Global Environmental Change



AI for Methane: Physics‑Informed and Data‑Driven Approaches to Emissions Modelling across Natural and Anthropogenic Systems
Primary Convener:  Orhun Aydin, Saint Louis University, Earth, Environmental and Geospatial Science, Saint Louis, United States
Conveners:  Wenwen Li, Arizona State Univ, School of Geographical Science and Urban Planning, Tempe, United States and James Tinjum, University of Wisconsin Madison, College of Engineering, Madison, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Orhun Aydin, Saint Louis University, Earth, Environmental and Geospatial Science, Saint Louis, United States


AI-Ensemble Modeling of Weather Extremes on Agricultural Production Systems
Primary Convener:  Dr. Christiana Funmilola Olusegun, PhD, Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States
Conveners:  Prateek Sharma, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States and Bruno Basso, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States


Advance in Remote Sensing and Modeling of Trees and Forest Ecosystems
Primary Convener:  Yuan Yao, School of Biological Sciences, Center for Earth Observation and Modeling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States
Conveners:  Xinyuan Li1, Dafeng Zhang2, Baihong Pan3 and Xiangming Xiao3, (1)University of Maryland, College Park, United States(2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States(3)School of Biological Sciences, Center for Earth Observation and Modeling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States


Advances In Food Security And Climate Resilience In High-Income Settings: Integrating Environmental, Climate, And Socioeconomic Data For Decision-Making
Primary Convener:  Sara Sadri, University of Prince Edward Island, Climate Change and Adaptation, Charlottetown, PE, Canada
Convener:  Nathaniel Newlands, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Science and Technology Branch, Ottawa, ON, Canada


Advances for Measuring and Modeling Food System Resilience
Primary Convener:  Kyle Frankel Davis, University of Delaware, Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States
Convener:  Lorenzo Rosa, Carnegie Institution for Science Stanford, Stanford, United States


Advances in Climate Engineering Science: Benefits, Risks, and Uncertainties
Primary Convener:  Ben Kravitz, Indiana University Bloomington, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, IN, United States
Conveners:  Brendan Clark, Rutgers University, Atmospheric Science, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Ewa Bednarz, CIRES / NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Endre Farago, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jake Chapman, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom


Advances in Ecosystem Thresholds and Critical Transitions Under Climate Change
Primary Convener:  Zheng Fu, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Shuli Niu, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Paul C Stoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Biological Systems Engineering, Madison, United States and Cheng Meng, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Biological Sciences, Norman, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Cheng Meng, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Biological Sciences, Norman, United States


Advances in Mapping and Modeling of Agricultural Land Management Practices
Primary Convener:  Tyler J Lark, Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States
Conveners:  He Yin, Kent State University, Department of Geography, Kent, United States, Nazli Z Uludere Aragon, University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, Missoula, MT, United States and Yanhua Xie, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States


Advances in Monitoring, Modeling, and Performance Assessment of Best Management Practices for Improved Watershed Management
Primary Convener:  Elmira Hassanzadeh, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines, Montreal, QC, Canada
Conveners:  Nasrin Alamdari, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States and Monireh Faramarzi, University of Alberta, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada


Advances in Understanding and Sub-Seasonal to Decadal (S2D) Predictability of High-Latitude Earth System (HLES) Changes and Impacts: Observations, Dynamical Modeling, and AI
Primary Convener:  Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States
Conveners:  Nicole Jeffery, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Parvathi Madathil Kooloth, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States and Hailong Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Richland, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Juan Tolento, University of Reading, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Reading, United Kingdom


Advances in near real-time monitoring of land changes using remote sensing: methods, applications, and challenges
Primary Convener:  Xiaojing Tang, James Madison University, School of Integrated Sciences, Harrisonburg, VA, United States
Conveners:  Robert E Kennedy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States and Pontus Olofsson, PhD, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yingtong Zhang, Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, United States


Advancing Climate Attribution Science for Extreme Events, Associated Impacts, and Applications for Climate Justice
Primary Convener:  Emily L Williams, University of California Merced, Geography, Merced, United States
Conveners:  Kristina Dahl, Climate Central, Princeton, United States, Huanping Huang, Louisiana State University, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Baton Rouge, United States and Marc J. Alessi, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, United States


Advancing Community-Driven Nature-Based Climate Solutions
Primary Convener:  Eric Walsh, University of Idaho, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, Moscow, ID, United States
Conveners:  Bartowitz Kristina, University of Idaho, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, Moscow, ID, United States, Danielle Ignace, University of British Columbia, Forest and Conservation Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Laura Laumatia, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Aiyana James, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Natural Resources, Plummer, United States


Advancing Global Imaging Spectroscopy and Thermal Infrared Measurements: ECOSTRESS, EMIT, and EAGLE
Primary Convener:  David R Thompson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Conveners:  Kerry Cawse-Nicholson, K. Dana Chadwick and Michelle M Gierach, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States


Advancing Global-to-Local Modeling Frameworks to Improve Management of Hydrologic Extremes
Primary Convener:  Michelle Hummel, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
Conveners:  Adnan Rajib, University of Texas at Arlington, H2I Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, Arlington, United States and Hua Zhang, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Corpus Christi, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Shihab Hossain Saran, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States


