Union and Special Sessions



"Promoting International Projects to Support Geoscience Education"
Primary Convener:  Michael J Passow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Earth2Class Workshops for Teachers, Palisades, NY, United States
Convener:  Sharon M Locke, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Michael J Passow, Dwight Morrow High School, Earth2Class Workshops for Teachers, Englewood, NJ, United States


Knowledge transitions for a disaster resilient society
Primary Convener:  Roger S Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Roger S Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States and David S Green, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Roger S Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  David S Green, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Roger S Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States


Access2Space: NASA Science Mission Directorate Rideshare Opportunities and Lessons Learned for Enabling SmallSat Missions, Instruments, and Technology
Primary Convener:  Aly Mendoza-Hill, NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Alan Jay Zide, NASA Headquarters, Heliophysics, Washington, DC, United States and David Cheney, NASA Headquarters, Heliophysics, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Aly Mendoza-Hill, NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC, United States


Advances of Remote Sensing Theory on Terrestrial Ecosystems: Modeling, Inversion, and Applications
Primary Convener:  Yelu Zeng, University of Wisconsin Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States
Conveners:  Yuri Knyazikhin, Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, MA, United States, Min Chen, University of Wisconsin Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States and Tiangang Yin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yelu Zeng, University of Wisconsin Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States


Advancing Aerosol Remote Sensing into the Next Decade
Primary Convener:  Felix C Seidel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Andrew M Sayer, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, MD, United States, Kirk D Knobelspiesse, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Vijay Natraj, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Felix C Seidel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States


Advancing Notebooks as Scholarly Objects
Primary Convener:  Kenton McHenry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Conveners:  Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States and Chris Erdmann, AGU, Unknown, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kenton McHenry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Chair:  Kenton McHenry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States


Aerosol Chemistry and Effects in the Anthropocene
Primary Convener:  Hang Su, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Multiphase Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany
Conveners:  Yafang Cheng, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Minerva research group, Mainz, Germany, Ulrich Poeschl, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany and Zhibin Wang, Reserch Center for Air Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Primary Liaison:  Yafang Cheng, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Minerva research group, Mainz, Germany
Chairs:  Yafang Cheng, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Minerva research group, Mainz, Germany, Ulrich Poeschl, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, Zhibin Wang, Reserch Center for Air Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China and Hang Su, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Multiphase Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany


AGU-EGU-JpGU Great Debate: The Role of Scholarly Societies in the Anthropocene
Primary Convener:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Guy P Brasseur, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, Helen Glaves, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, United Kingdom and Masaki Ishiwatari, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


Aircraft-Based Observations of Ice and Ocean in Polar and Subpolar Systems
Primary Convener:  Michael Steele, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Polar Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Conveners:  Michael Steele, Univ Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Christopher J Zappa, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Michael Wood, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Michael Steele, Univ Washington, Seattle, WA, United States


Application of Physical Modeling to Deciphering Geophysical Data
Primary Convener:  Roohollah (Radwin) Askari, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Hossein Hejazi, University of Calgary, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Calgary, Canada


Assessment and Accountability of Scientific Knowledge Creation: Considering the Contributions of Geosciences toward the Global Social Challenges
Primary Convener:  Michiyo Shimamura II, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
Conveners:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Kiyoshi Suyehiro, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


Barium and its Isotopes in the Past and Present Ocean
Primary Convener:  Gert J De Lange, Utrecht University, Department of Earth Science-Geochemistry, Geosciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
Conveners:  Adina Paytan, UCSC-Inst Marine Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Francisca C Martinez-Ruiz, CSIC-Univ Granada, Granada, Spain and Jiawang Wu, Tongji university, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Shanghai, China
Primary Liaison:  Gert J De Lange, Utrecht Universtiy, Department of Earth Science-Geochemistry, Utrecht, Netherlands


Challenges of the Anthropocene: Earth, Environmental, and Space Science for a Sustainable Future
Primary Convener:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Guy P Brasseur, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


Climate Change Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities
Primary Convener:  Anjuli S Bamzai, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States
Convener:  Barbara Ransom, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Anjuli S Bamzai, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States
Chair:  Anjuli S Bamzai, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States


