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Session Proposal: Tracking Environmental Consequences of Armed Conflict Across Scales and Systems (AGU25)

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Tracking Environmental Consequences of Armed Conflict Across Scales and Systems

Session ID#: 252590

Session Description:
Now in its third year, this AGU session addresses the mounting yet often under-documented environmental consequences of armed conflict. While some impacts such as forest and cropland burning or village destruction are spatially discrete and immediate, others unfold more gradually, shaped by ecological feedbacks, disruptions to environmental governance, and human decisions. This session invites contributions that employ advanced remote sensing and mixed-methods approaches to assess acute and long-term environmental effects of armed conflict on land use, hydrological systems, ecosystems and biodiversity, and atmospheric conditions. We especially welcome research that examines how conflict-related impacts propagate across interconnected Earth systems and compound with other stressors, including climate change, displacement, and involuntary immobility. The session aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue across scientific, policy, and humanitarian domains to strengthen environmental accountability and support recovery in conflict-affected regions. Presenters will be invited to contribute to a forthcoming special issue in Environmental Research Letters.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4323 Human impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener:  Jamon Van Den Hoek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)
Conveners:  Emnet Negash, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, He Yin, Kent State University, Department of Geography, Kent, United States, Iryna Dronova, University of California Berkeley, Depts. of Environmental Science, Policy & Management and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Berkeley, CA, United States and Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)
Student/Early Career Convener:  Corey Scher, Oregon State University, Geography Program, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)
 
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Gully erosion and sediment flux as impacted by the disruption of restoration interventions during the Tigray war: the case of Gumawra Village in Degu’a Tembien District, North Ethiopia (1885489)
Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes Asfaha1, Sofie Annys2, Jan Nyssen2, Hailemariam Meaza Gebregergs1, Zbelo Tesfamariam Welemaram1 and Amaury Frankl2, (1)Mekelle University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Mekelle, Ethiopia, (2)Ghent University, Department of Geography, Ghent, Belgium
 
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He Yin, Kent State University Kent Campus, Kent, OH, United States, Lina Eklund, Lund University, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund, Sweden, Jamon Van Den Hoek, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Dimah Habash, Securewheat Consultancy, Hertfordshire, St Albans, United Kingdom and Mazin Qumsiyeh, Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS), Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
 
Conflict-Driven Urban Growth and Implications for Sustainability. (1925116)
Matteo Redana1, Til Prasad Pangali Sharma2, Najibullah Kakar3, Alark Saxena4, Alder Keleman-Saxena4, Patrick Jantz1 and Anwesha Dutta5, (1)Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, United States, (2)Nepal Open University, Patan, Nepal, (3)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (4)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, United States, (5)Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway
 
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Abena Boatemaa Asare-Ansah, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, Catherine Lilian Nakalembe, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, Yash Hitesh Gadhiya, University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States and Jamon Van Den Hoek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States
 
Integrated GIS and Geochemical Approach for Assessing Conflict-Driven Soil Contamination in Ukraine (1943361)
Olena Melnyk1, Mark Chatwin Horton2, David O`Connor Sr2, Nicola Cannon2 and Maksym Solokha3, (1)Bern University of Applied Sciences, HAFL, Zollikofen, Switzerland, (2)Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, United Kingdom, (3)National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research Named after O.N. Sokolovsky”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
 
AI-Enabled Low-Carbon Reconstruction in Conflict Zones: Integrating Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Circular Economy Strategies for Environmental Recovery in Gaza (1950956)
Youssef Franci, King's College London, London, WC2R, United Kingdom and Mohit Arora, King's College London, Engineering, London, United Kingdom
 
Spectral Harbingers of Destruction: NDVI and NDBI-Based Assessment of Environmental Warfare in the Gaza Strip (1952858)
Tim Hoheneder, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, Michael W Palace, University of New Hampshire, Dept. of Earth Sciences and Earth Systems Research Center, Durham, United States, Katharine Duderstadt, University of New Hampshire, Earth Systems Research Center, Durham, NH, United States and Jeannie Sowers, University of New Hampshire, Political Science and International Affairs, Durham, United States
 
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Corey Scher, Oregon State University, Geography Program, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Jamon Van Den Hoek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States
 
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Bradyn Nordeen1, Kendall Wiggins2, Erik L Gulbranson3, Kathleen Rodrigues4, Kaisa Whittaker3, Willy Tegel5 and Marta Dominguez-Delmás6, (1)Blaine, MN, UNITED STATES, (2)Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, United States, (3)Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, United States, (4)Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States, (5)University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, (6)University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
 
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Krishna Karra, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Electrical Engineering, New York, United States
 
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