Advancing Representation of Urban Processes and Dynamics in Models Across Scales
Primary Convener:  TC Chakraborty, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
Conveners:  Chenghao Wang, University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology; Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, OK, United States, Keer Zhang, Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, United States, Huidong Li, Vanderbilt University, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Nashville, United States and Song Jiang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yifan Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States


Advancing Sustainable Agriculture: Water Use, Irrigation, and Climate Change
Primary Convener:  John Uponi, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
Conveners:  Aarti Arora, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, Hanan Abou Ali, University of Delaware, Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States and Afia Sarwar, University of Delaware, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States


Advancing Understanding of Irrigation Practices and Impacts in the AI and Cloud Computing Era
Primary Convener:  Yanhua Xie, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States
Conveners:  Landon Marston, Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, United States, Tyler J Lark, Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States and Nishan Bhattarai, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States


Advancing hazard and disaster science with AI/ML and emerging Earth observation missions
Primary Convener:  He Yin, Kent State University Kent Campus, Kent, OH, United States
Conveners:  Navneet Kumar, National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, Vijayawada, India, Hannah G Pankratz, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, United States and Jamon Van Den Hoek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States


Agricultural Decision-Making Under Environmental Uncertainty: Behavior, Adaptation, and Policy Design
Primary Convener:  You Wu, University of Maryland College Park, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  Donald J Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, United States, Ximing Cai, University of Illinois, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States, Xuesong Zhang, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, United States and Xin-Zhong Liang, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science & Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States


Agriculture, Air Quality, Nitrogen Cycle, and Climate Connections
Primary Convener:  Da Pan, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, United States
Conveners:  Ilana Pollack, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder & NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Genevieve Plant, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Amos P. K. Tai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Student/Early Career Convener:  Matthew Davis, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States


Assessing SRM Impacts on Ocean Systems: What Can Existing Tools Tell Us and What Do We Need Next?
Primary Convener:  David Koweek, Ocean Visions, Leesburg, VA, United States
Conveners:  Virginia Selz, Ocean Visions, Inc., Reston, VA, UNITED STATES and Kion Yaghoobzadeh, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States


Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Slowdown/Shutdown: Likelihood, Consequences, Response Options
Primary Convener:  Ken Caldeira, Gates Ventures, Kirkland, United States; Stanford University, Stanford, United States
Convener:  Dr. Mahendra Nimmakanti, PhD, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India
Student/Early Career Convener:  Lauren Moody, Stanford University, Dept. of Earth System Science, Stanford, 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


Carbon Dioxide Removal at scale: Science, technology, policy, and market
Primary Convener:  Ning Zeng, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Jessica N Cross, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, David John Beerling, University of Sheffield, Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation; School of Biosciences, Sheffield, S10, United Kingdom and Dawson Fairbanks, University of Arizona, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Tucson, AZ, United States


Carbon Intensity, Traceability, and AI in Energy Supply Chains
Primary Convener:  Wennan Long, University of Pittsburgh, The Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Conveners:  Adam R Brandt, Stanford University, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States, Joule Bergerson, University of Notre Dame, Energy Systems Engineering, Notre Dame, United States and Michael Wang, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States


Changing Heatwaves in a Warming World: Mechanisms, Predictability, Compound Risks, and Societal Impacts
Primary Convener:  Mingfang Ting, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, New York, United States
Conveners:  Radley M Horton, Columbia University, Climate School, New York, United States and Dr. Jiacan Yuan, Fudan University, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Shanghai, China
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Dmitri Kalashnikov, University of California Merced, Merced, United States and Sanketa Kadam, Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, United States


Climate Tipping Points and their Impacts
Primary Convener:  Dr. Genevieve Jay Brett, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Jennifer A. Sleeman, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States and Pierre Gentine, Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, United States


Climate change, variability and impacts in Central and South America
Primary Convener:  Laia Andreu-Hayles, ICREA at CREAF, Barcelona, Spain
Conveners:  Mathias F Vuille, University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Albany, United States, Dr. Bronwen L Konecky, Washington University in St Louis, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States and Nathan Stansell, Northern Illinois University, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, DeKalb, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Zhiqiang Lyu, SUNY Albany, Albany, New York, UNITED STATES


Coastal Ecosystems Under Change: Monitoring, Modeling, and Management
Primary Convener:  Peng Fu, Louisiana State University, AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Conveners:  Anthony Campbell, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Yaping Chen, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China and Eric Ward, NASA GSFC/UMD ESSIC, College PARK, United States


Confronting Earth System Model Trends with Observations
Primary Convener:  Tiffany Shaw, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Conveners:  Isla Simpson, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CGD Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States and Stephen Po-Chedley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Livermore, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Senne Van Loon, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States


Constraining Climate Intervention Impacts Using Observations Following Natural Analogs and Laboratory Experiments
Primary Convener:  Zachary Decker, Environmental Defense Fund Boulder, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Lili Xia, Rutgers University, Department of Environmental Sciences, New Brunswick, United States, Jonas Jägermeyr, Columbia University of New York, NYC, United States and Lala Kounta, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Gouri Anil, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, United States


Data, Methods, and Applications for Understanding Climate Impacts on Global Agriculture
Primary Convener:  Michael Foley, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan Proctor, University of British Columbia, Food and Resource Economics, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Donghoon Lee, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States; University of Manitoba, Department of Civil Engineering, Winnipeg, Canada and Peter J Huybers, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States


