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WEST YELLOWSTONE - Scientists have gathered in Mammoth Hot Springs for the Tenth Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

It's been an eventful couple of days with one of the topics the conference wanted to cover was talking about the current state of the ecosystem and its potential future.

"Having a place where all the scientists and educators can come together and learn about this very special place is so important," Robin Symonds said.

"All around us these things are going on and they will continue to go on and as we learn more about how all of these things interact we can understand better how to adapt to the climate change," Don Despain.

Adapting to climate change is one of the bigger topics being discussed at this year's conference. In fact, Wyoming state climatologist Steve Gray was a keynote speaker on Tuesday, giving everyone a picture of just how our climate is changing.

"The changes that we might expect in the future are not likely to be things that are straightforward or easy to predict and we're very likely to get surprised by how those changes play out. But then at the same time, we can handle that. We can handle this complexity or this uncertainty that comes along with a big issue like climate change," Gray said.

Climate change will continue to be a big topic here at the conference this week and for years to come.

The events in Mammoth will continue through Wednesday afternoon when the conference will come to a conclusion. The next schedule for the conference will be two years from now in 2012.

Forty seven papers and more than 20 posters will be presented by academic researchers and land managers from across the United States. The conference is open to the public, and registration is required.

You can read more about the conference on their website.