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More than 2,200 scientists are expected to present new findings in the Earth and space sciences in Foz do Iguau at the 2010 Meeting of the Americas. Organizers of the meeting, which takes place from 8 to 12 August, are planning 377 scientific sessions on such topics as the 2010 Haiti and Chile earthquakes, extreme weather events in the Americas, climate impacts of megacities, greenhouse gases and Amazonia, carbon budget at hydroelectric reservoirs, variability of the South Atlantic ocean circulation, and much more. All scientific sessions take place in the Rafain Hotel and Convention Center, Center Av. Olmpio Rafagnin, 2357, Parque Presidente II, Foz do Iguau, Brazil.
The meeting will bring together researchers from 20 scientific organizations: the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and 19 other Brazilian and international scientific societies: Asociacin Argentina de Geofsicos y Geodestas (AAGG), Academia Brasileira de Cincias (ABC), Associao Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternrio (ABEQUA), Associao Brasileira de Recursos Hdricos (ABRH), Latinamerican Association of Space Geophysics (ALAGE), Associao Brasileira de Oceanografia (AOCEANO), Centro Regional de Sismologa para Amrica del Sur (CERESIS), International Association of Seismology and Physiscs of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) International Geoscience Education Organization (IGEO), Asociacin Latinoamericana de Paleomagnetismo y Geomagnetismo (LATINMAG), Sociedade Brasileira de Cartografia, Geodsia, Fotogrametria e Sensoriamento Remoto (SBC), Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia (SBGeo), Sociedade Brasileira de Geofsica (SBGf), Sociedade Brasileira de Geoqumica (SBGq), Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia (SBMet), Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), Sociedad Geolgica de Chile (SGC), Sociedad Uruguaya de Geologa (SUG), and Unin Geofsica Mexicana (UGM). For links to web sites of cosponsors, see the 2010 Meeting of the Americas home page
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