Warm climates of the past - a lesson for the future?

• 9.00am – 5.00pm on 10 October 2011 – 11 October 2011
• at The Royal Society, London

Organised by Dr Daniel Lunt, Professor Harry Elderfield FRS, Professor Andy Ridgwell and Professor Rich Pancost

In several periods in Earth's history, the climate has been significantly warmer than present.  What lessons about the future can be learnt from past warm periods?  The answer depends on the quality of reconstructions of past climates, our understanding of their causes, and the validity of climate models which aim to reproduce them.  This meeting will address these exciting and challenging issues. 

Download the audio recordings of the talks here

Speakers and chairs include:

Professor Mat Collins, Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Professor Rob DeConto, Dr Harry  Dowsett, Professor Harry Elderfield FRS, Dr Gavin  Foster, Professor Jane Francis, Dr James Hansen, Dr Jeffrey Kiehl, Dr Daniel Lunt, Dr Bette Otto-Bliesner, Professor Mark Pagani, Professor Richard Pancost, Professor Paul Pearson, Professor Maureen Raymo, Professor Andy Ridgwell, Dr Mark Siddall, Professor Paul Valdes, Professor James Zachos and Professor Richard Zeebe 

This meeting was followed by a satellite meeting on Reconstructing and understanding CO2 variability in the past which took place at the Kavli Royal Society International Centre from 12-13 October 2011.

The proceedings of this meeting will be published in a dedicated issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.