Data-Driven Approaches to Quantifying Climate Impacts on Human Well-Being
Primary Convener:  Christopher Callahan
Conveners:  Alexandra Heaney, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Hikari Murayama, University of California Berkeley, Energy and Resources Group, Berkeley, CA, United States, Rachel Young, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and Ivan Higuera-Mendieta, Stanford University, Stanford, United States


Deep Learning, Agentic AI, and Emerging Methods to Advance Climate Science
Primary Convener:  Donald D Lucas, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Conveners:  Duncan Watson-Parris, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Minneapolis, United States and Gemma Jayne Anderson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States


Dynamic Coastlines amidst Changing Sea Levels: Advancements in Understanding of Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Impacts
Primary Convener:  Jennifer Sue Walker, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Andra Jenn Garner, Rowan University, Department of Environmental Science, Glassboro, NJ, United States and Dr. Isabel Hong, Villanova University, Department of Geography and the Environment, Villanova, United States


Dynamics and Impacts of Hydrologic Intensification
Primary Convener:  Zhiying Li, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States
Conveners:  Corey Lesk, University of Québec in Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Andrew Feldman, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Karen King, University of Tennessee, Department of Geography and Sustainability, Knoxville, TN, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Seth R. Adelsperger, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States


Early results bearing on Phase 7 science questions from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
Primary Convener:  John P Dunne, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, United States
Conveners:  Robert Pincus, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Forrest Hoffman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Sciences & Engineering Division, Oak Ridge, United States


Earth System Predictability Across Timescales for Societal Resilience: Grand challenges and recent advancements
Primary Convener:  Jadwiga Richter, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Annarita Mariotti, NOAA, Silver Spring, United States, Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and Kate A Brauman, University of Alabama, Global Water Security Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Gabrielle Brown, Northern Vermont University, Atmospheric Sciences, Lyndonville, United States


Earth System forcing: quantifying the roles and responses of natural and anthropogenic drivers
Primary Convener:  Paul James Durack, The University of Western Australia, Oceans Institute, Perth, Australia; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Livermore, United States and CMIP Forcings Task Team
Convener:  Dr. Vaishali Naik, NOAA/ Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, United States and CMIP Forcings Task Team
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Dr. Vaishali Naik, NOAA/ Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, United States, Paul James Durack, The University of Western Australia, Oceans Institute, Perth, Australia; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Livermore, United States and CMIP Forcings Task Team


Emerging Geospatial and Data Science Approaches in Urban Studies
Primary Convener:  Dr. Ranjani Kulawardhana, PhD, Alabama A & M University, Normal, AL, United States
Conveners:  Melissa R Allen Dumas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States, Duli Chand, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Richland, WA, United States, Jiafu Mao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Sumantra Chatterjee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ruwini Rathnayaka, Alabama A&M University, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Normal, AL, United States


Emerging and Integrated Approaches for Scalable, Transparent Soil Carbon Change and GHG Flux Quantification on Working Lands
Primary Convener:  Ames Fowler, Colorado State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Fort Collins, United States and Jocelyn Lavallee
Convener:  Jocelyn Lavallee, Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, United States and Jocelyn Lavallee


Environmental Impacts, Economics, and Resilience of Electric Vehicle and Battery Critical Material Supply Chains
Primary Convener:  Pei Zhao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Senseable City Lab, Cambridge, United States
Conveners:  Shaojun Zhang, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Xin He, Aramco Americas, Detroit, United States and Elaine Buckberg, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States


Environmental Shocks, Spatial Heterogeneity, and Agricultural System Dynamics
Primary Convener:  You Wu, University of Maryland College Park, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  Donald J Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, United States, Xuesong Zhang, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, United States and Xin-Zhong Liang, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science & Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States


Establishing the scientific basis for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)
Primary Convener:  Patrick A Rafter, University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States
Convener:  Mathis Hain, University of California, Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States


Evolving Science and Applications of Landsat
Primary Convener:  David Roy, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences, and Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, MI, United States
Conveners:  Christopher S R Neigh, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Terry Sohl, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States


Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change: Coupling of Observations and Models; Integrated Attribution, Prediction and Projection; Assessment of Current and Future Hazards
Primary Convener:  Isla Simpson, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CGD Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Amy H Butler, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, United States and Kirsten Lynn Findell, NOAA, Princeton, United States


Exploring Synergies and Trade-offs in Solar-Integrated Landscapes: Agrivoltaics, Ecovoltaics, and Other Multiuse Photovoltaic Systems
Primary Convener:  Talitha Hope Neesham-McTiernan, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development and Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Noah Z Krasner, University of California Davis, Wild Energy Center; Energy and Efficiency Institute, Davis, United States, Kai Lepley, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, United States and Holly Andrews, Louisiana State University, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Nesrine Rouini, University of Arizona, School of Geography and Development, Tucson, United States


Extratropical Cyclones: Past, Present, and Future
Primary Convener:  Diana K Apoznanski, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Mackenzie Weaver, University of Pennsylvania, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, United States and Annabelle Horton, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States


Extreme Water Levels, Sea-Level Rise, and Land Subsidence: Risk Assessment and Coastal Adaptation
Primary Convener:  Yi Liu, Morgan State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States and Scientific Collaborators Dr. Denis Felikson, Dr. Lyubov A Kurkalova and Dr. Xin Zhou.
Conveners:  Lei Wang, University of Cincinnati Main Campus, Cincinnati, United States, Leila Hashemi Beni, North Carolina A & T State University, Department of Built Environment, Greensboro, United States, James G. Hunter, Morgan State University, Baltimore, United States and Scientific Collaborators Dr. Denis Felikson, Dr. Lyubov A Kurkalova and Dr. Xin Zhou.
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yuxin Yuan, University of Cincinnati Main Campus, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Scientific Collaborators Dr. Denis Felikson, Dr. Lyubov A Kurkalova and Dr. Xin Zhou.


