Union Sessions



AGU-SEG Advances in Exploration and Monitoring Geophysics
Primary Convener:  Efemena Destiny Emmanuel, University of Toledo, Department of Environmental Science, Toledo, OH, United States
Conveners:  Christopher Terra, Rutgers University Newark, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States, Julia Correa, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States and Dr. Majid Khan, PhD, University of Science and Technology Beijing, School of Civil and Resources Engineering, Beijing, China
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ramadan Abdelrehim, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Corpus Christi, United States


AI Risk × Earth-System Stress: Coupled Vulnerabilities Across Hazard, Institutional, and Governance Timescales
Primary Convener:  Gunther Kletetschka, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States
Conveners:  Auroop Ganguly, Northeastern University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boston, United States and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States


AI and Machine Learning for Infrastructure Risks in Permafrost and Arctic Coastal Environments
Primary Convener:  Ming Xiao, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Elise Miller-Hooks, George Mason University, Fairfax, United States and Chaopeng Shen, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States


Addressing Mental Health Needs Across Communities: Integrating Technology, Group-Based Interventions, Lived Experience, and Responses to Climate Extremes
Primary Convener:  Azar Abadi, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Department, Birmingham, AL, United States
Convener:  Daniel Dodgen, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC, United States


Advancements in Natural Hazard Prediction, Disaster Preparedness, Public Health and National Security
Primary Convener:  Bailey Magers, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Naresh Devineni, Department of Civil Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, and CUNY-CREST, Department of Civil Engineering, New York, United States, Stacey A Archfield, US Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division, Water Resources Mission Area, Reston, United States, Oronde Drakes, U.S. Geological Survey, Atlanta, United States and Moji Sadegh, Boise State University, Civil Engineering, Boise, United States


Advancing Environmental Security and Adaptive Management in a Rapidly Transforming World
Primary Convener:  Roger S Pulwarty, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States
Convener:  David L Wegner, Woolpert Engineering, Washington, United States


Advancing the Understanding of Climate and Global Change: Insights Derived from 35 years of the C&GC Postdoctoral Program
Primary Convener:  Abhishek Chatterjee, Schmidt Sciences, New York, United States
Conveners:  Malte F Stuecker, International Pacific Research Center and Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States, Matthew Huber, Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States and Cindy L Bruyere, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science, Boulder, CO, United States


Agentic AI in Earth Science: From Productivity Gains to Paradigm Shifts in How We Conduct Research
Primary Convener:  Yifan Cheng, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
Conveners:  Xiaodong Chen, University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, United States, Trevor Keenan, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, United States and Ethan D Gutmann, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Hydrometeorological Applications Program, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States


Amplifying the Value of Earth Science Information for the Society
Primary Convener:  Yuhan Rao, North Carolina State University, Cooperative Institute for Satellite and Earth System Studies, Asheville, United States
Conveners:  Steven Stichter, The National Academies, District of Columbia, United States, Susan Roberts, The National Academies, Director, Ocean Studies Board, Washington, United States and Sarah Cooley, Earth Science Information Partners, Arlington, United States


Assessing the Health Effects of Climate Change Mitigation: Insights for Public Health, Policy, and People
Primary Convener:  Nicholas Mailloux, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Conveners:  Jenny Bratburd, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Susan Anenberg, George Washington University, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Washington, DC, United States and Jonathan A. Patz, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment / Department of Population Health Sciences, Madison, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Nicholas Mailloux, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States


Beyond Silos: Integrating Earth Sciences in the Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus 2.0
Primary Convener:  Swapan K Sahoo, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Julie Bloxson, Stephen F. Austin State University, Earth Sciences and Geologic Resources, Nachadogas, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yogaraj Banerjee, Central Michigan University, STARLAB, Mount Pleasant, MI, United States


Building Scientific Resilience to Political Transition
Primary Convener:  Bailey Magers, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Jenny Bratburd, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Ryan Calder, Harvard University, HSPH, Cambridge, United States and Gaige Hunter Kerr, George Washington University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Washington, DC, United States


