Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
104 A, Midwest Airlines Center
SYMP 11 - Global Climate Change and Agriculture: Interactions, Land-Use Patterns, and Educational Connections
Global climate change is a serious problem that is currently impacting and will ultimately affect all ecosystems on Earth. Human activities have been strongly implicated in exacerbating the problem of global climate change, and these activities include agricultural practices, as well as the large-scale conversion of grasslands and forests to agroecosystems. The goal of this symposium is to bring together scientists who are studying the impacts of human agricultural systems and practices on the climate of the Earth. Speakers contributing to this symposium will address the problems of land-use changes and influences of agriculture on global climate change. Furthermore, speakers will suggest possible roles of agricultural practices and systems as ways to mitigate the severity of climate change through the implementation of sustainable practices. Sustainable agricultural approaches may ultimately provide exceptionally effective carbon sequestration and reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases, while providing numerous other environmental benefits, such as reduction in soil erosion, improvement in pest population regulation, enhancement of soil fertility, and benefits to a variety of wildlife species. In keeping with the theme of the 2008 Annual Meeting, there will also be an emphasis on education of the scientific community and the farming sector with regards to the problem of global climate change and the promise of reducing the negative aspects of the human agricultural endeavor. It is our objective to show connections between the research being conducted on agriculture and climate change and education of the agricultural community, society, and students of environmental science, ecology, and agriculture. Linkages between these disciplines are extremely important part of agricultural and ecological education, yet have not been adequately integrated into many institutions of higher education. An essential task of investigators involved with climate change research is to transfer their findings to the rest of the scientific community and to the general public.
Organizer:Daniel M. Pavuk, Bowling Green State University
Co-organizer:Julie M. Grossman, Cornell University
Moderator:Daniel M. Pavuk, Bowling Green State University
8:00 AMSYMP 11-1Farming the planet: Global patterns of agricultural land use and land cover
Navin Ramankutty, McGill University, Chad Monfreda, Arizona State University, Amato Evan, University of Wisconsin, Philip Potter, McGill University, Elena Bennett, McGill University, David Zaks, University of Wisconsin, Jonathan A. Foley, University of Wisconsin
8:20 AMSYMP 11-2Controls on greenhouse-gas emissions and mitigation in agroecosystems
Johan Six, University of California-Davis
8:40 AMSYMP 11-3Agricultural mosaics, anthropogenic biomes, and climate change: Seeing the forests, fields, and settlements
Erle Ellis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
9:00 AMSYMP 11-4New mitigation options in biofuel landscapes: Real or imagined?
G. Philip Robertson, Michigan State University
9:20 AM Break
9:40 AMSYMP 11-5Climate change as a factor in export of dissolved organic matter from agricultural watersheds
Brent J. Dalzell, University of Minnesota
10:00 AMSYMP 11-6Impacts of changing climate and management on agriculture in the central USA
Christopher J. Kucharik, University of Wisconsin
10:20 AMSYMP 11-7Quantifying agricultural GHG emissions for policy- and decision-making
Keith Paustian, Colorado State University, Stephen Ogle, Colorado State University, Richard Conant, Colorado State University, Jill Schuler, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Roel Vining, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Steven DelGrosso, USDA/ARS
10:40 AMSYMP 11-8Sustainable agriculture practices and effects of global climate change
Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University

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