Climate Extremes: Mechanisms, Attribution and Early Warning
Primary Convener:  Chris C Funk, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Conveners:  Stephanie Herring, NOAA Boulder, National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, CO, United States, Andrew Hoell, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States and Dann Mitchell, University of Bristol, Cabot Institute for the Environment, Bristol, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Chris C Funk, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
Chairs:  Chris C Funk, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, Stephanie Herring, NOAA Boulder, National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, CO, United States, Andrew Hoell, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States and Dann Mitchell, University of Bristol, Cabot Institute for the Environment, Bristol, United Kingdom


Co-creation of useful science - Listening to our partners
Primary Convener:  Lora Koenig, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, David H Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, United States, Philip Mote, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Robin Elizabeth Bell, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Lora Koenig, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Boulder, CO, United States


Convergence, Collaboration, Justice, and Movement: The Future of the Geosciences in Communities and Society
Primary Convener:  Joanna Nelson, LandSea Science, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Conveners:  Rajul Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States, Garima Raheja, Columbia University of New York, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY, United States, Sarah Freeman, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States, Madeline Nyblade, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States and Mara Freilich, MIT- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Joint Program in Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Joanna Nelson, LandSea Science, Santa Cruz, CA, United States


Cool stars and their influence on (exo)planetary habitability
Primary Convener:  Konstantin Herbst, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Conveners:  Lee Grenfell, German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Athanasios Papaioannou, National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Athens, Greece
Primary Liaison:  Konstantin Herbst, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany


COP 26-Summary and Discussion
Primary Convener:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Guy P Brasseur, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


Coupling of the cryosphere, solid Earth, surface, and climate in shaping Late Cenozoic topography
Primary Convener:  Maria Beatrice Magnani, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States
Conveners:  Maria Beatrice Magnani, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States, Hannah F Mark, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States and Emi Ito, University of Minnesota Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Limnological Research Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Primary Liaison:  Maria Beatrice Magnani, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States
Chairs:  Hannah F Mark, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, Emi Ito, University of Minnesota Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Limnological Research Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Maria Beatrice Magnani, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States


Earth System Science Results Based on NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Mission Measurements
Primary Convener:  Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Peggy E O'Neill, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs:  Simon H Yueh, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States and Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States


Engaging students in authentic learning experiences through the NASA ASTRO CAMP® Collaborative Partners (ACCP) program.
Primary Convener:  Kelly McCarthy, NASA, Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Conveners:  Maria L Lott, NASA, Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Kelly E. Martin-Rivers, NASA, Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kelly McCarthy, NASA, Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, United States


Engaging students in authentic STEM learning opportunities through the NASA ASTRO CAMP® Collaborative Partners (ACCP) Program
Primary Convener:  Kelly McCarthy, NASA, Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Conveners:  Kelly E. Martin-Rivers, NASA, Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Maria L Lott, NASA, Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kelly McCarthy, NASA, Southeast Regional Office of STEM Engagement, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States


Environmental Change and Human Security: Strengthening the Scientific Foundations and Bridging the Research-Practitioner Gap
Primary Convener:  Sharon Burke, International Security & Resource Security Programs, New America, Takoma Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  Andres Clarens, University of Virginia, Engineering Systems and Environment, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Ann Bostrom, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, Seattle, WA, United States and Geoff Dabelko, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sharon Burke, International Security & Resource Security Programs, New America, Takoma Park, MD, United States


Exploring Rates and Biological Diversity of Nitrogen Fixation Across Land- and Aquascapes
Primary Convener:  Robinson W Fulweiler, Boston University, Earth and Environment, Biology, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Amy M Marcarelli, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States and J. Thad Scott, Baylor University, Biology, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Waco, United States
Primary Liaison:  Robinson W Fulweiler, Boston University, Earth and Environment, Biology, Boston, MA, United States


Exploring the Anthropocene
Primary Convener:  Johannes Lelieveld, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Conveners:  Wendy Broadgate, Future Earth, Stockholm, Sweden, Susan Solomon, MIT/EAPS, Cambridge, MA, United States, Jan A Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester, Geology, Leicester, United Kingdom and Owen Gaffney, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Pavel Kabat, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Chair:  Guy P Brasseur, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States


