Compiling records of Holocene erosion and sediment transport

PAGES News • Vol.17 • No 2 • June 2009 deposition in Antarctica were also presented. Further, the role of solar forcing on climate was discussed, with emphasis on the southern westerlies. Human-climate interactions during the Holocene were discussed for Europe and central Asia, as were large-scale changes in circulation of the Atlantic Ocean for the Holocene and during Terminations I and II. Research into biogeochemical feedbacks to understand the formation of sapropels in the Mediterranean during the Holocene, were also presented. Additionally, previous interglacials were highlighted with regard to carbon cycle dynamics and orbitally induced trends in sea-surface temperature. The program was complemented with invited presentations by Julian Sachs (on Holocene changes in the position of the Pacific rainbelt), Pinxian Wang (on the global monsoon system and its variability over a range of timescales) and Jürg Luterbacher (on perspectives of high-resolution climate reconstructions for the last millennium). The next status seminar for the program will be held in spring 2010. W or ks ho p Re po rt s