B31D:
Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change I Posters


Session ID#: 10251

Session Description:
Permafrost zone soils contain between 1330-1580 Pg of carbon. Permafrost degradation can change ecosystem carbon storage by enhancing microbial activity and ecosystem respiration, but can also stimulate plant growth and increase carbon stored in vegetation and surface soil. While increased permafrost carbon emissions in a warming climate are more likely to be gradual and sustained we need a better understanding of the magnitude and timing of greenhouse gas emissions from these remote regions to fully estimate the potential feedback from permafrost carbon to climate change.

This session invites papers that examine factors causing losses and gains in ecosystem carbon storage relating to the magnitude, timing and form of carbon release from permafrost. Papers may address any aspect of this topic from microbial communities to the global scale, using a range of measurements or modeling to detect and forecast permafrost thaw and the influence on the carbon cycle and future climate.

Primary Convener:  Christina Schaedel, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Edward Schuur, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States and Cristian Estop-Aragones, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Chairs:  Christina Schaedel1, Edward Schuur1 and Cristian Estop-Aragones2, (1)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States(2)University of Exeter, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaison:  Christina Schaedel, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • C - Cryosphere
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Vladimir E Romanovsky1, William Cable2, Alexander L Kholodov3, Dmitry Nicolsky3, Sergey S Marchenko4, Santosh K Panda1 and Reginald R Muskett4, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute, Potsdam, Germany, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Emily Lynn Wilson1, Lesley E Ott2, AJ DiGregorio3, Bryan N Duncan4, Eugenie Susanne Euskirchen5, Lynn M Carter1, Compton J Tucker6, John Houston Miller7, Qing Liang8, Yasin F Elshorbany9, Colin Edgar10, Katherine A Melocik11, Anand K Ramanathan12, Jianping Mao13, Diana Michelle Bailey14, Erin M Adkins14 and Hilary Melroy15, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)American University, Washington, DC, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (7)The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (9)University of South Florida, Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Laboratory, College of Arts and Sciences, St. Petersberg, Florida, United States, (10)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, United States, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, United States, (12)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, COLLEGE PARK, MD, United States, (13)University of Maryland and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (14)George Washington University, Washington DC, DC, United States, (15)American University, Physics, Washington, DC, United States
Kevin M Schaefer1, Elchin E Jafarov2, Rachael Grace Jonassen3, Lynn Yarmey4 and Dmitry A Streletskiy3, (1)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A, Boulder, United States, (2)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (3)George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States, (4)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States
Yongwon Kim, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Sang-Jong Park, Korea Polar Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Incheon, South Korea, Bang-Yong Lee, Korea Polar Research Institute, 3. Arctic Research Center, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South) and Nick Nickerson
Cuicui Mu, LZU Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
AJ DiGregorio, American University, Washington, DC, United States and Emily Lynn Wilson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Xin Wang1, Masayuki Yokozawa2, Motomu Toda1 and Keiji Kushida3, (1)Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan, (2)Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan, (3)Univ Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Clayton Elder1, Amy Townsend-Small2, Kenneth M Hinkel2, Xiaomei Xu3 and Claudia I Czimczik4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (2)University of Cincinnati Main Campus, Cincinnati, OH, United States, (3)University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, United States, (4)University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States
Yonghong Yi1, John S Kimball1, Michael A Rawlins2, Mahta Moghaddam3 and Eugenie Susanne Euskirchen4, (1)University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry & Conservation, Missoula, MT, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States, (3)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Yuanhe Yang1, Leiyi Chen2, Shuqi Qin2, Jinzhi Ding2, Guibiao Yang2 and Fei Li2, (1)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)IB Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Seung-Goo Kang1, Jong Kuk Hong1, Young Keun Jin1, Sookwan Kim2, Young-Gyun Kim3, Scott Dallimore4, Michael Riedel5 and Changsoo Shin6, (1)Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea, (2)KOPRI Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South), (3)Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South), (4)Geological Survey of Canada Pacific, Sidney, BC, Canada, (5)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (6)Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Robert F Grant, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Cristian Estop-Aragones, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, David Olefeldt, University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Edward Schuur, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Santosh K Panda1, Vladimir E Romanovsky1, Sergey S Marchenko2 and David K Swanson3, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)National Park Service Fairbanks, Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Kathryn Heard, Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, Susan Natali, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, Andrew G Bunn, Western Washington University, Environmental Sciences, Bellingham, WA, United States, Michael M Loranty, Colgate University, Geography, Hamilton, NY, United States, Alexander L Kholodov, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, John D Schade, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, United States, Logan T. Berner, Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Valentin Spektor, Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia, Nikita Zimov, Northeast Scientific Station of Pacific Institute for Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences, Cherskiy, Russia and Heather Dawn Alexander, Mississippi State University, Department of Forestry, Mississippi State, MS, United States
César Plaza, Spanish National Research Council, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Zaragoza, Spain; Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, United States, Edward Schuur, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States and Fernando T. Maestre, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Móstoles, Spain