FRONTIERS IN WATER QUALITY SCIENCE: ORIGINS AND PATTERNS OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION
Primary Convener:  Matthew J Cohen, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States
Convener:  James W Jawitz, University of Florida, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Matthew J Cohen, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States
Chairs:  Matthew J Cohen, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States and James W Jawitz, University of Florida, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States


Fulbright in Geosciences: Alumni Stories and Opportunities for Global Engagement
Primary Convener:  Chanel Vismara, Fulbright Scholar Program- Institute of International Education, Outreach and Recruitment, Washington, D.C, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jeffrey Bruce Johnson, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States
Chair:  Jeffrey Bruce Johnson, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States


Geoscience Information For Teachers (GIFT) Session Proposal: Celebrating the Teaching of Atmosphere, Oceans, Earth, and Space Science in our Classrooms and Communities
Primary Convener:  Margaret Anne Holzer, Retired, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Aida A. Awad, Maine East High School, Science Department, Park Ridge, IL, United States and Edward Robeck, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States; American Geosciences Institute, Education and Outreach, Alexandria, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Margaret Anne Holzer, Chatham High School, Chatham, NJ, United States


Global Environmental Measurement & Monitoring (GEMM) Initiative: Designing Sensors and Collecting Data for Local Impact
Primary Convener:  David Lang, The Optical Society (OSA), Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Scott McGrane, University of Strathclyde, Economics, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Meredith Lee, University of California Berkeley, Computing, Data Science, and Society, Berkeley, CA, United States and Rajul Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  David Lang, The Optical Society (OSA), Washington, DC, United States


How Earth Science Research Can Help Accelerate the Transition to a Decarbonized Economy
Primary Convener:  Jean-Philippe Avouac, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sally M Benson, Stanford University, Geologic Carbon Storage, Stanford, CA, United States and Peter B Kelemen, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jean-Philippe Avouac, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States


Humanity’s return to the Moon: A giant leap forward for science
Primary Convener:  Alexa Jean Halford, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Kelsey Young, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and C Alex Young, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Alexa Jean Halford, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs:  Kelsey Young1, Alexa Jean Halford1 and C Alex Young2, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States(2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States


Innovative GIS-based capabilities, GIScience approaches, and & remote sensing techniques for the study of past Natural Hazards
Primary Convener:  Motti Zohar, University of Haifa, Geography and Environmental Studies, Haifa, Israel
Primary Liaison:  Amos Salamon, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel


Innovative Initiatives in Conducting Community-Based Science and Training the Next Generation of Practitioners
Primary Convener:  Garima Raheja, Columbia University of New York, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY, United States
Conveners:  Greta Shum, University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, Tyler Cox, University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, Lily Hahn, University of Washington, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, Mary Margaret Stoll, University of Washington, Seattle, United States, Jacob Turetsky Cohen, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States, Sarah Giles, Columbia University, New York, United States, Roger Creel, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Clara Chang, Columbia University of New York, Earth and Environmental Science, NY, NY, United States, Lauren Moseley, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and Casey Brayton, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Garima Raheja, Columbia University of New York, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY, United States


Inspiring, educating and empowering the next generation of Earth and space scientists: A transdisciplinary conversation
Primary Convener:  Vincent C H Tong, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; University College London, London, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Michael Edward Wysession, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, United States and Margaret Anne Holzer, Chatham High School, Chatham, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Vincent C H Tong, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; University College London, London, United Kingdom
Chairs:  Vincent C H Tong, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; University College London, London, United Kingdom, Michael Edward Wysession, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, United States and Margaret Anne Holzer, Chatham High School, Chatham, NJ, United States


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I 6th Assessment Report: "Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis"
Primary Convener:  Paul A. Newman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Margaret S Torn, Berkeley Lab/UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Julie Brigham-Grette, Univ Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States, Clare E Reimers, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States and Michael J Prather, Univ California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Paul A. Newman, NASA GSFC, Code 610, Greenbelt, MD, United States


