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Session Proposal: Discoveries and Emerging Topics in the Atmospheric Biome (AGU25)

GH014
Discoveries and Emerging Topics in the Atmospheric Biome

Session ID#: 246961

Session Description:
Bioaerosols are atmospheric aerosol particles derived from myriad sources in the Earth System, including viruses, bacteria, fungal spores, pollen, and other plant fragments. They vary in size and shape, composition and cloud-influencing abilities, and emission source. In addition to potential climate and atmospheric impacts, many bioaerosols impact human health via inhalation. These dominantly organic particles have been challenging to identify in the atmosphere, although interest in their atmospheric transport and fate is burgeoning. Bioaerosols may be altered by, and in turn alter, physical or chemical atmospheric processes, leading to a unique biome of organic particles in the atmosphere. This session was inspired by a recent Bioaearosols in the Earth System workshop to identify interdisciplinary frontiers. It will focus on observational and modeling studies of all types of bioaerosols, their interactions, fate in the atmosphere, socio-environmental impacts, and frontier research questions interconnecting Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, Biogeosciences, and GeoHealth.
Index Terms:

0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
0426 Biosphere/atmosphere interactions [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
3322 Land/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener:  Morgan E. Gorris, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
Conveners:  Allison L Steiner, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Kathleen C Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, United States and Behzad Ghanbarian, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Arlington, United States
 
Bioaerosols in the Earth System: Research Gaps and Frontiers (Invited) (1852563)
Allison C Aiken, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Sonia M Kreidenweis, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, Kathleen C Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, United States and Bioaerosol Workshop Participants
 
Comparative Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes, Heavy Metals, and Microbial Communities in Springtime PM2.5 During Asian Dust and Non-Dust Periods in Seoul, Republic of Korea (1888975)
Jeonghyeon Lim, EWHA Womens University, Seoul, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA, Sookyung Kang, Soongsil University, Chemical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea and Kyung-Suk Cho, Ewha Womans University, Environmental Science & Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
A Novel Air Sampler Evaluation for Drone Optimization: Using Drones as Tools for Environmental Air Sampling (1893412)
Peter Kessinger, Colorado State University, Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Fort Collins, United States, Marina Nieto-Caballero, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, Thomas Christopher James Hill, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, Mark Hernandez, University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States, Angela Bosco-Lauth, Colorado State University, Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins, United States and Sheryl Magzamen, Colorado State University, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Fort Collins, United States
 
Evidence of local aerosol dispersion of diverse genotypes of the soil-borne fungal pathogen Coccidioides posadasii (causative agent of Valley fever) from single hot spot in Arizona: First step in linking infections to environment. (1913986)
Daniel Kollath1, Nathan Stone2, Jason Sahl2, Amelia Stout3, Marieke Ramsey2, David Wagner2, Bridget Barker2, Pierre Herckes4 and Matthew P Fraser1, (1)Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Flagstaff, United States, (3)Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States, (4)Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences, Tempe, United States
 
The Characterization of the Airborne Microbiome: Bridging Atmospheric Sciences and Microbial Ecology (Invited) (1916141)
Barbara Ervens1, Pierre Amato2, Muriel Joly1, Leslie Nuñez López1 and Frédéric Mathonat2, (1)University Clermont Auvergne, ICCF, CNRS, Clermont-Ferrand, France, (2)University Clermont Auvergne, LMGE, CNRS, Clermont-Ferrand, France
 
Diel Variation in the Taxonomic and Functional Composition of a Dryland Aeromicrobiome (1957646)
Alexi Besser1, Jon Lima-Zaloumis1,2, Rachael Lappan3,4, James Andrew Bradley5,6, Jacqueline Goordial7, Chris Greening3,8, Heather Throop1,9 and Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert1, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States, (2)Amentum at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States, (3)Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, (4)School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, (5)School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, (6)Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France, (7)School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (8)Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, (9)School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States
 
A Brief History of Bioaerosol Sampling for Atmospheric Investigations: From Early Achievements to Future Prospects (1968584)
Gediminas Mainelis, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, United States
 
Beyond Particles: Wildfire Smoke Delivers Disease-Causing Fungal Pathogens Validated in Mouse Models (1978944)
Leda Kobziar1, Phinehas Lampman1, Krista Bonfantine1, Jason Smith2, Zifan Zhao2, Nicolas Anger2, Ashish Adhikari2, Sam Fox1, David C. Vuono3, Johanna Aurell4, Brian Gullett4, Karen Garrett2, Olivia Lampman1, Michael Remke5 and Borna Mehrad2, (1)University of Idaho, Moscow, United States, (2)University of Florida, Gainesville, United States, (3)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (4)US Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, Durham, United States, (5)New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, United States
 
The Role of Sampler Type and Environmental Humidity on Biological Ice Nucleation (1998972)
Kevin Robert Barry1, Marina Nieto-Caballero2, Kristin Rugh3, Emily Kraus3, Mark Hernandez4 and Sonia M Kreidenweis1, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (3)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States
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