B043
Responses of biogeochemical cycles to climate change
Responses of biogeochemical cycles to climate change
Session ID#: 160072
Session Description:
As climate change progressively impacts the landscape, global biogeochemical cycles are responding in ways that we are only just starting to understand. For example, carbon stored in permafrost soils is being mobilized and transported into warmer environments where it may readily decompose; increasingly common wildfires in forested landscapes are potentially accelerating biogeochemical fluxes among the biosphere, pedosphere, and atmosphere; chemical weathering rates may be changing in response to increased temperatures or enhanced physical erosion driven by extreme weather events. This session aims to gather researchers studying biogeochemical changes in systems that are rapidly responding to climate change phenomena. We invite abstracts that quantify changes in the rates of biochemical processes and assess perturbations in the fluxes of carbon and nutrients among key reservoirs. We welcome research ranging from observational field-based studies, such as time-series measurements or analyses of sedimentary records, to studies modeling feedback between climate change and biogeochemical processes.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- EGU: European Geosciences Union -
- GS: Geochemical Society -
Index Terms:
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0470 Nutrients and nutrient cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0489 Trace element cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
Primary Convener: Marisa Nicole Repasch, University of Colorado Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States
Conveners: Robert G Spencer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States and Jon Hawkings, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Marisa Nicole Repasch, University of Colorado Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States
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