Climate change on agenda at ORNL

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By Larisa Brass
Posted November 11, 2009 at midnight

China, U.S. scientists to discuss innovations to fight growing threat

When talk turns to climate change, two world economic heavyweights are inevitably in the discussion — the U.S. and China.

Today, scientists from leading research institutions in both countries gather at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to talk climate change and budding innovations being funded on both sides of the world to combat what the international community recognizes as a growing environmental threat as well as an economic one.

This is the third such meeting, stemming from a collaboration set up in 2006 of the University of Tennessee, ORNL and two institutes of the Chinese Academy of Science to explore opportunities for research, academic exchange and technology transfer related to environmental research. In addition to presentation topics including climate modeling, ecosystem management and the impact of bioenergy production on hydrology, the conference also includes sessions about China’s energy efficiency industry, the impact of biofuel production on rural economies and the carbon market.

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