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Session Proposal: Exploring the Aeromicrobiome: Advances in Sampling, Modeling, and Understanding Microbial Roles in Atmospheric Processes (AGU25)

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Exploring the Aeromicrobiome: Advances in Sampling, Modeling, and Understanding Microbial Roles in Atmospheric Processes

Session ID#: 251622

Session Description:
This session invites contributions that advance our understanding of one of Earth’s largest and least understood microbial ecosystems, the atmospheric microbiome. We welcome studies focused on: (1) Sources, dispersal, and viability of airborne microorganisms; (2) Microbial processes in the atmosphere, including nutrient cycling, metabolic pathways, and adaptation mechanisms; (3) Microbe-atmosphere interactions, encompassing cloud processes, weather and climate feedback mechanisms, and implications to atmospheric chemistry. This session invites research based on observational, experimental, modeling, and theoretical approaches. Longitudinal studies that explore the dynamics of microorganisms in the atmosphere are especially encouraged.
Index Terms:

0410 Biodiversity [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0426 Biosphere/atmosphere interactions [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0452 Instruments and techniques [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0456 Life in extreme environments [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
Primary Convener:  Saira Hamid, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Convener:  Vernon R Morris, Arizona State University, Associate Dean, New College ASU West, Tempe, AZ, United States
 
Air Microbiome Shifts Following Natural Disaster Hurricane Helene (1974134)
Kimberly Metris, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States and Creative Inquiry Student Team: I Andrews, K Board, G Gardiner, A Harrington, K McCarthy, C Munter, L Poyck
 
Presence of Aerosolized and Aquatic Halophiles Confirmed via Halobacteria-Specific Primers (1978439)
Nicole Drucker, Colin Cody, Matthew Rutter and Matthew E Rhodes, College of Charleston, Biology, Charleston, United States
 
What Makes an Atmosphere Habitable? (Invited) (1988898)
Diana Gentry, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
 
The Atmosphere: A Living, Breathing Ecosystem? (Invited) (1866846)
Rachael Lappan1,2, Alexi Besser3, Jon Lima-Zaloumis3, Elisse Magnuson4, Eloi Martinez-Rabert5, Laura Molares Moncayo5,6, Jordan Thakar4, James Andrew Bradley5,6, Jacqueline Goordial4, Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert3 and Chris Greening1,7, (1)Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, (2)School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States, (4)School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (5)Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France, (6)School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, (7)Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
 
Life in the Clouds of Venus? (Invited) (1897709)
Sanjay S Limaye, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
 
Early Cloud Microbiology at Whiteface Mountain (1950224)
Sara Lombardo1, Archana Tripathy2, Sridar V Chittur3, Paul Casson4, Andrew Hayden3, Marcy L Kuentzel3, Kathleen DeMarle5, Rudra Patel5, Lily P. Hammond5, Scott McKim6, Jim Schlemmer5, Sara Lance7,8 and Archana Tripathy: University at Albany State University of New York, (1)University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, NY, United States, (2)SUNY at Albany, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Albany, United States, (3)University at Albany State University of New York, Center for Functional Genomics, Albany, United States, (4)University at Albany State University of New York, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Albany, United States, (5)University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, United States, (6)SUNY at Albany, Albany, United States, (7)SUNY Albany, Albany, United States, (8)University at Albany State University of New York, University at Albany, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Albany, United States
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