Inversion and Uncertainty Quantification in the Geosciences
Primary Convener:  Georgia Stuart, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Convener:  Maria Kotsi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Georgia Stuart, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Chair:  Georgia Stuart, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States


Joint AGU-AAS Session on Frontiers in Exoplanets
Primary Convener:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Kevin B Marvel, American Astronomical Society, Chevy Chase, MD, United States and Cayman T Unterborn, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


Juno Extended Mission System Science: From the Rings to Io, Europa and Ganymede
Primary Convener:  Scott J Bolton, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan I Lunine, Cornell University, Department of Astronomy, Ithaca, NY, United States, Alessandro Mura, IAPS-INAF, Rome, Italy and Jack H Waite Jr, Southwest Research Institute, Space Sciences and Engineering, San Antonio, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Scott J Bolton, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States


Lightning Measurements from Geosynchronous Orbit
Primary Convener:  Michael J Peterson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Michael J Peterson, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, NM, United States
Chair:  Michael J Peterson, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, NM, United States


Mapping the Carbon Removal Community of Practice
Primary Convener:  Raz Mason, Mason Consulting, LLC/Climate Consult, The Dalles, OR, United States
Primary Liaison:  Raz Mason, Mason Consulting, LLC/Climate Consult, The Dalles, OR, United States


Marine Risk Assessments And Mitigations: Lesson Learned from Past on Sustainability of Marine And Coastal Resources.
Primary Convener:  Kalpana Chaudhari, Development Team Member, Ocean Knowledge Action Networks, Ocean-KAN; Emergent Risks and Extreme Events,Risk-KAN, Assistant Professor, Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College, Mumbai,India, Mumbai, India
Conveners:  Maria Cerreta, The University of Naples ‘Federico II’,Italy, Professor of Environmental Assessment and Evaluation, Naples, Italy and Dr Wiebke Schubotz, Climate Service Centre Germany (GERICS), Coordination Office for WCRP Regional Activities (CORA),Germany, Hamburg, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Kalpana Chaudhari, India
Chair:  Beatriz Balino, Coordination Office for WCRP Regional Activities (CORA), Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, (BCCR),Norway, Bergen, Norway


Modeling MultiSector Dynamics to Understand Adaptive Pathways
Primary Convener:  Nathalie Voisin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Yoshihide Wada, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, Jan H. Kwakkel, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft, Netherlands and Klaus Keller, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Nathalie Voisin, PNNL, Seattle, WA, United States
Chairs:  Nathalie Voisin, PNNL, Seattle, WA, United States, Yoshihide Wada, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, Jan H. Kwakkel, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft, Netherlands and Klaus Keller, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States


Natural Hazards such as droughts, hurricanes, rainfall-induced landslides, heatwaves, forest fires, floods and others under Climate Change impact
Primary Convener:  Thian Yew Gan, University of Alberta, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Jianfeng Li, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong


Ocean Exploration
Primary Convener:  Samuel A Soule, University of Rhode Island - Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Conveners:  Aurora Elmore, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, College Park, United States, Allison Fundis, Ocean Exploration Trust, Narragansett, RI, United States and Larry A Mayer, Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Samuel A Soule, University of Rhode Island - Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Chair:  Aurora Elmore, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, College Park, United States


Open Science for Equitable Climate Action
Primary Convener:  Oriana Chegwidden, CarbonPlan, Seattle, WA, United States
Convener:  Tamara Jane Zelikova, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Oriana Chegwidden, CarbonPlan, Seattle, WA, United States


Open Science in Action: Data, Software, Access, Science
Primary Convener:  Chelle L Gentemann, Farallon Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States
Conveners:  Steven Crawford, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States, Paige Martin, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Fernando Perez, University of California, Berkeley, Statistics, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Paige Martin, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States


Organic waste sciences as convergent research: Connecting food, energy and water system sciences
Primary Convener:  Derek L Kauneckis, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States
Conveners:  Jay Wilhelm, Ohio University, Mechanical Engineering, Athens, OH, United States, Sarah C Davis, Ohio University, Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs, Athens, OH, United States, Natalie Kruse, Ohio University, Environmental Studies, Athens, OH, United States and Toufiq Reza, Florida Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Sciences, Melbourne, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Derek L Kauneckis, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States
Chair:  Derek L Kauneckis, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States


