Session 2. Impacts of climate change on environment in Asia. How do rivers and landscape respond to changing rainfall?

Monday, June 15, 2015: 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
Conveners:  Shiming Wan, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China and Stephan Steinke, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2:00 PM
Enhanced silicate weathering fluxes from tropical shelf sediments exposed during glacial lowstands (37232)
Shiming Wan, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China and Peter Dominic Clift, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
2:15 PM
Anthropogenic Impacts on Landscape in River Basins of SE and East Asia (37130)
Peter Dominic Clift, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States; Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou, China and Shiming Wan, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
2:30 PM
Investigating the main driving factors in the Holocene evolution of Qing’ao Embayment, Nan’ao Island, southern China (37309)
Adam Switzer1,2, Jeremy Pile1, Fengling Yu3, Meyer Zhao-Zheng4, Harry M Jol5, Deli Wang3, Bishan Chen4 and Minhan Dai3, (1)Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, (2)Nanyang Technological University, The Asian School of Environment, Singapore, Singapore, (3)Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences, Xiamen, China, (4)Sun Yat-sen Universtiy, School of Earth Science and Geological Engineering, Guangzhou, China, (5)University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, United States
2:45 PM
Cyclone-Driven Sediment Loads on the Lower Mekong River: Does the Monsoonal Flood Pulse Matter? (37139)
Stephen E Darby1, Julian Leyland2, Christopher R Hackney1, Matti Kummu3, Hannu Lauri3, Daniel R Parsons4, Jim Best5, Andrew Paul Nicholas6 and Rolf E Aalto7, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)University of Southampton, Geography and Environment, Southampton, United Kingdom, (3)Aalto University, Aalto, Finland, (4)University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom, (5)University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States, (6)University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, (7)University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom
3:00 PM
Precipitation and Extreme Heat Projection in Eastern China under CMIP5 Scenarios: the Statistical Downscaling Results (37142)
Yimin Liu1, Yifeng Dai1 and Jiming Jin2, (1)IAP Insititute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
3:15 PM
Modelling the Impact of the Spread of Wet Rice Cultivation on Atmospheric Methane Levels from Archaeobotanical Data (37141)
Fabio Silva, Andrew Bevan, Alison Weisskopf, Cristina Castillo, Chris Stevens and Dorian Q Fuller, UCL Institute of Archaeology, London, United Kingdom
3:30 PM
Coffee Break | Poster Presentation
4:15 PM
Security Implications of Changes in the Asian Monsoon (37135)
Jon R Barnett, The University of Melbourne, School of Geography, Melbourne, Australia
5:00 PM
Reconstruction of Erosion-Weathering-Vegetation Interactions during the Holocene in subtropical Taiwan (37924)
Selvaraj Kandasamy, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Chen-Tung A Chen, R.O.C. Naval Academy, Department of Marine Science, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Jiann-Yuh Lou, National Sun Yat-Sen, Department of Oceanography, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Yen-hong Shau, National Sun Yat-sen University, 4Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
5:15 PM
Monsoon Asia as a Key Region for Future Earth (37359)
Tetsuzo Yasunari, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
5:30 PM
Gathering cross-cultural knowledge of Monsoon Asia’s ‘diverse economy’ (37451)
Lisa Law1, Katherine Gibson2, Nay Win Oo3, Darlene Occena-Gutierrez4 and Ann Hill2, (1)James Cook University, Environment, Geography & Sustainability Group, College of Marine & Environmental Sciences, Cairns, Australia, (2)University of Western Sydney, Institute for Culture and Society, Penrith, Australia, (3)University of Yangon, Department of Geography, Yangon, Myanmar, (4)University of the Philippines, Department of Geography, Quezon City, Philippines
5:45 PM
Discussion
 
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