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Session Proposal: Advancing Critical Zone Science Across Sites, Scales, and Systems (AGU25)

H026
Advancing Critical Zone Science Across Sites, Scales, and Systems

Session ID#: 252218

Session Description:
The Critical Zone (CZ)—the near-surface layer of the Earth that supports terrestrial life—encompasses complex interactions among rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms. Understanding CZ processes requires interdisciplinary approaches and observations that span spatial and temporal scales. This session welcomes contributions from researchers studying the CZ at individual sites, through watershed-scale investigations, or across networks. We encourage submissions that explore linkages between physical, chemical, and biological processes; integrate field data with modeling; or advance understanding of CZ evolution, resilience, and/or response to environmental change. Studies from diverse landscapes and socio-environmental contexts are also encouraged, as are efforts that reflect novel instrumentation, cross-site comparisons, or synthesis work. By bringing together researchers across disciplines and regions, this session aims to highlight the breadth of CZ science.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1402 - Critical Zone [CRITICAL ZONE]
1830 Groundwater/surface water interaction [HYDROLOGY]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Elizabeth W Boyer, Penn State University, University Park, United States
Conveners:  Delphis F Levia Jr, University of Delaware, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, Bhavna Arora, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States and Jeffrey S Munroe, Middlebury College, Earth and Climate Sciences, Middlebury, VT, United States
 
On the Factors that Determines Buffering Effect of Mountainous Forested Catchments: An Analysis on the Multiple Catchments across Japan (1844976)
Hiroki Momiyama1, Tomo'omi Kumagai2, Takanori Shimizu1, Toshio Abe1, Hosoda Ikuhiko3, Sho Iwagami1, Shin’ichi Iida4, Naoki Kabeya5, Tayoko Kubota1, Ushio Kurokawa5, Tomoki Oda1, Shinji Sawano4 and Koji Tamai1, (1)Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Department of Disaster Prevention, Meteorology and Hydrology, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, (3)Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Kansai Research Center, Kyoto, Japan, (4)Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Center, Sapporo, Japan, (5)Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Kyushu Research Center, Kumamoto, Japan
 
Atmospheric controls on methane flux estimates in northern peatlands using eddy covariance and multi-site LSTM modeling (1845944)
Raymond J. Hess1, Himadri Shekhar1, Xavier Comas2, Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis1 and Lee D Slater1,3, (1)Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States, (2)Florida International University, Earth and Environment, Miami, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy and Environment Directorate, Richland, United States
 
Imaging the Structure and Wet-Season Water Content of the Brazilian Cerrado Using Geophysics (1862057)
Joao Maimoni Ferro1, Kristina Keating2, Caio Reis Costa Mattos3,4, Joaquin Cambeiro2, Andres Ospina Parra2, Ana Paula da Silva Faggiani5, Marina Hirota3 and Ying Fan6, (1)Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States, (2)Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States, (3)Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Physics, Florianopolis, Brazil, (4)Princeton University, Brazil LAB, Princeton, United States, (5)Trent University, Environmental and Life Sciences, Peterborough, Canada, (6)Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, United States
 
Welding bark ecology and stemflow hydrodynamics for smarter, bark-contemplative green infrastructure (1864972)
Delphis F Levia Jr, University of Delaware, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, Gabriel George Katul, Duke University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, United States, Amirreza Meydani, University of Delaware, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, Kazuki Nanko, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan, Dr. Chuan Yuan, PhD., Southwest University, Chongqing Jinfo Mountain Karst Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Chongqing, China, Dr. Yafeng Zhang, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Pilar Llorens, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, Bavand Keshavarz, Duke University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Durham, United States and Michael P Bruen, Dooge Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
 
A ModEx Framework for Watershed Subsurface Investigation with Limited Geophysical Data Using Machine Learning and Hydrologic Modeling (1906974)
Dr. Hang Chen1,2, Chunwei Chou3, Robin Thibaut4 and Yuxin Wu4, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
 
Measuring loess’s impacts on Critical Zone hydrology, geochemistry, and topography (1913747)
Rachel E Breunig1, Ken Ferrier2 and Michael A Cardiff1, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geoscience, Madison, United States
 
Mechanisms Underlying Near-Universal Export Patterns of Dissolved Carbon from Land to Rivers (1915409)
Bryn Stewart, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Li Li, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States
 
To what extent does preferential flow regulate soil organic carbon depth distributions and processing across diverse environments? (1924482)
Caitlin Mayernik1, Matthias Sprenger2,3, Bonan Li4, Sharon A Billings5, Rachel Keen6, Micah Unruh7, Karla M Jarecke8, Daniel Hirmas9, Hoori Ajami10, Alejandro N Flores11, Jesse B Nippert12, Kamini Singha13, Li Li14 and Pamela L Sullivan4, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, United States, (4)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, (5)University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, Lawrence, KS, United States, (6)University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, University of Kansas, United States, (7)University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, Lawrence, United States, (8)University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Geography, Boulder, United States, (9)Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock, TX, United States, (10)University of California, Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, Riverside, United States, (11)Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States, (12)Kansas State University, Biology, Manhattan, United States, (13)Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, (14)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States
 
