Dear Colleagues,
Please consider submitting an abstract to the following permafrost/carbon
Biogeoscience session at AGU:
Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change (Session ID#: 2294)
Permafrost zone soils contain 1670 Pg of carbon (C). Permafrost degradation
can change ecosystem C storage by enhancing microbial activity and ecosystem
respiration, but can also stimulate plant growth and increase C stored in
vegetation and surface soil. This session invites papers that examine
factors causing losses and gains in ecosystem C storage that relate to the
question: What is the magnitude, timing and form of C release from
permafrost zone ecosystems in a changing climate? 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 C cycle and future climate.
Conveners:
Christina Schaedel, University of Florida
Dave McGuire, University of Alaska Fairbanks
David Olefeldt, University of Alberta
Co-Sponsor(s):
C - Cryosphere
GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0486 Soils/pedology [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0702 Permafrost [CRYOSPHERE]
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
For more details on our session click on this link:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session2294.html
We hope to see you in San Francisco.
Best regards,
Christina Schaedel
Department of Biology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
e-mail: cschae...@ufl.edu
http://www.biology.ufl.edu/permafrostcarbon/
