Human Perspectives on Water in the West: Past, Present, & Future

The Pacific Climate Workshop (PACLIM) is a multidisciplinary workshop that broadly addresses the climatic phenomena occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean and western North America. The purpose of the workshop is to understand climate effects in this region by bringing together specialists from diverse fields including physical, social, and biological sciences. Time scales from weather to the Quaternary are addressed in oral and poster presentations. We welcome oral and poster presentations on the years theme and as always welcome presentations (oral and poster)  related to the general theme of climate and the Pacific. The meeting is held every other year.

Visit the PACLIM 2025 website for full details. 

Keynote Speakers:

• Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute, for the Kelly Redmond Memorial Lecture (Sunday)

• Rosanna Xia, author of “California Against the Sea” (Monday)

• Native Like Water group (Tuesday)

Invited Speakers:

• Ken Adams, Desert Research Institute (retired)

• Jay Alder, USGS

• Alida Cantor, Portland State University

• John Chiang, UC Berkeley

• Justin Huntington, Desert Research Institute

• Sophia Macarewich, National Center for Atmospheric Research

• Anne Wein, USGS