Progress and opportunities in deep-time paleomagnetism
Primary Convener:  David AD Evans, Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, New Haven, CT, United States
Conveners:  Johanna M Salminen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland and Shihong Zhang, China University of Geosciences Beijing, Beijing, China
Primary Liaison:  David AD Evans, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, United States


Pushing the Boundaries of Archaeochemistry for Non-Destructive Soil and Plant Field Studies II, The Advances in Archaeobiogeochemistry Since SHA 2010.
Primary Convener:  Richard Lundin, Wondjina Research Institute, Sonora, CA, United States and Scientific Team of Wondjina Research Institute
Primary Liaison:  Richard Lundin, Wondjina Research Institute, Sonora, CA, United States and Scientific Team of Wondjina Research Institute


Rapid Urbanization and Agroecosystems: Dynamics and Risk Assessments
Primary Convener:  Seung Hee Kim, Chapman University, Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations, Orange, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Shenyue Jia, Chapman University, Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations, Orange, CA, United States
Chairs:  Hyungjun Kim, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan and Shenyue Jia, Chapman University, Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations, Orange, CA, United States


Resilience of Arctic Infrastructure and Its Social Impacts
Primary Convener:  Ming Xiao, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  David L. Barnes, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Raed Lubbad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Trondheim, Norway and Min Liew, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ming Xiao, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA, United States


Science and Society Showcase
Primary Convener:  Julie A Vano, Aspen Global Change Institute, Basalt, CO, United States
Conveners:  Kevin Reed, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, United States, Maggie Walser, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC, United States and Heidi A Roop, University of Minnesota, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, Saint Paul, United States
Primary Liaison:  Julie A Vano, Aspen Global Change Institute, Basalt, CO, United States


Science and Technology Advancements towards Achieving Surface Topography and Vegetation Structure Measurements
Primary Convener:  Andrea Donnellan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Convener:  David J Harding, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andrea Donnellan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  David J Harding, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Andrea Donnellan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States


SME Connect: Building Connections with NASA SMD Science Activation to Share your Science
Primary Convener:  Jessica L Swann, Arizona State University, Center for Education Through Exploration, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jessica L Swann, Center for Education Through Exploration, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States


SME Connect: Building Connections with NASA SMD Science Activation to Share your Science with All Ages and Audiences
Primary Convener:  David A Williams, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Meenakshi Wadhwa, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Jessica L Swann, Center for Education Through Exploration, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jessica L Swann, Center for Education Through Exploration, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States


Soil Science in the Age of Climate Action:Is a Solution Truly Under Our Feet?
Primary Convener:  Erika Jean Foster, Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Convener:  Shelby McClelland, Food and Agriculture Organizaiton, New York, United States
Primary Liaison:  Erika Jean Foster, Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States


Solar Eclipses: Opportunities for Science and Education Outreach
Primary Convener:  Carolyn Ng, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, ADNET Systems Inc., Greenbelt, MD, United States
Convener:  Angela Colman Des Jardins, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
Primary Liaison:  Carolyn Ng, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States


Student Engagement to Enhance Development: Outstanding Student Presentation Award Winners from Fall Meeting 2020
Primary Convener:  Leslie Marasco, American Geophysical Union, Talent Pool, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Carissa Lundquist, Kelly Klima, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States and Jenny Riker, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Leslie Marasco, American Geophysical Union, Talent Pool, Washington, DC, United States
Chair:  Leslie Marasco, American Geophysical Union, Talent Pool, Washington, DC, United States


Super Potential of Selected Superweeds as Primary Crops to Sustain Soon-coming Moon and Mars Space Settlements
Primary Convener:  Don Deever, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Caliente, NV, UNITED STATES
Primary Liaison:  Donald A Deever, University of Nevada Reno, Extension, Caliente, NV, United States