COSPAR PEX Exploration Roadmap: An Interdisciplinary, collaborative Road Map for science, environmental stewardship, and international collaboration in Space Exploration.
Primary Convener:  Heather D Smith, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Conveners:  Michel F. Blanc, Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France, Bernard Foing, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands and André Galli, University of Bern, Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Bern, Switzerland


California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment: A Model in Community Driven Research
Primary Convener:  Elea Becker Lowe, CA Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Sacramento, United States; California Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Sacramento, United States
Convener:  Nikka Malakooti, California Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Sacramento, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Nikka Malakooti, California Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Sacramento, United States


Co-Production of Knowledge: Discussing Successes, Setbacks, and Objectives in Working Together Across Knowledge Systems
Primary Convener:  Luka Silva, Sitka Sound Science Center, Sitka, AK, United States and The Ḵutí Project Team
Conveners:  Lauren Bell, Sitka Sound Science Center, Sitka, United States, Lindsey Pierce, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, United States and The Ḵutí Project Team


Connecting Earth Observation Solutions to User Needs
Primary Convener:  Iris Garthwaite, USGS Headquarters, National Land Imaging Program, Reston, United States
Conveners:  Crista Straub1, Zhuoting Wu1, Natasha Sadoff2 and Renata Lana3, (1)USGS Headquarters, National Land Imaging Program, Reston, United States(2)NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, United States(3)NOAA, NESDIS, Silver Spring, United States


Digital Ocean Twins for Digital Earth: From Prediction to Actionable Intelligence
Primary Convener:  Swadhin K Behera, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
Conveners:  Marina Tonani, Mercator Ocean International, Digital Ocean, Toulouse, France, Joanna Staneva, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems-Analysis and Modelling, Geesthacht, Germany and Fei Chai, Fujian Ocean Innovation Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China


Do We Still Need Curiosity-Driven Research?
Primary Convener:  Daniel J M Schertzer, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Hydrologie Météorologie et Complexité (HM&Co), Champs-sur-Marne, France and "New Frontiers Committee of the AGU Fellows College"
Conveners:  Gordon E. Grant, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, Anthony Brian Watts, Univ Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Yoshihide Wada, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Ronald Amundson, University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States, Michael D Dettinger, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States, Malte F Stuecker, International Pacific Research Center and Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States, Megan Konar, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States and "New Frontiers Committee of the AGU Fellows College"


Downscaling Weather and Climate: Development and Evaluation of Methods, Products, and Applications
Primary Convener:  Ethan D Gutmann, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Samantha Hartke, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Denver, United States, Daniel Feldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Dr. Jeffrey Richard Arnold, Earth Resources Technology Inc, Laurel, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Samantha Hartke, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Denver, United States


Earth Science Research to Meet Industry Information Needs
Primary Convener:  Tracey Holloway, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Conveners:  Christine Wiedinmyer, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Howard Botts, Cotality, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Sheldon Drobot, BAE Systems, Inc., Space and Mission Systems, Boulder, CO, United States


Earth and Space Science in the Era of NASA’s Artemis: A Lunar Surface Based Observatory Concept
Primary Convener:  Prof. Michael S Ramsey, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Convener:  Sid Ahmed Boukabara, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States


Fog: Connecting Atmosphere, Ocean, Land, Ecosystems, and Society
Primary Convener:  Alicia Torregrosa, Creekside Science, Menlo Park, United States
Conveners:  Sara A Baguskas, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and Rachel E. S. Clemesha, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sonya Rauschenbach, University of California Davis, Atmospheric Science Graduate Group, Davis, CA, United States


From AI to climate modeling to economic impacts: connecting the dots
Primary Convener:  Aditi Sheshadri, Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  Ravi Jain, Google X, Mountain View, United States and Bertrand Delorme, Google X, Mountain View, United States


LA-Geo2028: The Natural Setting of the 2028 Summer Olympics
Primary Convener:  Robert J Stern, University of Texas at Dallas, Dept. of Sustainable Earth Systems Sciences, Richardson, TX, United States and t. mark harrison
Conveners:  T. Mark Harrison, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Carolina R Lithgow-Bertelloni, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and t. mark harrison


