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Dear all and apologies for cross-postings, If attending the Goldschmidt conference in Paris (https://goldschmidt.info/2017/) this year, consider submitting an abstract to the session 'Improving our Understanding of Hydroclimate Variability Using Paleoclimate Records' (Session 17d in Theme Paleoclimate). Abstract submission is open until April 1st. Keynote speaker: Bronwen Konecky (CIRES, U. Colorado Boulder) Convenors: David McGee, Stacy Carolin, Charlotte Skonieczny, Enno Schefuß, Tobias Kluge, Elisabeth Eiche Session description: Records of past precipitation, temperature and vegetation patterns recorded in natural archives such as lake deposits, stalagmites, soil carbonates and marine sediments offer an opportunity to sample the climate system’s longer term variability and its response to much larger changes than we have been able to directly observe. When these records can be robustly linked to climate variables, they allow valuable tests of climate model performance outside the range of the instrumental data used to tune model parameters. They also provide test beds for theoretical expectations of large-scale patterns of atmospheric change – for example, responses to changes in global mean temperature, ocean circulation, ice cover, or the seasonal and latitudinal distribution of solar radiation. Despite the potential importance of the paleo-record, we still have a very limited view of past hydroclimate changes, due in part to limited temporal and spatial coverage and difficulties interpreting proxies for past hydroclimate variability. We invite submissions of studies aimed at using organic and inorganic paleo-records to better understand the response of precipitation patterns to climate change, either by providing new records of past hydrological variability, new tools for hydrological reconstructions, or new frameworks for multi-proxy interpretation and model comparisons. Furthermore, we strongly encourage submission of studies that combine multiple archives that allow a mutual verification of the used proxies and their interpretation as well as multi-archive studies that link climatic variability to societal impacts. We are especially interested in records of the late Quaternary but welcome studies bringing novel proxy and multi-archive approaches to hydrological changes during other time periods as well. Kindest regards, Enno -- Tel: +49-(0) 421-218-65526 https://www.marum.de/en/Enno_Schefuss.html