide PhD students and post-doctoral scientists with theoretical and practical teaching on crucial themes of (paleo)climatology, including climate and carbon cycle dynamics and modelling, continental ice volume, climate sensitivity to CO2 forcing, tipping points and techniques of past climate reconstruction, notably applied to climate system under warmer-than-present-day conditions.
Understanding climate dynamics is becoming increasingly critical as our species continues to perturb the complex Earth system on geologically rapid time-scales. Modelling of climate dynamics on local to global scales provides insights into the evolution of climate in the future.
In parallel, the exploration of geological, biological, and chemical archives of past extreme climate conditions provides a crucial tool to test numerical simulations of climate, and an opportunity to study natural rapid climate variability with all feedbacks intrinsic to the Earth system. The integration of reconstructions and modelling to assess the functioning of the Earth System maximizes the scientific return by allowing quantitative estimates of change as well as by providing key foundations for developing sound predictions of future climate, environment, ultimately needed to develop a sustainable future. (Past)Climates and the Earth System (PCES2020) offers a student-centred environment that promotes this integrative approach to the Earth System Sciences, with a focus on (the reconstruction of) the functioning of climate and biogeochemical systems in the geological past.
The course program will be available soon! The course price is 650 € if you register no later than March 31, 2020. The price is 750 € for late registration. For more information please visit https://www.pces2020.eu/.