The Bolin Centre for Climate Research and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences warmly invite selected guests to an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the journal Tellus, which was marked last year.
With a history dating back to 1948, Tellus has long been a respected platform for high-quality, interdisciplinary research in Earth system science. Founded by Professor Carl-Gustaf Rossby, a pioneer in meteorological research, the journal has upheld a strong legacy in dynamic meteorology, oceanography, and atmospheric sciences. Now, as we relaunch Tellus as a unified Earth system science journal, this event will highlight its renewed mission and role in shaping the future of Earth system research.
Programme Highlights
- Keynote talks from research leaders within Earth system science, based on an upcoming Tellus Jubilee issue, which celebrates seminal papers published in Tellus through forward-looking perspectives.
- Networking opportunities to foster collaborations across disciplines.
Please note: This is an invitation-only event.
For further inquiries, please contact the organizers: Ilona Riipinen, Gustaf Hugelius and Stefano Manzoni
Event coordinator: Maria Basova (maria.basova@aces.su.se)
Tellus Symposium – Programme
Day 1 – Monday 26 May 2025
09.00–10.00 Registration & coffee
10.00–10.30 Opening Session – Welcome from the organizers
Session 1
Chair: Gustaf Hugelius
10.30 Ilona Riipinen, Stockholm University – History and future of Tellus: why then, why now
11.00 Zoom: Tuukka Petäjä, University of Helsinki – Paradigm shifts in atmospheric sciences during the last 15 years
11.30 Zoom: Pierre Friedlingstein, University of Exeter – A brief history of the global carbon cycle: from a missing sink to Net Zero
12.00–13:00 Lunch
13.00 Session 2
Chair: Volker Brüchert
13.00 Zoom: Julia Pongratz, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich – Land-use change interactions with climate
13.30 Carlos A. Sierra, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry – Time and Earth system processes
14.00 Linus Magnusson, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts – Progress on understanding forecast error growth and the limit of predictability
14:30–15:00 Coffee Break
15.00 Session 3
Chair: Natasha Barbolini
15.00 Bjorn Stevens, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology – Coming full circle — Lilly’s early simulations of buoyancy convection
15.30 Zoom: Ralph Keeling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography – A perspective on the global carbon cycle from 67 years of CO₂ measurements
16.00 Zoom: John Wettlaufer, Yale University – Stochastic resonance and resonances
16.30 Peter Cox, University of Exeter – Climate carbon cycle feedbacks: an improved method to diagnose climate, CO2 and timescale dependences
17.30–20.00 Dinner at Klubbvillan (KVA) – By invitation only
Day 2 – Tuesday 27 May 2025
09.00–10:00 Registration & coffee
10.00–10:15 Opening of Day 2 – Reflections & Framing the day
10.15–12:15 Session 4
Chair: Ramón Fuentes Franco
10.15 Ulrich Pöschl, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry – Atmospheric multiphase chemistry influencing climate and health in the Anthropocene: from sulfate production to secondary organic aerosol formation and related effects
10.45 Zoom: Trude Storelvmo, University of Oslo – The importance of high-latitude cloud feedbacks for global climate
11.15 Matthew Salter, Stockholm University – Bubbles, droplets, climate: Tellus’s enduring influence on sea spray aerosol researc
11.45 Zoom: Tim Lenton, University of Exeter – How Gaia is distinct from Earth system scienc
12.15–13:30 Lunch
13.30 Session 5
Future of Tellus & Scientific publishing / Panel
15:00–16:30 Coffee mingle
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Kontakt: Maria Basova
E-post: maria.basova@aces.su.se