Extreme Weather and Hydroclimatic Hazards in South Asia: From Climate Drivers to Health Impacts
Primary Convener:  Md. Shahabul Alam, University of West Florida, Civil Engineering and Construction Management, Pensacola, FL, United States
Conveners:  Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Stamford University Bangladesh, 51 Siddeswari Raod, Ramna, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saadia Hina, Government College University Faisalabad, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan and Namendra Kumar Shahi, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mostofa Kamal, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada


Fire Representations in Earth System Models and New Frontiers in Observations
Primary Convener:  Renato Kerches Braghiere, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Dani Or, ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Zürich, Switzerland, Lina Teckentrup, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia and Alexander J. Winkler, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yuchen Bai, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany


Fire-Ecosystem Interactions Under Global Environmental Changes
Primary Convener:  Huilin Huang, University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Conveners:  Mingjie Shi1, Ye Liu1, Justin Mathias2 and Samuel Flake3, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States(2)West Virginia University, Department of Biology, Morgantown, United States(3)Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Samuel Flake, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, United States


Forest Ecophysiology: Forest Physiological and Ecological Processes from Molecules to Ecosystems
Primary Convener:  Doug P Aubrey, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Athens, GA, United States
Conveners:  William M. Hammond, University of Florida, Agronomy Department, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and Daniel Patrick Beverly, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States


From Data to Societal Impacts with NISAR Applications: What is Known and What is Possible?
Primary Convener:  Elodie Macorps, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States; University of Maryland, ESSIC, College Park, United States
Conveners:  Karen An, University of California Irvine, Monrovia, United States, Shanna N. McClain, NASA Headquarters, Applied Sciences, Washington, United States and Cathleen Jones, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States


From Fields to Watersheds: AI-driven Forecasting and Prediction across Agriculture, Water Resources, and Ecosystems
Primary Convener:  Supriya Savalkar, Washington State University, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Pullman, United States
Conveners:  Jacob A Zwart, USGS Integrated Information Dissemination Division, Data Science Branch, San Francisco, United States, Kirti Rajagopalan, Washington State University, Biological Systems Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States and Anantharaman Kalyanaraman, Washington State University, EECS, Pullman, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bhupinderjeet Singh, Oregon State University / USGS Climate Adaptation Technical Services, Corvallis, United States


From Forecast to Action: Advancing Climate and Weather Science for Resilient Early Warning Systems
Primary Convener:  Joshua Ndiwa Ngaina, World Meteorological organization, Representative office for Eastern and Southern Africa,, Regional Office for Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
Conveners:  Bethwel Kipkoech Mutai, University of Nairobi, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya and Levis Muse, Kenya Meteorological Society, Nairobi, Kenya
Student/Early Career Convener:  Phoebe Ganola Atieno, University of Nairobi, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya


From Restoration to Resilience: Scaling Nature-Based Solutions in Coastal Systems
Primary Convener:  Dr. Nuno Caiola, PhD, Technology Center of Catalonia - Eurecat, Climate Solutions and Ecosystem Services, Amposta, Spain
Conveners:  Alexandre Santos, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Ciências Biológicas, Feira de Santana, Brazil and Fabiane Souza, Instituto Federal de Ciências e Tecnologia Baiano, Santa Inês, Brazil


From Streets to Streams and Seas: Tracking, Modeling, and Managing Plastic and Litter Pathways in Communities
Primary Convener:  Nazife Oruc Baci, University of Georgia, School of Environmental, Civil, Agriculture, and Mechanical Engineering, Athens, GA, United States
Conveners:  Felix Luis Santiago-Collazo, University of Georgia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Athens, United States, Matthew Willi Brand, Louisiana State University, Civil Engineering, Baton Rouge, United States and James Lofty, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany


From Theory to Ocean: Field Trials for Assessing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
Primary Convener:  Ken Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Conveners:  Greg Rau, Planetary Technologies, Dartmouth, NS, Canada and Anton Alferness, Paradigm Climate, Seattle, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Shawnee Traylor, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, United States


From Treatment to Impact: Quantifying Land Management Effectiveness for Risk Reduction and Resilient Landscapes
Primary Convener:  Taejin Park, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Conveners:  Daniel Joseph Dixon, University of California Davis, Davis, United States, Carl August Norlen, University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States and Christopher R Hakkenberg, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ivan Higuera-Mendieta, University of Chicago, Energy and Policy Institute (EPIC), Chicago, IL, United States


Generative AI in Hydrology and Interdisciplinary Environmental Research: Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges
Primary Convener:  Mewcha AMHA Gebremedhin, Florida Gulf Coast University, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Fort Myers, United States
Conveners:  Vidya Samadi, Clemson University, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Clemson, SC, United States, Nikolaos Tziolas, University of Florida, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Immokalee, United States and Elshall Ahmed S. Sr, Florida Gulf Coast University, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering, Fort Myers, United States


