B049
Soils in the Anthropocene: New Insights Across Space and Time
Soils in the Anthropocene: New Insights Across Space and Time
Session ID#: 161827
Session Description:
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a critical ecosystem property regulated by complex physical, chemical, and biological interactions across scales. Better constraints on SOM pools and fluxes are required to advance understanding of how global change will influence the carbon (C) cycle. It is now possible to leverage ‘big data’ soil resources to uncover emergent properties of SOM across broader spatio-temporal scales (including deep soil). This session focuses on research findings from long-term soil experiments, multi-site coordinated data collection efforts, synthesis projects and dataset creation, chronosequences, and large-scale modeling. Studies with a focus on these broad scales that integrate multidisciplinary approaches, such as microbial -omics, new soil sensors, or remote sensing observations, are welcome, as is research that advances our theoretical understanding of soil C at macrosystems scales.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- ACSESS: Alliance of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Societies -
- ESA: Ecological Society of America -
- SSSA: Soil Science Society of America -
Index Terms:
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0486 Soils/pedology [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
Primary Convener: Samantha R Weintraub-Leff, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners: Avni Malhotra, University of Zurich, Department of Geography, Zurich, Switzerland and Kimber Candice Moreland, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Kimber Candice Moreland, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
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