Improving predictions of climate change and its impacts

NSF invites reporters to participate on Monday, March 22 at 11:00 a.m., EDT

On March 22 at 11:00 a.m., EDT, officials from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy will discuss the launch of an interagency program aimed at generating predictions of climate change and its impacts at more localized scales and over shorter time periods than have previously been possible. This project represents an historic augmentation of support for interdisciplinary climate change research by NSF and its partner agencies.

Who:	Arden Bement, director of the National Science Foundation William F. Brinkman, director of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy Roger Beachy, director of the National Institutes of Food and Agriculture, USDA and Chief Scientist USDA
What:	Media teleconference and webcast to discuss new project for generating high-resolution predictions of climate change and its impacts.
When:	Monday, March 22, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time.

How to Participate: Reporters are invited to participate in a live video teleconference hosted by NSF. Reporters may participate by teleconference or online. To participate by teleconference, call (800) 369-2058. To obtain the password to participate in the teleconference and to obtain the URL and password to access the webcast online, e-mail Lily Whiteman at lwhitema@nsf.gov. During or before the event, e-mail questions to webcast@nsf.gov.

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Media Contacts
Whiteman Lily, National Science Foundation (703) 292-8310 lwhitema@nsf.gov