[Bolincentret-at-su.se] Reminder: Seminar at KVA - People and Sulfur: The Forgotten Element Cycle

[Cecilia Wesslén]

Invitation! Very special seminar at the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences
registration is needed<http://www.kva.se/sv/Kalendariumlista/2015/people-and-sulfur-the-forgotten-element-cycle/>

Tuesday 24 November 2015, 13.00-16.30
The Beijer Hall, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm

People and Sulfur: The Forgotten Element Cycle

The carbon cycle has taken centre stage as a global element cycle in the run-up to the Paris climate conference and beyond. Even the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles get plenty of attention in their role as critical elements for food produc­tion, as well as pollutants that can eutrophy freshwater systems and the coas­tal zone. But in many ways, the global sulfur cycle is just as important.

It was at the centre of the acid rain problem that afflicted Europe and eastern North America a few decades ago. For many years, sul­fur compounds have been central to the role of aerosols in local and regional air pollution, most notably as a feature that threatens the sta­bility of South Asian monsoon sys­tem and that drives health impacts through urban air pollution.

But the sulfur cycle is also crucial in the functioning of terrestrial and marine ecosystems. In fact, one of the key feed-back mechanisms that operates in the global climate sys­tem, involving marine microorga­nisms and clouds, could be coupled to the sulfur cycle.

This seminar explores the global sulfur cycle and its complex relationship with people with 2015 Volvo Environment Prize laureate Professor Henning Rodhe and colleagues.

Speakers:

Professor Henning Rodhe, Stockholm University, Sweden
Senior Advisor Peringe Grennfelt, IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Professor Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Professor Mary Scholes, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Professor Caroline Leck, Stockholm University, Sweden
Moderator: Professor Will Steffen, Climate Change Institute, Australian National University

The seminar is open to the public and free of charge but registration is needed
For full program and how to register see invitation<http://www.kva.se/sv/Kalendariumlista/2015/people-and-sulfur-the-forgotten-element-cycle/>

Warmly welcome!
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