NSCN Activities

Newsletters

• Fall 2010
  
• Winter 2011
• Spring 2011
• Summer 2011
  

Organizational documents

• NSCN Charter:  The NSCN is a self-chartered organization with a Scientific Steering Group that guides its priorities and activities 
• Annual Scientific Steering Group meeting minutes (must be logged in to access):  2009  2010  2011  
  

• Radiocarbon Data Synthesis. Lawrence-Berkeley Nat'l Lab, 20-21 July 2011. Organizers: M. Torn, L. Nave. Twenty-three international scientists met to initiate a ¹⁴C data synthesis project, plan research directions and products to be developed from the data synthesis. Click to read the Eos meeting report or the attendee list.)
• Soil Carbon Experiments. Loveland, CO, 13-15 July 2010. Organizers: M. Ryan, C. Giardina, C. Swanston, L. Brandt. Sixteen U.S. scientists met to discuss the state of knowledge, network a collection of experimental sites, and plan a synthesis paper. (attendee list here)
• Alaska Deep Soil C Project. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 4 March 2009. Organizers: K. Johnson, J. Harden, A.D. McGuire. Eleven scientists met to plan and initiate data synthesis and archiving. (Click here for an Eos meeting report or here for attendee list and additional information)
  

• AGU Fall Meeting 2011: ¹⁴C in Terrestrial Ecology: Reductionism to Synthesis. One oral and one poster session at the 2011 AGU FM, 5-9 December in San Francisco. The oral session (B24A) occured on Tuesday 6 December, while the poster session (B31A) was on Wednesday 7 December. Log into the AGU Scientific Program webpage and search for the session if you wish to read abstracts.
  

• Fire effects on temperate forest soil C&N: Results of a large-scale meta-analysis that quantifies the effects of this disturbance on soil C and N storage (presented at SSSA 2011 by L. Nave)
  
• Big data and global soil change:  A presentation highlighting how large datasets can answer large-scale questions, and what the NSCN has to do with these issues (presented at AGU 2010 by L. Nave)
• NSCN database development:  A demonstration of the Alaska Deep Soil Carbon Database, a prototype for the NSCN's ongoing database efforts (from the AGU 2010 Town Hall Meeting; presented by C. Swanston, K. Johnson, J. Harden, and L. Nave).
• NSCN database development:  A poster overview of NSCN data synthesis activities, past, present and future (presented at the 2011 NACP meeting by by C. Swanston)