GeoAI and Integrative AI Modeling for Earth System Informatics and Infrastructure Resilience
Primary Convener:  Xinyue Ye, University of Alabama, Departments of Geography and Computer Science, Tuscaloosa, United States
Conveners:  L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Runlong Yu, The University of Alabama, Department of Computer Science, Tuscaloosa, United States and Yangyang Xu, Texas A&M University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, United States


GeoAI for Multi-Source Earth Observation and Environmental Monitoring
Primary Convener:  Dursun Zafer Zafer Seker, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Geomatics Engineering, Maslak, Turkey
Conveners:  Ozan Ozturk, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Department of Civil Engineering, Rize, Turkey and Abdullah Harun Incekara, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Geomatics Engineering, Tokat, Turkey


Global Change Impacts and Adaptation for Urban Resiliency
Primary Convener:  Nagendra Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Geospatial Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge, United States
Conveners:  Olufemi Omitaomu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Urban Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Fatemeh Shafiei, Spelman College, Political Science Department, Atlanta, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Guanyu Huang, Stony Brook University, Department of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook, United States


Global Planetary Boundary Layer Observatory
Primary Convener:  Joao Teixeira, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Amin R Nehrir, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M University, Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, United States and Dr. Shawn Serbin, BA, MS, PhD, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States


Global Surface Warming Patterns: Mechanisms, Impacts and Projections
Primary Convener:  Yue Dong, University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Conveners:  Malte F Stuecker, International Pacific Research Center and Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States, Shineng Hu, Duke University, Division of Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC, United States and Nicole Feldl, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States


Greenhouse and Trace Gas Fluxes from Agricultural and Managed Lands
Primary Convener:  Michael Rodriguez, University of California Merced, Department of Life & Environmental Sciences, Merced, United States
Conveners:  Francesca Mia Hopkins, University of California Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, Riverside, United States, Benjamin Runkle, University of Arkansas, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Fayetteville, AR, United States and Nidia Elisa Rojas Robles, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States


Human-Nature system interactions for a sustainable future: Concepts, Modeling, and Application
Primary Convener:  Xin Zhao, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, United States; University of Maryland College Park, Center for Global Sustainability, College Park, United States
Conveners:  Eva Sinha, Stanford University, Stanford, United States, Adam Daigneault, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States and Christopher Reyer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
Student/Early Career Convener:  Meng Luo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States


Hydroclimate and Extremes in the Western United States under a Changing Climate
Primary Convener:  Wei Zhang, Utah State University, Plants, Soils and Climate, Logan, UT, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Cenlin He, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Daniel Swain, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Davis, CA, United States and Park Williams, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, United States


Implications of climate change for global agriculture – impacts, adaptation, mitigation
Primary Convener:  Jonas Jägermeyr, Columbia University of New York, NYC, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan Winter, Dartmouth College, Department of Geography, Hanover, NH, United States, Christoph Müller, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany, Alexander C Ruane, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States and Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, United States


Innovations in Earth System Science and Engineering for the Future of Weather‑Sensitive Insurance
Primary Convener:  Dr. Lu Liu, PhD, Iowa State University, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Ames, IA, United States
Conveners:  Antonio Arenas, Iowa State University, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Ames, IA, United States, William A. Gallus Jr, Iowa State University, Dept. of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA, United States, Hong-Yi Li, Lehigh University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bethlehem, United States and Goutam Konapala, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Emmanuel Padmore Mantey, Iowa State University, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Ames, IA, United States


Integrated Organic Waste Management Strategies for Climate Mitigation, Environmental Quality, and Soil Health
Primary Convener:  Michael Rodriguez, University of California Merced, Department of Life & Environmental Sciences, Merced, United States
Conveners:  Sintana Vergara, Swarthmore College, Department of Engineering, Swarthmore, United States, Gabriel Michael Filippelli, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States and Rebecca Ryals, University of California Merced, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Gowri Somasundaram, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States


Integrated Regional Climate and Hydrodynamic Modeling of Multi-Hazard Risks in Bangladesh
Primary Convener:  Ranojit Kumar Dutta, City University Bangladesh, Department of Science and Humanities, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Convener:  Magak Adell, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KENYA
Student/Early Career Convener:  Baishakhi Das, National University, Department of Political Science, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Intelligent Agriculture: Integrating Remote Sensing, AI, and Machine Learning for Sustainable Food Systems
Primary Convener:  Endalkachew Abebe Kebede, University of Delaware, Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States
Conveners:  Bhoktear Khan, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States and Anfeng Zhu, University of Delaware, Geography and Spatial Sciences, Newark, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Amaja Mack, University of Delaware, Newark, 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–Atmosphere Interactions under Land Use and Land Cover Change: Insights from Satellite Remote Sensing, Earth System Models, and Data-Driven Approaches
Primary Convener:  Yue Li, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, United States
Conveners:  Chi Chen, Rutgers University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resource, New Brunswick, United States, Xiaojing Tang, Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, United States and Guiling Wang, University of Connecticut, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Groton, CT, United States


Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications
Primary Convener:  Gary McWilliams, NESDIS Office of LEO Observations/Science & Technology Corporation, Lanham, United States
Conveners:  Satya N Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, United States, Lihang Zhou, NOAA NESDIS, Lanham, United States and Antonia Gambacorta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States


