Earth and Planetary Surface Processes



2025 ProposalFrom Bedrock to Treetop: Hillslope Processes, Weathering, and the Evolution of the Critical Zone Across Scales
Primary Convener:  William Struble, University of Houston, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
Conveners:  Brooke Hunter, Appalachian State University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Boone, NC, United States, Sarah Jonathan, Pennsylvania State University, State College, United States, Danica L Roth, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States and Nancy Weinheimer, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Nancy Weinheimer, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States


AI enabled detection and warning of landslide hazard and community risk
Primary Convener:  Sansar Raj Meena, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
Conveners:  Filippo Catani, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Mr. Aadityan Sridharan, PhD, Department of Physics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India, Kollam, India, Hemalatha Tirugnanam, Amrita University, Kollam, India and Xiaochuan Tang, CDUT Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China


AI-Driven Solutions for Sustainable Sediment Transport: Bridging Science, Engineering, and Innovation
Primary Convener:  Jennifer Guohong Duan, University of Arizona, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Ehab A Meselhe, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States, Xiaofeng Liu, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States and Kimberly M Hill, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States


Advances in Debris Flow Science: Observations, Modeling, and Beyond
Primary Convener:  Lauren Guido, Colorado School of Mines, Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States; U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, United States
Conveners:  Lonneke Roelofs, Utrecht University, Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands, Luke McGuire, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, United States and Alexander Gorr, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Maryn Antoinette Sanders, University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States


Advances in Weather Modification and Regional Hydroclimate Intervention
Primary Convener:  Youssef Wehbe, National Center of Meteorology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Conveners:  Alya Al Mazrouei, UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Raha Hakimdavar, Georgetown University, Washington, United States, Roelof Burger, North-West University, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Mahikeng, South Africa and Ahmad AlKamali, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, RG6, United Kingdom
Student/Early Career Convener:  Hamda Al Hosani, National Center of Meteorology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


Aeolian Processes on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies
Primary Convener:  Madeline Margaret Kelley, Department of Ecology State of Washington, Coastal Monitoring & Analysis Program, Olympia, WA, United States
Conveners:  Joel B Sankey, USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States and Pei Zhang, Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, United States


Better Together: The Power Of International Collaborations In Geomorphology
Primary Convener:  Suzanne P Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder, Earth Science and INSTAAR, Boulder, United States
Convener:  Takashi Oguchi, University of Tokyo, Center for Spatial Information Science, Bunkyo-ku, Japan


Beyond the Map: Integrating Agentic AI, Immersive Visualization, and Cloud-Native Workflows to Democratize Earth Science Data
Primary Convener:  Lorraine Tighe, ESRI, Redlands, CA, United States
Conveners:  David R Soller, USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, Ionuț Șandric, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania and Xan Fredericks, US Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Walid Ouaret, Geospatial Analysis Center, Department of Geography, Miami University, Oxford, United States


Biosphere–Atmosphere Interactions Across Scales: Emissions, Chemistry, and Responses to a Changing Earth
Primary Convener:  Hui Wang, University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States
Conveners:  Qindan Zhu, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, United States, Yingnan Zhang, University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, United States, Quazi Ziaur Rasool, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Erin F. Katz, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States


Bridging Human and Earth Systems: Modelling approaches, Challenges, and Opportunities
Primary Convener:  Nicolas Maxfield, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, Environmental Sciences Initiative, New York, United States
Conveners:  Hussain Haider Bokhari, Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center, Environmental Sciences Initiative, New York, United States, Columba Martínez Espinosa, Institut de recherche de la Tour Du Valat, Arles, France and Mengye Chen, University of Oklahoma, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Norman, United States


Calibrating 30 Years of Optical Land Cover History with Modern Radar to Track Agribusiness in the Caatinga, Brazil
Primary Convener:  Leticia Vieira da Silva, Smith College, Northampton, MA, United States
Convener:  Leticia Vieira da Silva, Smith College, Northampton, MA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Leticia Vieira da Silva, Smith College, Northampton, MA, United States


Coastal Geomorphology and Morphodynamics
Primary Convener:  Dr. Emily A Elliott, University of Alabama, New College & Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, United States
Conveners:  Stephanie M Patch, University of South Alabama, Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering, Mobile, United States and Eve R. Eisemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Marnie Bryant, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States


Coastal Processes in the Great Lakes: Onshore-Offshore Links in Hydrodynamics, Sedimentary Processes, Morphodynamics, and Coastal Change
Primary Convener:  Phillipe Alan Wernette, Michigan State University, Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States
Conveners:  Daniel Robert Blake, Ohio Geological Survey, Delaware, OH, United States, Elizabeth George, University of Waterloo, Windsor, Canada and Hazem Abdelhady, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, United States


Cross-Scale Sediment Modeling and Prediction: Integrating Physics-Based, Data-Driven, and Hybrid Modeling
Primary Convener:  Xiaofeng Liu, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Roberto Fernández, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States, Chaopeng Shen, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States and Roman A DiBiase, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States