NISAR One Year After the Start of its Science Phase: Delivering Global Data for the Earth Science Research and Applications Community
Primary Convener:  Paul Alan Rosen, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Thorsten Markus, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, United States, Shanna N. McClain, NASA Headquarters, Applied Sciences, Washington, United States, Amanda Whitehurst, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Craig Ferguson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States


Navigating Broader Impacts in Changed Political Climate
Primary Convener:  Soelem Aafnan Bhuiyan, Princeton University, Princeton, United States
Conveners:  Dylan Blaskey, University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment, Columbia, United States, Mohammad Afzal Shadab, Princeton University, Princeton, United States, Caitlin Mayernik, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Ishrat Jahan Dollan, Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, United States, Sheila M. Saia, Tetra Tech, Raleigh, United States, Octavia Crompton, Duke University, Durham, United States, Mazvita Marilyn Chikomo, College of Wooster, Earth Sciences, Wooster, United States, Kelly Garvey, University of California Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Santa Barbara, United States and Daniel T Myers, Personal capacity, Newark, United States; Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States


Open Algorithms and Reproducible Computational Methods Across Geosciences
Primary Convener:  Michal Brennek, Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Geoplanet Doctoral School, Warsaw, Poland
Conveners:  Mariusz Majdanski, Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, Wouter Knoben, University of Calgary, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada, Mandar Chitre, Acoustic Research Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore and Iris Christadler, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany


Prediction, Prevention, and Participation: Linking Water, Climate, and Human Health through Geophysical Processes and Policy
Primary Convener:  Dr. Antarpreet Singh Jutla, PhD, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Conveners:  Erin K Lipp, University of Georgia, Environmental Health Science, Athens, United States, Rachel Burckhardt, ASM, Washington DC, United States, Lee Revere, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States, Joshua Glasser, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Helena Chapman, NASA Headquarters, Earth Action Program, Washington, DC, United States


Reimagining Climate Services: Non-Governmental Leadership in a Shifting Landscape
Primary Convener:  Julian J Reyes, PhD, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Amanda C Staudt, American Meteorological Society, Washington, United States, Glynis C Lough, Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS), Arlington, United States and Haley Crim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States


Remote Sensed Time Gap Imaging Geological activity Earthquake Faults, with Precipitation Zones in Weak Shear Landforms, causing Landslides Diverting Rivers, Identified by Paleo Channels of Rivers, Coordinating History with Geography,  for Indus Valley Civilization Demise, Mediterranean Great Flood into Black Sea to Indo-European Migrations
Primary Convener:  Sanjay Ektate, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States


Soft Earth Geophysics: Bridging Soft Matter Physics and the Geosciences
Primary Convener:  Behrooz Ferdowsi, University of Houston, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, TX, United States
Conveners:  Rachel Glade, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States and Nathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rachel Glade, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States


Stress, Strain, and Surge: The Rheology of Natural Hazards
Primary Convener:  Demian M. Saffer, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
Conveners:  Cailey Brown Condit, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States, Heather M Savage, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States and Noah J Finnegan, University of California - Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States


Synergistic developments at the Geoscience-AI frontier
Primary Convener:  Alejandro Tejedor, University of Zaragoza, Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Zaragoza, Spain


The Nature Record: First-Ever National Assessment of U.S. Nature
Primary Convener:  Phil Levin, University of Washington, Seattle, United States and heather tallis
Conveners:  Phil Levin, University of Washington, Seattle, United States, Heather Tallis, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States and heather tallis


Towards Science That is of All, by All, and for All: Inspiring More Equitable Engagement in Science
Primary Convener:  Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Jessica Rebecca Bean, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States, Wai Allen, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Anastasia Thanukos, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Wai Allen, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States


Translating Flight Mission Experience into Action: Navigating the Engineering Realities of Space Flight Science Missions
Primary Convener:  Brad Williams, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Benjamin Kim, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, UNITED STATES and Rosa Avalos-Warren, NASA Headquarters, Astrophysics Division, Washington, United States


Volta’s ‘inflammable’ air: 250 Years of Methane Science, Earth System Discovery and Emerging Role as the Climate Emergency Brake
Primary Convener:  Benjamin Poulter, Spark Climate Solutions, Greenbelt, United States