MARDI – Artic marine diatom workshop on species ecology and transfer functions

The Marine Arctic Diatoms Working Group, MARDI, invites you to join our upcoming workshop on statistical relations between sedimentary diatom assemblages and environmental parameters. The aim of the workshop is to study patterns in a dataset of more than 1000 surface samples across the Arctic marine realm and link the diatom assemblages to modern observations of climate and environment. The outcome will lead to improved understanding of diatom ecology and their use as proxies in paleoceanography, and the development of transfer functions for quantitative reconstructions.

The workshop is open to all, but for practical reasons, participation is limited to a maximum of 25 participants. Financial support for attending the meeting is available thanks to funding from the PAGES Research Network, and the iClimate center of Aarhus University. It will be primarily allocated to early career researchers and/or researchers from low- and middle-income countries.

Mark the dates in your calendar, and register here if you are interested. The deadline for registration is 15 August, and a reply about participation and financial support will be provided shortly thereafter.

The workshop will start on Wednesday morning, so participants should count on arriving in Aarhus on Tuesday. On Friday, we will wrap up in the early afternoon, so people can travel home in the evening or on Saturday.

You can find more information about the MARDI Working Group here: PAGES – MARDI.

Feel free to forward this invitation to students and colleagues in your network. We hope to welcome many of you to Denmark in October!

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