The Anthropocene comes Home: Innovation and Adaptation in Louisiana
Primary Convener:  Rajul Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Thriving Earth Exchange
Conveners:  Angela Chalk, Healthy Community Services, New Orleans, LA, United States, Kristina Peterson, Lowlanders Center, Gray, LA, United States and Thriving Earth Exchange
Primary Liaison:  Rajul Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States and Thriving Earth Exchange
Chairs:  Angela Chalk, Healthy Community Services, New Orleans, LA, United States, Kristina Peterson, Lowlanders Center, Gray, LA, United States and Thriving Earth Exchange


The Bioatmospheric N cycle: N Emissions, Transformations, Deposition, and Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts
Primary Convener:  Maya Almaraz, University of California Davis, Joh Muir Institute of the Environment, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners:  Meredith Galanter Hastings, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, and Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Providence, RI, United States, Stuart B Weiss, Creekside Center for Earth Observation, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Rebecca Ryals, University of California Merced, School of Natural Resources, Merced, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Stuart B Weiss, Creekside Center for Earth Observation, Menlo Park, CA, United States


The Effective Communication of Climate Change Risk
Primary Convener:  Edward Joseph Kearns, First Street Foundation, New York City, United States
Conveners:  Jaremy Porter, City University of New York -Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, New York, United States, Jeremy Martinich, U.S. EPA - Climate Change Division, Washington, DC, United States and David S Saah, University of San Francisco, Geospatial Analysis Lab, San Francisco, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Edward Joseph Kearns, NOAA, NOAA Chief Data Officer, Asheville, NC, UNITED STATES
Chairs:  Edward Joseph Kearns, NOAA, NOAA Chief Data Officer, Asheville, NC, UNITED STATES and Jaremy Porter, City University of New York -Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, New York, United States


The New Blue Economy: What is it, why should I care, and how do I engage?
Primary Convener:  Liesl A Hotaling, Eidos Education/Marine Technology Society, Highlands, NJ, United States
Convener:  Richard Spinrad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States
Primary Liaison:  Liesl A Hotaling, Eidos Education/Marine Technology Society, Highlands, NJ, United States


The Past, Present and Future of X-informatics
Primary Convener:  Anirudh Prabhu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tetherless World Constellation, Troy, NY, United States
Conveners:  Feifei Pan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tetherless World Constellation, Troy, NY, United States, Denise J Hills, Geological Survey of Alabama, Energy Investigations Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Shaunna M Morrison, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Anirudh Prabhu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tetherless World Constellation, Troy, NY, United States


The phenomenon of hydraulic action in the Earth according to Pascal's law
Primary Convener:  Anatoliy Koshulko, Geosphere S&T, Kyiv, Ukraine
Primary Liaison:  Anatoliy Koshulko, Geosphere S&T, Kyiv, Ukraine


Transcending Boundaries – A Cross-disciplinary Event for and by Early-Career Scientists
Primary Convener:  Yuhan Douglas Rao, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Asheville, NC, United States
Conveners:  Tahneen Neelam, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States, Danica Schaffer-Smith, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC, United States, Sheila M. Saia, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, Carolyn Anderson, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, United States, Nitin Singh, North Carolina State Univsity, Raleigh, NC, United States, Darryl Reano, Florida International University, STEM Transformation Institute, Miami, FL, United States, Nana Owusu-Amponsah, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, United States, Thomas J Glose, University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, United States, Robin D. López, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, Ugochukwu Ukazu, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, Adrian Singleton, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States and Se Jong Cho, University of Maryland, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Annapolis, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yuhan Douglas Rao, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Asheville, NC, United States


Translating Critical Remote Sensing for the geosciences: politics, ethics, economics, empowerment, and other important issues
Primary Convener:  Colin J Gleason, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States
Conveners:  Mia Bennett, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Colin J Gleason, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Colin J Gleason, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States
Chairs:  Mia Bennett, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Colin J Gleason, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States


Unlearning Racism in Geoscience
Primary Convener:  Vashan Desmond Wright, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States
Conveners:  Gabriel Duran, University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Montreal, Canada, Onjalé Scott Price, Mizar Imaging, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Carlene Burton, Northcentral University, San Diego, CA, United States, Phoebe Cohen, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United States, Kasey Aderhold, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Washington, DC, United States and Stephanie Madsen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States
Primary Liaison:  Gabriel Duran, University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Montreal, Canada


