U32A:
Soils in a Changing World: The NEXUS of Climate, Water, Ecosystems, and Food Systems

Note: Abstract submissions to Union sessions are by invitation only.


Session ID#: 7286

Session Description:
The UN designated 2015 as the International Year of Soils, to raise awareness of the critical roles of soils in ecosystem management, climate change prediction and mitigation, and in securing food and water resources availability for a society that is increasing in population. The inclusion of soils is essential for effectively addressing these huge global societal challenges. The proposed session is coordinated with representation of AGU sections of Biogeosciences and  Hydrology, the TC on Soils and Critical Zone processes as well as those representing the SSSA and GEWEX.  The symposium highlights the critical scientific principles that need to be integrated towards managing soils as a key strategy for mitigation and adaptation to human- accelerated environmental changes. The proposed session consists of presentations by four confirmed speakers, representing disciplinary areas in climate science, hydrology, ecosystem science, and agricultural food systems, and concludes with a panel discussion.
Primary Convener:  Jan W Hopmans, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, United States; University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners:  Harry Vereecken, Geoverbund ABC/J, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems (TerrSys), Jülich, Germany and Eric A Davidson, University of Maryland Center (UMCES) for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, United States
Chairs:  Jan W Hopmans, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, United States and Harry Vereecken, Geoverbund ABC/J, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems (TerrSys), Jülich, Germany
OSPA Liaison:  Eric A Davidson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1899 General or miscellaneous [HYDROLOGY]
3322 Land/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Soil Moisture in the Climate System (Invited) (48372)
Randal D Koster, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Role of Soils in Hydrologic Response to Climate Extremes and Land Use Change (Invited) (60354)
Bridget R Scanlon, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Zizhan Zhang, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, Himanshu Save, The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Space Research, Austin, United States, Robert C Reedy, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, United States and Claudia C Faunt, USGS California Water Science Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Soils as a Solution: The Potential of Rangelands to Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation (Invited) (62929)
Whendee L Silver, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, Berkeley, CA, United States, Rebecca Ryals, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Honolulu, HI, United States, Marcia S DeLonge, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States and Justine J Owen, University of California Berkeley, Dept of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, Berkeley, CA, United States
Climate and Soil Interactions in the Context of Climate, Water, Ecosystems and Food Systems (Invited) (66986)
Jerry Hatfield, USDA-ARS, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA, United States

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