Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Climate Change and Arctic Contaminants
Arctic Change 2008
Quebec City, Canada
9-12 December 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 26 September 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.arctic-change2008.com/index.php?url=11120
Or contact:
Gary Stern
Email: Gary.Stern [at] dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Or:
Peter Outridge
Email: outridge [at] NRCan.gc.ca
Organizers of session T03 "Climate Change and Arctic Contaminants,"
announce a call for abstracts. The session is being convened at the
Arctic Change 2008 Conference, to be held 9-12 December 2008, in Quebec
City, Canada.
Climate change has already had measurable impacts on key environmental
processes and characteristics in the Arctic, including sea-ice cover,
precipitation, permafrost melt, aquatic productivity, and new species
introductions. Only within the last decade has it has been realized that
these changes have, in turn, the potential to significantly impact the
pathways, fate, bioaccumulation and toxicity of chemical contaminants in
the Arctic, including metals, organic contaminants and radioactive
substances. These impacts can affect human contaminant exposure by
altering the rate of chemical bioaccumulation in traditional wild foods.
This session showcase newly-realized science exploring the linkages
between recent climate warming and major contaminants in the Arctic's
marine, freshwater, terrestrial and atmospheric environments. The focus
will be on understanding the pathways, fate and mechanisms involved, the
magnitude of climate's influence compared to changing pollutant
emissions, and the likely consequences of future warming for
contaminants in Arctic food chains.
To submit an abstract for this session, please go to:
http://www.arctic-change2008.com/index.php?url=13010
The abstract submission deadline is Friday, 26 September 2008.
For further information, please follow the link for session T03 at:
http://www.arctic-change2008.com/index.php?url=11120
Or contact the session conveners:
Gary Stern, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Email: Gary.Stern [at] dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Or:
Peter Outridge, Natural Resources Canada
Email: outridge [at] NRCan.gc.ca