WCRP Academy Lighthouse Activity
Primary Convener:  Andrew Charlton-Perez, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Angela M Maharaj, UNSW Sydney, Climate Change Research Centre, Sydney, Australia and Narelle van der Wel
Primary Liaison:  Andrew Charlton-Perez, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom
Chairs:  Andrew Charlton-Perez, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom and Angela M Maharaj, UNSW Sydney, Climate Change Research Centre, Sydney, Australia


WCRP ‘My Climate Risk’ Lighthouse Activity: Inverting the construction of climate information for local-to-regional climate risk
Primary Convener:  Regina Rodrigues, UFSC Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Conveners:  Theodore G Shepherd, University of Reading, Reading, RG6, United Kingdom, Gaby Langendijk, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Hamburg, Germany and Sakshi Mankotia, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India
Primary Liaison:  Regina Rodrigues, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil


Yes, We’re Open! The Benefits of FAIR Data and Open Science
Primary Convener:  Caroline Coward, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Justin James Henry Buck, National Oceanography Center, BODC, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Kyle Copas, Organization Not Listed, Copenhagen, Denmark, Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Data Leadership, Washington, DC, United States and Lesley A Wyborn, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Primary Liaison:  Caroline Coward, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Caroline Coward, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Justin James Henry Buck, National Oceanography Center, BODC, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Kyle Copas, Organization Not Listed, Copenhagen, Denmark, Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Data Leadership, Washington, DC, United States and Lesley A Wyborn, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia


“Student-intern-led Sessions on "Understanding Geoscience Careers Behind The Resilient Infrastructure of New Orleans” ; Town Halls on “The Geoscience behind Infrastructure Careers - Unlocking the Intrinsic Value of Diverse Communities”
Primary Convener:  Drew Lehman, Environment & Education, San Francisco, CA, United States and Steven Currie
Conveners:  Charles Sutcliffe, Office of the Governor, Louisiana, Office of Coastal Activities, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Tamika Duplessis, Ph.D, Delgado Community College, Executive Dean, New Orleans, United States, Reginal Spiller, Azimuth Energy Investments LLC, Chief Executive Officer, Fenton, MO, United States, Mary Kincaid, City of New Orleans, Office of Resilience and Sustainability, New Orleans, United States, Wilma Heaton, New Orleans Flood Protection Authority, Director, Governmental Affairs, New Orleans, United States, Sandra Turner, National Society of Black Engineers, Administrative Assistant to Executive Director, Alexandria, United States, Steven Currie, BAYWORK, Candidate Outreach and Development, Oakland, CA, United States, Patrick Barnes, PG, President, BFA Environmental, Jacksonville, United States, Karl W Reid, National Society of Black Engineers, Executive Director, Alexandria, VA, United States, Dion-Jay Brookter, Exec. Director, Young Community Developers, San Francisco, United States, Rufus Catchings, USGS, Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States, Ava Dejoie, Louisiana Workforce Commission, Executive Director, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Michael J Carroll, Hunt Oil Company, Dallas, TX, United States, Sheryl Davis, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, Executive Director, San Francisco, United States, Trinh Nguyen, Director, Boston's Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, Boston, MA, United States, Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Director, Yale F&ES Hixon Center for Urban Ecology, New Haven, United States, Arianna Ortiz, Student, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Environmental Science, Boston, United States, Maya Elizabeth Carrasquillo, Arcadis, Social Justice Engineer, Atlanta, United States, Ifetayo Venner, Wastewater Treatment Service Line Leader - Arcadis NA, WEF Board of Trustees, Tampa, United States, Wainella Isaacs, Graduate Assistant, Office of Diversity and Inclusion Programs, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States and Steven Currie
Primary Liaison:  Sherry Callaway, PG, Exec. Director, Limitless Vistas, Inc., New Orleans, United States and Steven Currie


Extratropical and High-latitude Storm Tracks, Circulation Dynamics, and Extreme Events in the Context of Rapidly Changing Arctic and Antarctic Climate
Primary Convener:  Xiangdong Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners:  Kent Moore, Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and James E Overland, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Xiangdong Zhang, Univ Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, United States