February 2001. National Geographic's "EarthPulse" web site's monthly theme: Climate.  "The case is clear: Earth is getting warmer. But why? We'll look at the latest theories on global warming -- and its effect on the everyday, from rising tides to “shrinking -- continents."

4 -- 8 February 2001.  Mobetsu, Hokkaido, JAPAN.   16th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice.  Sponsor: The Okhotsk Sea and Cold Ocean Research Association (OSCORA).  Contact: K. Shirasawa, OSCORA, Sea Ice Research Laboratory, Hokkaido Univeristy, 6-4-10 Minamigaoka, Mobetsu, Hokkaido 094-0013, JAPAN.  Tel: +81 1582 3 3722.  Fax: +81 1582 3 5319.  E-mail: OSCORA@pop.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp. Web: www.hokudai.ac.jp/lowtemp/sirl/shome.html.

12-14 Feb 2001.  Sheraton Atlanta, Georgia.  LBA-Ecology Open Meeting.  

15-20 February 2001
San Francisco, California. 
AAAS Annual Meeting
Sponsor: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Contact: AAAS Meetings Office, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005
Tel: +1 202 325 6450
Fax: +1 202 289 4021
Email: confinfo@aaas.org
Web: www.aaas.org/meetings/2001/index.htm

23-25 February 2001.  Ascona, Switzerland.  International Conference on “Fingerprints -- for Climate Change. Contact: International Conference on “Fingerprints -- for Climate Change, Prof. Dr. C. Burga, Physical Geography Division, University of Zurich-Irchel, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Fax: +41 1 6355906. Online registration is available.