Session Proposal

 

Global Climate Change And The Data To Inform The Challenge

 

Bonnie C. Carroll (Organizer)1, & Gladys A. Cotter2

 

1Sr. Consultant, USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure, Oak Ridge, TN, USA (bcarroll@iiaweb.com)

2 Associate Chief Biologist, USGS, Reston, VA, gladys_cotter@usgs.gov

 

This session will address the major global issue of climate change and how data are used to understanding that issue.  The first two speakers will discuss the challenge and what is known about and how to improve the data available to understand global change.  The second two speakers will discuss two specific initiatives to build and use data systems to inform the understanding and opportunities to address global change challenges.   

 

Moderator:

Gladys A. Cotter

Associate Chief Biologist

US Geological Survey

Reston, VA, USA