Earth Surface Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle
Primary Convener:  Layla Ghazi, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Wilmington, NC, United States
Conveners:  Katherine Grant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States and Haolin Zhou, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Fan Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Earth Science, Santa Barbara, United States


Ecohydraulics and Ecomorphodynamics: Biophysical Interactions in Natural and Engineered Aquatic Systems
Primary Convener:  Dr. Chien-Yung Tseng, PhD, Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States
Conveners:  Matthew John Czapiga, Tulane University of Louisiana, River-Costal Science and Engineering, New Orleans, United States, Dr. Jiarui Lei, National University of Singapore, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Singapore, Singapore and Jorge Emilio San Juan, North Carolina State University, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Raleigh, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ernie In Him Lee, MIT, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, United States


Environmental Radionuclide Tracing and Transport in a Changing Nuclear Era: Prediction, Risk, Remediation, and Biogeochemical Insights spanning Earth systems
Primary Convener:  Dr. Yasunori Igarashi, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Conveners:  Haruko M Wainwright, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, United States, Kenneth Hurst Williams, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, United States and Aya Sakaguchi, University of Tsukuba, Center for Research in Radiation, Isotopes and Earth System Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan


Fine-grained dispersal systems: sediment transport mechanics, morphologic expressions, depositional patterns, and climate impact
Primary Convener:  Judy Qingjun Yang, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Conveners:  Hongbo Ma, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana and Champaign, United States, Ian C Bourg, Princeton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, Andrew J Manning, HR Wallingford Ltd, Coasts & Oceans Group, Wallingford, United Kingdom; Plymouth University, School of Biological & Marine Sciences, Plymouth, United Kingdom and Daniel R Parsons, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, United Kingdom


Fluvial Dynamics, Sediment Transport, and Landscape Evolution in Mountain Ranges
Primary Convener:  Emma Lodes, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Julia C. Carr, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, Alexander Neely, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ, United States and Andrew D Wickert, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, United States


Forest microclimates and land-atmosphere interactions for climate adaptation
Primary Convener:  Sara Alibakhshi, Technical University of Munich, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Munich, Germany
Conveners:  Carlos Alberto Silva, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, United States, Rubén Valbuena, Professor, Department of Forest Resource Management; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden, Xiao Xiang Zhu, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany and Roger S Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Felicia Akinyemi, Associate Professor/Docent in Geomatics/Habil in Remote Sensing & Integrative Geography,Karlstads Universitet/Karlstad University (KAU), Karlstads, Sweden and Jonas Lembrechts, Professor Ecological Scaling Ecology & Biodiversity Kruyt - N309 - Utrecht University the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands


From the Alps to Tibet to the Cordillera: Comparing Deep Structure, Surface Processes, and Climate–Tectonic Coupling in Orogens
Primary Convener:  Feng Cheng, Peking University, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Giulio Viola, University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Bologna, Italy, Andrew V Zuza, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, United States and Sarah George, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Geosciences, Norman, United States


Geophysical Granular Flows and Sediment Transport: Bridging Grain-Scale Mechanics and Continuum Modeling
Primary Convener:  Dr. Lu Jing, Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Kimberly M Hill, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Yue Meng, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States and Qiong Zhang, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  PJ Zrelak, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom


Glacially Driven Landscape Evolution: From Subglacial Processes to Downstream Systems
Primary Convener:  Shanti Bhattacharya Penprase, Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Hanover, NH, United States
Conveners:  Natasha Morgan-Witts, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, United States, Dougal Hansen, Washington University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States and Marion McKenzie, Colorado School of Mines, Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Lucille Baker-Stahl, University of Houston, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, United States; Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States


Graphite from Source to Supply Chain: Geoscience, Resources, and Energy Applications in the Critical Minerals Era
Primary Convener:  Kusali R Gamage Sooriarachchi, Austin Community College, Austin, TX, United States
Convener:  Chammi Miller, Nova IntegraSci LLC, Carlsbad, United States


Hidden Ice: Subsurface Processes in Terrestrial and Planetary Cryospheres
Primary Convener:  Stefano Nerozzi, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Alicia M Rutledge, Northern Arizona University, Astronomy and Planetary Science, Flagstaff, United States and Tyler Meng, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Michael Daniel, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States and Roberto Aguilar, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States


Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning for Ecosystem and Earth Sciences
Primary Convener:  Licheng LIU, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
Conveners:  Zhenong Jin, Peking University, The Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Beijing, China, Kaiyu Guan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, United States, Youmi Oh, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Minneapolis, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Fenghui Yuan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, St. Paul, United States


Land Surface Hazards Across Landscapes: Linking Triggers, Processes, and Consequences
Primary Convener:  Brian J Yanites, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, IN, United States and Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH)
Conveners:  Stratis Karantanellis, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, United States, Daniel E Horton, Northwestern University, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Evanston, IL, United States, Ellen Knappe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States, Ann Sinclair, Northwestern University, Earth, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences, Evanston, IL, United States and Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH)


Landscape evolution and interactions among tectonic, climatic, and geodynamic processes
Primary Convener:  Tamara Aránguiz Rago, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States
Conveners:  Kirsty A McKenzie, James Madison University, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Harrisonburg, VA, United States and Alison R Duvall, University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Sayan Das, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, IN, United States and Ana Pérez, Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States


