Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to session B018 "Biogeochemical cycling in the cryosphere" (Session ID 13217) at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco (12-16 December).
The cryosphere is home to Earth's frozen systems including glaciers, ice sheets, seasonal snow cover, permafrost, and sea ice. It is an integral part of the global climate system and is wasting at a rapid rate due to warming. The cryosphere has been identified as an important component of biogeochemical cycles at local to global scales, and understanding how cryospheric changes are impacting biogeochemical cycles is critical for anticipating future trajectories. Here we focus on micro- to macro- scale cryosphere-biogeochemical linkages in the past, present and future.
We particularly encourage contributions focusing on carbon and nutrient cycling responses and feedbacks. This highly multidisciplinary session aims to bring together a diverse range of international scientists with interests spanning microbiology, biogeochemistry, glaciology, hydrology and oceanography of the coldest places on Earth to debate our current understanding and recent advances.
The deadline for abstract submissions is 3rd August, 11.59 PM EDT.
Webpage: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13217
Convenors:
Jon Hawkings, University of Bristol, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom
Marek Stibal, Charles University, Prague, 180, Czech Republic
Robert G Spencer, Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Tallahassee, FL, United States
James W McClelland, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Cross-Listed:
C - Cryosphere
GC - Global Environmental Change
H - Hydrology
Index Terms:
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0470 Nutrients and nutrient cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0475 Permafrost, cryosphere, and high-latitude processes [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