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Keira Johnson1, KathiJo Jankowski2, Joanna Carey3, Lienne Sethna4, Daniel J Conley5, Jessica Corman6, Elizabeth Elmstrom7, Lauren Koenig8, Nicole M M Fernandez9, Zanchenling Wang10, Tao Wen11 and Pamela L Sullivan1, (1)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, (2)USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, United States, (3)Babson College, Math, Analytics, Science and Technology Division, Wellesley, United States, (4)Science Museum of Minnesota, St Paul, United States, (5)Lund University, Department of Geology, Lund, Sweden, (6)University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, United States, (7)Marine Biological Laboratory, Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole, United States, (8)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Troy, NY, United States, (9)Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, (10)Syracuse University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse, United States, (11)Syracuse University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse, NY, United States
 
Estimating Hydrogeological Parameters for Determining the Water Storage and Discharge of a Bofedal Wetland in the Peruvian Central Andes (1931766)
Clay Mosolino1, Joaquin Cambeiro2, Jasper Oshun3, Margaret M Lang4 and Kristina Keating2, (1)Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, California, UNITED STATES, (2)Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States, (3)Arizona State University, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Tempe, United States, (4)Humboldt State Univ, Arcata, United States
 
Scaling Insights Across Critical Zone Interfaces in Intensively Managed Landscapes: Findings from the Critical Interface Network (CINet) Project (Invited) (1935035)
Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States; Prairie Research Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States, Allison Eva Goodwell, Prairie Research Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, United States and CINet: Critical Interface Network in Intensively Managed Landscapes
 
Historic and anthropogenic soil legacies shape contemporary and future critical zone biogeochemistry (1944244)
Shreeram P Inamdar1, Eric Moore2, Marc Peipoch3, Jinjun Kan3, Mohammed Moklesur Rahman2, Matthew G Sena2, Bisesh Joshi4, Alexis Yaculak2, Dorothy Merritts5, Robert C. Walter5 and Joseph George Galella6, (1)University of Delaware, Water Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States, (2)University of Delaware, Plant & Soil Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, (3)Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA, United States, (4)University of Delaware, Water Science and Policy Program, Newark, United States, (5)Franklin & Marshall College, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and The Chesapeake Watershed Initiative, Lancaster, United States, (6)University of Delaware, Plant & Soil Sciences, Newark, United States
 
Modelling basin-scale hydrological impacts of replacing summer fallow with continuous cropping in a cold, water-limited region (1956248)
Lijie Guo1, Warren Helgason1, Zhihua He2 and Xing Fang3, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (2)University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (3)University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Canmore, AB, Canada
 
Assessing Stem Diameter Variations as a Result of Changes in Atmospheric Moisture and Stemflow Dynamics: Application of a Novel Dendrometer Device to Monitor Internal and External Bark Swelling (1959083)
Max Arnold, Mississippi State University, Forestry, Mississippi State, United States, Courtney M Siegert, Mississippi State University, Department of Forestry, Starkville, United States, Adam Polinko, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, United States and Asia Dowtin, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
 
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Biogeochemical nutrient cycling in the critical zone: insights from giant sequoia trees and neodymium isotopes (1975363)
Stephen Oni1, Clifford S Riebe2, Sarah M Aarons3, Claire E Lukens4,5, Eric Siciliano Rego6, Yi-Wei Liu7 and Emma Ling6, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (4)University of Wyoming, Life and Environmental Sciences, Laramie, United States, (5)University of California Merced, Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, United States, (6)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States, (7)Institute of Earth Sciences Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
 
Disrupted Pathways: Stemflow Loss and Groundwater Biogeochemistry in Ghost Forests (1986611)
Robyn C O'Halloran, University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, Samantha Chittakone, University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, United States, Ryan Kim, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, Elizabeth W Boyer, Penn State University, University Park, United States, Holly A Michael, University of Delaware, Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, Yu-Ping (Yo) Chin, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, Delphis F Levia Jr, University of Delaware, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States and Elizabeth Boyer
 
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Fausto Machado Silva1, Roberta Bittencourt Peixoto1, Michael N Weintraub1, Nicholas D Ward2, Peter Regier3, Patrick Megonigal4, Stephanie J Wilson4, Ben P Bond-Lamberty5, Stephanie C Pennington5, Roy Rich4, Edward J O'Loughlin6, Ken M Kemner6, Kennedy O Doro1, Shan B Pushpajom Thomas1, Evan Phillips4, Evangelos Grammenidis1, Kaizad F. Patel3, Kenton Alan Rod3, Teri O'Meara7, Benjamin N Sulman8, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard3, Inke Forbrich1, Vanessa L Bailey3 and , (1)University of Toledo, Department of Environmental Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sequim, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (4)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, United States, (5)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, United States, (6)Argonne National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Argonne, United States, (7)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge, United States, (8)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States
 
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