Map Quality Assessment and Statistical Inference from Remote Sensing-based Products
Primary Convener:  Sergii Skakun, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  Pontus Olofsson, PhD, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States and Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Clark University, Geography, Worcester, MA, United States


Mapping, Monitoring, and Modeling Urban Land Transition with GeoAI
Primary Convener:  Xiaochi Qu, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States
Conveners:  Yanhua Xie, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States, Dr. Rakibul Ahasan, GISP, ESRI, Redlands, United States, Michaelmary Chukwu, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, Maryland, United States and Xilin Tang, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Design, Atlanta, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bright Andoh, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States


Marine Energy Technologies & Resource Characterization
Primary Convener:  Vincent S Neary, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States
Conveners:  Kevin A Haas, Georgia Tech Savannah, Civil Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States; Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, United States and Heather Spence, Global Research and Arts Center for Investigation and Advancement of Sustainability Solutions, Arlington, VA, United States; Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O), US Department of Energy, Washington, DC, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jiyong Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States


Methane Mitigation: Novel Approaches to Reduce Methane Emissions and Remove Atmospheric Methane
Primary Convener:  Sam Abernethy, Spark Climate Solutions, San Francisco, United States
Conveners:  Yangyang Xu, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States and Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Audrey Parker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States


Microplastics in the Atmosphere: Implications for Climate and Environmental Change
Primary Convener:  Muna Zabarmawi, King Faisal University, Environment and Agricultural Natural Resources, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
Conveners:  Yusra Zabarmawi, Umm AL-Qura University, Department of Physics, Makkah, Saudi Arabia and Omar I. Abdul-Aziz, West Virginia University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Morgantown, WV, United States


Modeling GHG Fluxes from Agriculture and Land Use for Policy Applications: From Public Data to Decisions
Primary Convener:  Kenna Rewcastle, University of Maryland, Center for Global Sustainability, College Park, United States
Conveners:  Lindsay Barbieri, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States and John Steller, University of Maryland, Center for Global Sustainability, College Park, United States


Multi-Sector Dynamics: Using AI to Model and Manage Complex Adaptive Human-Earth Systems
Primary Convener:  Stefano Galelli, Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States
Conveners:  David Gold, Utrecht University, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands, Jillian Paige Sturtevant, University of Maryland, Frostburg, United States and Rohan Singh Singh Wilkho, Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  David Gold, Utrecht University, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands, Jillian Paige Sturtevant, University of Maryland, Frostburg, United States and Rohan Singh Singh Wilkho, Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, United States


Multi-sector Dynamics: Modeling Earth System-Energy-Human Interactions in Urban Environments
Primary Convener:  Melissa R Allen Dumas, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Conveners:  Deeksha Rastogi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Sciences and Engineering Divison, Oak Ridge, United States, Bhartendu Pandey, PhD, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, United States and Christa Brelsford, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States


MultiSector Dynamics: Advances in Modeling Adaptive Human Systems Response to Change
Primary Convener:  Jim Yoon, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy and Environment Directorate, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Christian J. A. Klassert, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Department of Economics, Leipzig, Germany, Sarah Fletcher, Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States and Anne van Valkengoed, University of Groningen, Psychology, Groningen, Netherlands


MultiSector Dynamics: Towards Applied Solutions for Local Decision-Makers
Primary Convener:  Dr. Christopher Chini, PhD, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth Systems Predictability & Resiliency Group, Richland, United States
Conveners:  Thomas Bernard Wild, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, United States, Abigail Nora Birnbaum, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Ithaca, United States and Caitlin Grady, George Washington University, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, Washington, DC, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jacob Wessel, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, United States


MultiSector Dynamics: Uncertainty Characterization for Coupled Natural-Human Systems
Primary Convener:  Vivek Srikrishnan, Cornell University, Biological & Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan Lamontagne, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Julianne Quinn, University of Virginia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Abigail Nora Birnbaum, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Ithaca, United States


MultiSector Dynamics: Understanding Extreme Weather, Compound Hazards, and Their Impacts
Primary Convener:  Erwan Monier, University of California Davis, Land, Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners:  Deeksha Rastogi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Sciences and Engineering Divison, Oak Ridge, United States and Nicole Jackson, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States


Multisector Dynamics: Critical Minerals and Materials – Demand, Supply Chains, and System Interactions
Primary Convener:  Dr. Yang Qiu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), College Park, United States; Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, United States
Conveners:  Gokul Iyer, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, United States, Brinda Yarlagadda, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States and Anthony Cheng, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States


Multisector Dynamics: Energy-Water-Land Systems and the Role of Digital Technology, Computing, and AI Data Centers
Primary Convener:  Hassan Niazi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Thomas Bernard Wild, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, United States, David L. McCollum, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Muhammad Awais, IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria


Multisector Dynamics: Science and Modeling Advances for Complex Adaptive Human-Earth Systems
Primary Convener:  Patrick M Reed, Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States
Convener:  Jennifer F Morris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, Cambridge, MA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sai Veena Sunkara, Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States


Navigating Transboundary Waters: Challenges, Cooperation, and Multidisciplinary Solutions
Primary Convener:  Noel R Aloysius, University of Missouri Columbia, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia, United States
Conveners:  Prof. Mekonnen K Gebremichael, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, United States and Atanas Dommo, University of Missouri Columbia, School of Natural Resources, Columbia, United States


