In Beijing: Meetings on global change, monsoon meteorology, and 
impact of climate change on agriculture

The Pacific Science Association (PSA) will hold its Eighteenth 
Quadrennial Congress in Beijing, PeopleÕs Republic of China, 5Ð12 June 
1995.  It will include six symposia and a number of scientific 
conferences and workshops on the main theme of ÒPopulation, 
Resources and Environments:  Prospects and Initiatives.Ó  

One of the symposia will be on Global Climate and Environment 
Change.  In addition, the PSA Scientific Committee on Meteorology 
and Atmospheric Sciences plans to sponsor the Conference on Asia-
Pacific Monsoon Meteorology, and the Conference on Impacts of 
Climate Change on Agriculture Production in the Pacific Rim.  The 
second circular and other information of the congress will be available 
from Fu Congbin, Secretariat, PSA XVIII Congress, c/o Institute of 
Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 2718, 
Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.  Scientists in North 
America may also contact C.-P. Chang, Executive Secretary, PSA 
Scientific Committee on Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Code 
MR/Cp, Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, 
Monterey, CA  93943.