McKenzie Ann Kuhn1, John D Schade2, Susan Natali3 and Seth Spawn2, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Earth Sciences and Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States, (2)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States
Neal J. Pastick, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, Torre Jorgenson, Alaska Ecoscience, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Bruce K Wylie, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, Burke J Minsley, USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, United States, Dana Nossov Brown, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, Helene Genet, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Kristofer D Johnson, U.S. Forest Service, Newtown Square, PA, United States, Anthony David McGuire, U.S. Geological Survey, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Andy Kass, USGS, Denver, CO, United States and Joseph F Knight, University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources, St. Paul, MN, United States
Anne-Katrin Selbmann, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany and Susan Natali, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States
Zhaosheng Fan1, Roser Matamala2, Julie D Jastrow3, Chao Liang1, Francisco Calderon4, Gary J Michaelson5, Chien-Lu Ping6, Umakant Mishra7 and Scott M Hofmann1, (1)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States, (2)Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States, (3)Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Argonne, IL, United States, (4)United States Department of Agriculture, USDA-ARS Central Great Plains Research Station, Akron, CO, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Palmer, AK, United States, (6)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (7)Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Argonne, United States
Elaine Pegoraro, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, Edward Schuur, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States and Rosvel G Bracho, University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Tina Marie Buxbaum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Richard Thoman, National Weather Service Alaska Region, Environmental and Scientific Services Division, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Vladimir E Romanovsky, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States
Alison Elizabeth Cassidy1, Andreas Christen2,3 and Gregory HR Henry1, (1)The University of British Columbia, Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Geography / Atmospheric Science Program, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (3)Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Environmental Meteorology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Freiburg, Germany
Christina Schaedel1, Jessica Gilman Ernakovich2, Jennifer W W Harden3, Susan Natali4, Andreas Richter5, Edward Schuur1 and Claire C Treat6, (1)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)USGS California Water Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (5)University of Vienna, Department of Microbiology & Ecosystem Science, Vienna, Austria, (6)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Emily Jane Tibbett, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, Lori A Ziolkowski, University of South Carolina Columbia, School of Earth, Ocean and Environment, Columbia, SC, United States and Hongyu Li, University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, SC, United States
Alexandra Hedgpeth1, David W Beilman1 and Susan E Crow2, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Honolulu, United States
Hongyu Li, University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, SC, United States and Lori A Ziolkowski, University of South Carolina Columbia, School of Earth, Ocean and Environment, Columbia, SC, United States
Jack Hutchings, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Edward Schuur, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Thomas S S Bianchi, University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and Rosvel G Bracho, University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Avni Malhotra, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Nigel T Roulet, McGill University, Geography, Montreal, QC, Canada
Katrin Kohnert1, Andrei Serafimovich2, Stefan Metzger3, Jörg Hartmann4 and Torsten Sachs1, (1)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (3)NEON, Battelle, Boulder, United States, (4)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
Juri Palmtag1, Gustaf Hugelius2 and Peter Kuhry2, (1)Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm, Sweden
Gerardo Celis1, Marguerite Mauritz1, Rosvel G Bracho2, Verity G Salmon3, Elizabeth Webb4, Jack A Hutchings5, Susan Natali6, Kathryn G Crummer5, Edward Schuur7 and Christina Schaedel1, (1)Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, United States, (2)University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States, (4)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (5)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (6)Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, (7)Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Nick Parazoo1, Charles E Miller2, Roisin Commane3, Steven C Wofsy4, Charles Koven5, David M Lawrence6, Jakob Lindaas3, Rachel Ying-Wen Chang7 and Colm Sweeney8, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, (5)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (6)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (7)Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, (8)NOAA, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, United States
Kristen Manies1, Miriam Jones2 and Mark P Waldrop1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Menlo Park, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey., Reston, VA, United States
Dmitry Nicolsky1, Vladimir E Romanovsky2, Santosh K Panda2, Sergey S Marchenko3 and Reginald R Muskett3, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
David E Graham1, Taniya Roy Chowdhury2, Jianqiu Zheng2, Ji-Won Moon3, Ziming Yang4, Baohua Gu4 and Stan D Wullschleger4, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (4)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Julie D Jastrow1, Victoria J Burke2, Timothy W Vugteveen3, Zhaosheng Fan2, Scott M Hofmann2, Jeremy S Lederhouse3, Roser Matamala4, Gary J Michaelson5, Umakant Mishra1 and Chien-Lu Ping5, (1)Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Argonne, IL, United States, (2)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States, (3)Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Lemont, IL, United States, (4)Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Palmer, AK, United States
Eric Wilkman, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States, Walter C Oechel, San Diego State University, Department of Biology, San Diego, CA, United States and Donatella Zona, San Diego State University, Department of Biology, San Diego, United States
Matthias Benjamin Siewert, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Gustaf Hugelius, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm, Sweden and Birgit Heim, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Potsdam, Germany

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