New Paths in Integrated Earth System Modeling
Primary Convener:  Gavin A Schmidt, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, United States
Conveners:  Ian G Fenty1, Clara Orbe2, Lesley Ott3 and Steven Pawson3, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States(2)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States(3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States


New Technologies and Frameworks to Detect and Analyze Methane Emissions across the Oil and Gas Supply Chain: Technologies, Operations, and Risk Reduction
Primary Convener:  Kathleen M Smits, Southern Methodist University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dallas, TX, United States
Conveners:  Dorit Hammerling, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Golden, United States and Navodi Jayarathne, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dallas, United States; Southern Methodist University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dallas, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  William Daniels, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, United States


Observation to Action: Navigating Water Quality Challenges through Multidisciplinary Approaches
Primary Convener:  Michelle E Newcomer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Christopher Hyun, California State Water Resources Control Board, Climate, Sacramento, United States and Kripa Akila Jagannathan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, United States


Overcoming Energy Systems Challenges in an Era of Extreme Weather
Primary Convener:  Martha Christino, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
Conveners:  Michael Craig, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, United States, Delavane Diaz, Electric Power Research Institute, Washington, United States and Lyssa Freese, University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States


Participatory Decision Support and Integrated Assessment for Climate Adaptation Under Compound Risks
Primary Convener:  Seung Beom Seo, University of Seoul, International School of Urban Sciences, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Conveners:  Chul-Hee Lim, Kookmin University, Department of Forestry, Environment, and Systems, Seoul, South Korea, Young-Il Song, Korea Environment Institute, Sejong, South Korea, Jongho Ahn, Korea Environment Institute, Water and Land Research Group, Sejong, South Korea and Dr. Sudarshana Mukhopadhyay, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States


Perturbed Parameter Ensembles (PPEs) for Understanding Processes and Quantifying Uncertainty in Model Predictions
Primary Convener:  Katherine Dagon, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Gregory Elsaesser, Columbia University/NASA GISS, New York, United States and Addisu Semie, Columbia University, New York, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Travis Aerenson, University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States


Pioneering Integrated Earth System Modeling and Reanalysis through Advanced Observation Infusion across Scales
Primary Convener:  Sujay V Kumar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Lesley Ott, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States, Ian G Fenty, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Brad Weir, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Paul W Stackhouse Jr, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States


Progress Towards Understanding the Growing Earth's Energy Imbalance (EEI)
Primary Convener:  Gavin A Schmidt, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, United States
Conveners:  Susanne Bauer, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, United States, Norman G Loeb, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, Shiv Priyam Raghuraman, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States and George Tselioudis, NASA/GISS, New York, United States


Recent Advancement in Understanding Arctic Maritime Accessibility
Primary Convener:  Weiming Hu, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
Conveners:  Martina Calovi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Geography and Social Anthropology, Trondheim, Norway and Marzia Cremona, Laval University, Department of operations and decision systems, Quebec City, Canada


Refrigerants in a Warming World: Emissions, Health and Climate Impacts, and the Shift from HFCs to Low-GWP Alternatives
Primary Convener:  Yannai Kashtan, PSE Healthy Energy, Oakland, United States
Conveners:  Robert B Jackson, Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States, Genevieve Plant, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Matthew Wozniak, Georgetown University, Washington, United States


Remote Sensing Modeling in Altered Ecosystems: Multi-Sensor Integration for Human-Shaped Landscapes and Management Implications
Primary Convener:  Kelly San Antonio, Bethune-Cookman University, Integrated Environmental Science, Daytona Beach, United States
Conveners:  Trung Tran, Fayetteville State University, Department of Intelligent Studies, Geospatial Science, Political Science, and History, Fayetteville, United States, Hyun Jung Cho, Bethune-Cookman University, Integrated Environmental Science, Daytona Beach, United States and Leila Hashemi Beni, North Carolina A & T State University, Department of Built Environment, Greensboro, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Samantha Velasco, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, United States


Remote Sensing for Sustainable Agriculture
Primary Convener:  Dr. Sheng Wang, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
Conveners:  Sherrie Wang, Stanford University, Stanford, United States, Jillian M Deines, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States and Kaiyu Guan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Zhixian Lin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, United States


Research and Emerging Approaches to Slow the Loss of the Cryosphere Through Mitigation and Targeted Interventions
Primary Convener:  Virginia Selz, Ocean Visions, Inc., Reston, VA, UNITED STATES
Convener:  Charlotte DeWald, Arctic Stabilization Initiative, Bellingham, United States


Satellite Solutions: Agricultural Monitoring Through Remote Sensing
Primary Convener:  Allison Bredder, University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  Michael Laurence Humber1, Mary Mitkish2 and Keelin Haynes1, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States(2)University of Maryland, College Park, United States


Science-Guided Solutions: Insights from the UCCRN Assessment on Climate Change and Cities
Primary Convener:  Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
Convener:  William Duncan Solecki, CUNY Hunter College, New York, United States


