The U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program, in consultation with the Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (CCIWG), coordinates and facilitates activities relevant to carbon cycle science, climate and global change issues under the auspices of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Interagency Committee or USGCRP Principals.

The CCIWG supports the peer-reviewed research of carbon cycle science across the federal government and is responsible for defining program goals, setting research priorities, and reviewing the progress of the research programs that contribute to carbon cycle science.

Twelve federal agencies and departments coordinate and support our program activities.

For more information, follow this link, read about our programs or take a look at this poster.

• Carbon Cycle Science Program (CCSP)

• Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (CCIWG)

• Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group (CCSSG)

• North American Carbon Program (NACP)

• Ocean Carbon and Climate Change / Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

• International Activities

• State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR)

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April 2012

Carbon Cycle Scientists Plan for Next Decade

(USGCRP blog on presentations of a 2011 Carbon Cycle Science Plan at federal agencies)

March 2012

1. Following USGCRP’s Advance Science, Inform Decisions, Sustained Assessment and Communicate and Educate goals, the Carbon Cycle Science Program organized the first SGRC Principals’ pre-meeting Brown Bag seminar on a 2011 Carbon Cycle Science Plan at the USGCRP NCO. Two authors of this advisory document from the community, Dr. Gregg Marland and Dr. Rob Jackson, both prominent carbon cycle scientists, summarized the history, goals and recommendations of the Plan. This event's flier is available here (PDF).

2. Cary institute post-docs met with CCIWG and USGCRP staff to learn about these jobs and federal funding for terrestrial ecosystems research. More info will be posted later.

October 2011

U.S. Scientists call for integrated study of carbon cycle

The carbon cycle science community in the United States has just finished its planning process for carbon cycle research for the upcoming decade. This reassessment of the U.S. carbon cycle science priorities was initiated by the U.S. Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (CCIWG) and the Carbon Cycle Science Steering Group (CCSSG) in 2008. This planning process has culminated in the publication of the new U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan. The new Plan is intended to provide guidance for U.S. research efforts on the global carbon cycle for the next decade. The Plan outlines priorities for research in carbon cycle science, including a substantial expansion in the scope of the field. In addition to reaffirming the need for basic research and for continuing the current areas of research in carbon cycle science, the Plan outlines specific recommendations for new priorities...[Read entire summary of recommendations.]

Printed copies or copies on CD can be requested from the U.S Carbon Cycle Science Program Office, Dr. Gyami Shrestha at gshrestha[at]usgcrp.gov.

Background

Carbon Cycle Science Planning

The new 2011 Plan outlines a strategy for refocusing U.S. carbon cycle research based on the current state of the science. The development of this Plan was led by a committee of 25 active members of the carbon cycle research community, and the result is intended to provide U.S. funding agencies with information on community-based research priorities for carbon cycle science over the next decade. Please follow this link for further background information on the 2011 Carbon Cycle Science Plan.