The Role of Fire in the Earth System: Understanding Drivers, Feedbacks, and Interactions with the Land, Atmosphere, and Society

Session ID#: 123224

Session Description:
Anthropogenic and natural fires are an important component of the Earth system. Geographic location, fuel type, seasonality and intensity of fire largely determine the sign and magnitude of feedbacks on the Earth system. The aim of this session to explore links between fire, vegetation, climate, air quality, and humans from the local to the global scale and determine how these interactions will change in a warming world. We encourage abstracts that explore the interactions of fires with the terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere using remote sensing, in situ observations, modeling, or an integrated approach with an emphasis on (1) impacts of fire on weather and climate, atmospheric chemistry and air quality, (2) the role of fires in the carbon cycle and ecosystem functioning, (3) the influence of humans on fire (and vice versa), and (4) the changing nature of fire over millennia, and predictions for the future.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • CGU: Canadian Geophysical Union -
  • ESA: Ecological Society of America -
  • EGU: European Geosciences Union -
  • SSSA: Soil Science Society of America -
Index Terms:

0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0468 Natural hazards [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1605 Abrupt/rapid climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Primary Convener:  Catherine M Dieleman, University of Guelph, Department of Integrative Biology, Guelph, ON, Canada
Conveners:  Jessica L McCarty, Miami University Oxford, Oxford, OH, United States, Mika Tosca, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States and Sander Veraverbeke, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Liaison:  Catherine M Dieleman, University of Guelph, Department of Integrative Biology, Guelph, ON, Canada
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