Model-Driven Engineering Geology: From Site Investigation to Subsurface Systems
Primary Convener:  Stratis Karantanellis, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, United States
Conveners:  Vassilis Marinos, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Marousi Athens, Greece and Thomas Oommen, University of Mississippi, Geology and Geological Engineering, Oxford, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Stratis Karantanellis, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, United States


Morphodynamic Processes in Human-Impacted Fluvio-Lacustrine Environments
Primary Convener:  Jiyong Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Conveners:  Julian Leyland1, Leo Guerrero2,3 and Steve E Darby1, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom(2)Universidad De Ingenieria Y Tecnologia, Centro de Investigacion y Tecnologia del Agua - CITA, Lima, Peru(3)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Luca Cortese, Boston University, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston, United States


Multiscale Fate of Plastics in Aquatic Environments: Transport Pathways, Mechanisms, and Controls
Primary Convener:  Mirco Mancini, University of Florence, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florence, Italy
Conveners:  Matthias Kramer, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia, Teresa Serra, University of Girona, Department of Environmental Physics, Girona, Spain and Arianna Varrani, Institute of geophysics, Warsaw, Poland


Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) to Enhance Coastal Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
Primary Convener:  Iacopo Vona, University of Central Florida, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Orlando, FL, United States
Conveners:  Jyotismita Taye, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States and Kelly Maren Kibler, University of Central Florida, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Orlando, United States


Next‑Generation Remote Sensing and Geospatial Methods for Environmental Geoscience Applications
Primary Convener:  Kashif Mahmud, PhD, Midwestern State University, Kimbell School of Geosciences, Wichita Falls, United States
Conveners:  Kyle C Fredrick, Pennsylvania Western University - California, Biology, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, California, United States, Peder Nelson, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, Santosh K Panda, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Aaron Maxwell, West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, WV, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Md Sabbir Ahmed, Midwestern State University, Kimbell School of Geosciences, Wichita Falls, United States


Novel data, methods and applications in geomorphometry
Primary Convener:  Massimiliano Alvioli, CNR-IRPI National Research Council, Bari, Italy
Conveners:  Scott Dale Peckham, University of Colorado Boulder, INSTAAR, Boulder, United States, Corey White, North Carolina State University, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Raleigh, United States and Samantha T Arundel, United States Geological Survey, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science, Rolla, United States


Planetary Surface Processes and Evolution Across the Solar System
Primary Convener:  Claire Blaske, Stanford University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford, United States
Conveners:  Suniti Karunatillake, Louisiana State University, Geology and Geophysics, Baton Rouge, United States, Mathieu Gaetan Andre Lapotre, Stanford University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States and Dr. Ingrid Daubar, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Claire Blaske, Stanford University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford, United States


Process-Based Advances in Windblown Dust Emission: Measurement and Modelling in Susceptible Landscapes
Primary Convener:  Giles Wiggs, University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Joanna M Nield, University of Southampton, School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Southampton, United Kingdom and Robert Bryant, University of Sheffield, School of Geography and Planning, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Student/Early Career Convener:  Natasha Wallum, University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, United Kingdom


River Deltas: Observing, Modeling, and Predicting Natural and Anthropogenic Changes
Primary Convener:  Alexandra Christensen, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Suborbital Radar Science and Engineering, Pasadena, United States
Conveners:  Yiyang Xu, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States, Jaap Nienhuis, Utrecht University, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands, Christopher R Esposito, Tulane University of Louisiana, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, United States and Madeline Foster-Martinez, University of New Orleans, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Orleans, LA, United States


River-Floodplain Dynamics: Linking Geomorphic Processes in Pristine and Recovered Systems
Primary Convener:  Lorenzo Innocenti, University of Florence, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florence, Italy
Conveners:  Anna E Marshall, University of Tennessee, Geography & Sustainability, Knoxville, United States, Ryan R Morrison, Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States and Elisabetta Persi, University of Pavia, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Pavia, Italy


Tracking Geomorphic Change and Human Impacts in Freshwater Systems through Remote Sensing, Data Fusion, and AI
Primary Convener:  Rafael J. P. Schmitt, University of California Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Conveners:  Simone Bizzi, University of Padova, Padova, Italy and Elizabeth Webb, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, United States


Unmanned Aerial Systems - Geoscience Research Platforms for the 21st century
Primary Convener:  Misha Krassovski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Convener:  Daryl Yang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States


When Information Is Power: Women Advancing Environmental Justice Decision-Making
Primary Convener:  Rachel Iweka, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
Conveners:  Shorna Broussard Allred, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Geography and Environment, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Rashmi Krishnan, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; University of California, Berkeley, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Berkeley, United States


Wildfire effects on surface processes and hazards: from hillslopes to continents
Primary Convener:  Paul Richardson, California Geological Survey, Redding, CA, United States
Conveners:  David Cavagnaro, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, United States, Matthew A. Thomas, USGS, Golden, United States and Amy E East, U.S. Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Lauren Guido, Colorado School of Mines, Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States