Sensitivity and Uncertainty Characterization in Multi-Scale Modeling of Drought-to-Flood Transitions: Integrating 1D–2D Hydrodynamic, AI/ML, and Index-Based Modeling Frameworks
Primary Convener:  Subhankar Karmakar, Mumbai, India
Conveners:  Kaustav Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Green Energy and Sustainability Hub, Mumbai, India, Jagriti Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Centre for Climate Studies, Mumbai, India and Ajay Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Mumbai, India


Small Island Climate, Environment and Regional Change
Primary Convener:  Jhordanne Jones, University of the West Indies Mona, Department of Physics, Kingston, Jamaica
Conveners:  Giuseppe Torri, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Atmospheric Sciences, Honolulu, United States and Gabriel Rios, Princeton University, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Vincentius Sebastian Utama, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States


Sustainable Forest Management under Compounding Stressors: Wildfire, Insects, and Climate Impacts
Primary Convener:  Ziqi Qin, Stanford University, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  Mengyu Liang1, Lin Meng2 and Bodie Cabiyo1, (1)Stanford University, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, United States(2)Vanderbilt University, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Nashville, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yihong Zhu, University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, United States


Sustainable Global Agrifood Systems: Reducing Carbon, Water, and Biodiversity Footprints of Agricultural Production with Improved Land Management
Primary Convener:  Bin Peng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
Conveners:  Zhenong Jin, Peking University, The Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Beijing, China, Jinyun Tang, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, United States and Kaiyu Guan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jie Yang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States


Synergistic Optimization and Governance of Urban Green Infrastructure: Social-Ecological Effects and Trade-offs in a Changing Climate
Primary Convener:  Fanhua Kong, Nanjing University, School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing, China
Conveners:  Iryna Dronava, University of California Berkeley, Dept of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Berkeley, United States, Ariane Middel, Arizona State University, The GAME School, Arizona, United States and Lu Liang, University of California Berkeley, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, Berkeley, United States


The Third Pole Environment (TPE) under Global Changes
Primary Convener:  Shilong Piao, Peking University, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Lonnie G Thompson, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, Andreas Mulch, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany and Fan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China


The global water cycle: coupling and exchanges of mass and energy between the ocean, land, cryosphere, and atmosphere
Primary Convener:  Paul James Durack, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Livermore, United States; The University of Western Australia, Oceans Institute, Perth, Australia
Conveners:  Jiafu Mao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, John T Reager II, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Laifang Li, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States and Marybeth Arcodia, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jiafu Mao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States


Understanding the dynamics of Tropical Basin Interactions across spatiotemporal scales
Primary Convener:  Aixue Hu, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Lei Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Yuko Okumura, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Qian Li, PhD, Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, United States


Unveiling Ecological Thresholds to Heatwaves and Extreme Temperatures: Insights from Urban, Terrestrial, Freshwater and Marine Systems
Primary Convener:  Fern Bromley, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Joy Beth Winbourne, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Lowell, MA, United States, Jared Williams, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, United States and Anna Haigh, Oregon State University, College of Forestry, Corvallis, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Jared Williams, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, United States, Anna Haigh, Oregon State University, College of Forestry, Corvallis, United States and Fern Bromley, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States


Unveiling the Congo Basin: Novel Earth Observation Applications and Science
Primary Convener:  Herve Kashongwe, Michigan State University, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, MI, United States
Conveners:  David Roy, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences, and Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, MI, United States and Matthew Hansen, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States


Urban Air Pollution: Interaction with Weather/Climate and Impact on Health
Primary Convener:  Dr. Cenlin He, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Guy P Brasseur, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Jiachen Zhang, University of Southern California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, United States, Maria de Fatima Andrade, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Alberto Martilli, Ciemat, Madrid, Spain


Urban Areas and Global Change
Primary Convener:  Xinchang Li, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Galina Churkina, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, TC Chakraborty, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, Hang Yin, University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences, Guelph, Canada and Dr. Rakibul Ahasan, GISP, ESRI, Redlands, United States


Urban Climate, Air Quality, and Critical Networks: Feedbacks Shaping Resilient Cities
Primary Convener:  Bharat Sharma, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Sciences & Engineering Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Conveners:  Sagnik Dey, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, New Delhi, India, Chao Yuan, National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture, Singapore, Singapore and Melissa R Allen Dumas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Vivek Kumar Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Electrification and Energy Infrastructure Division, Oak Ridge, United States


Urbanization and the Environment: Data, Models, and Applications
Primary Convener:  Peng Fu, Louisiana State University, AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Conveners:  Zhonghua Zheng, The University of Manchester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Manchester, United Kingdom, Huidong Li, Vanderbilt University, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Nashville, United States and Yuyu Zhou, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography, Hongkong, China


Vegetation dynamics and land–atmosphere interactions
Primary Convener:  Weijie Zhang, University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Akash Koppa, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Benjamin Cook, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, United States; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Wantong Li, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, United States


Verification of Anthropogenic Emissions and Their Role in the Earth System: Insights from Observations and Modeling
Primary Convener:  Minde An, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Luke Western, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, Cambridge, United States, Youmi Oh, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory / Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States and Dr. Aaron Davitt, WattTime, Oakland, United States; Climate TRACE, Denver, United States


What we know and we do not know about the stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation?
Primary Convener:  Anastasia Romanou, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
Conveners:  Rong Zhang, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, United States, Gokhan Danabasoglu, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics, Boulder, United States and Aixue Hu, NCAR, Boulder, 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