The Past Earth Network

09/01/2018

PEN General Conference 2018

The PEN will be hosting its second general conference from 19-21 June 2018. Please see the conference page for further details.

13/12/2017

AGU Meet & Greet

The PEN will be hosting a Meet & Greet at AGU 2017, New Orleans. The event is free to attend at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, from 19:00 - 21:00 and will include refreshments.

11 - 12/1/2018

LWEC Conference

The EPSRC funded PEN, ReCoVER, and SECURE networks will be joining together from 11-12 January 2018 at Leeds University to host a joint conference. The conference will include reviews from the network PI's, talks from the feasibility study leaders, and a poster session with submissions from network members. For further details, registration and a timetable please visit the event page.

24 - 26/11/2017

Second PEN Writing retreat

Following the success of the first writing retreat the Past Earth Network will be hosting a second retreat held at Callow Hall in Derbyshire. Members will work on grant applications or papers for the three days. Further details and registration are available here.

22/9/2017

Yorkshire Fossil Festival.

Following the success of last years PEN stall at the Yorkshire Fossil Festival, we will be attending again. Come and find Alex Dunhill at the fossil fest in Scarborough to see how fossils are being used to recreate the climates of the past.

9/5/2017

PEN Writing retreat

31 July - 2 August the Past Earth Network will be hosting a retreat held at Callow Hall in Derbyshire to be arranged as an event for members to work on papers for publication, or on funding applications already at an advanced stage. Further details and registration are available here.

24/3/2017

PEN Emulators Workshop

From 19 - 21 June the Past Earth Network will be hosting a workshop on Emulators from a Climate Modelling perspective at the University of Leeds. To register or for further information visit the event page here.

9/3/2017

PEN-ReCoVER Workshop

The PEN and ReCoVER are hosting a workshop "Pacing and synchronisation of palaeoclimate variability" on 29-30 June 2017 at Dartington Hall. For more information and to register your interest please visit the event page.

2/3/2017

2017 Activities

The PEN has a lot of up-coming activities for 2017/18. To see a list of all upcoming conferences, workshops, talks and events please check the "Activities" sections.

4/10/2016

PEN Feasibility Call

The Past Earth Network recently held a call for feasibility studies, the proposals we received were all very high quality, and the decision process was difficult. Six studies have now been awarded, for more details visit: /feasibility_call.html.

30/9/2016

Feasibility Call

We would like to thank all those who submitted proposals to the PEN Feasibility study call. Each of the submissions received was of high quality, and the decision process will not be an easy one. The assessment panel will be working throughout this month to make a decision by early November, when the successful proposals will be announced. Again we would like to extend our thanks to all the PEN members who took part in the process.

24/8/2016

PEN-ESS Workshop

The Past Earth network teamed up with the environmental section of the royal society to hold a workshop on "Assessing Palaeoclimate uncertainty". The workshop was a three day event framed around five themes of Palaeocliamte modeling and the uncertainties regarding recorded data, models, and their outputs. For a summary of the event click here.

1/7/2016

PEN Call for Feasibility Studies

The Past Earth network is excited to announce the call for feasibility studies. The network has funds available for members to perform studies which address the network and working group goals. Network members at EPSRC eligible institutions are welcome to submit proposals.