BG – Biogeosciences

Peatlands and the carbon cycle
Convener: Dr Glatzel  | Co-Convener: W. Worrall 
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Urbanisation and its complex interactions with the Biosphere and the water cycle (co-organized)
Convener: A. Svirejeva-Hopkins 
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Analysis and Characterization of Black Carbon in the Environment
Convener: M. W. I. Schmidt  | Co-Conveners: Ö. Gustafsson , J. Lehmann 
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Biogeochemistry of coastal seas and continental shelves
Convener: H. Thomas  | Co-Convener: A. V. Borges 
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Interactions between tectonics, climate and biosphere (co-listed)
Convener: M. Trauth  | Co-Conveners: M. Strecker , R. Tiedemann 
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Atmospheric VOC: measurements and interpretation (co-listed)
Convener: Pollmann  | Co-Conveners: M. Boy , Prof. Sinha 
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Interactions between the carbon and hydrological cycle and the climate system
Convener: C. Beer  | Co-Convener: M. Reichstein 
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Heavy-metal contamination of water, air, soil, and foodcrops (co-organized)
Convener: J. A. Holden  | Co-Conveners: B. D. Malamud , L. Li , K. Kostarelos 
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Biogeochemistry and ecohydrology of arid and semi-arid ecosystems
Convener: Dr. Mamtimin  | Co-Conveners: F. X. Meixner , P. Fay 
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The molecular biogeochemical fate of terrestrial organic carbon (co-listed)
Convener: K. G. J. Nierop  | Co-Conveners: B. Jansen , I. D. Bull 
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Cropland GHG emissions and related uncertainties
Convener: M. Wattenbach  | Co-Convener: P Smith 
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The role of vegetation in catchment hydrology (co-listed)
Convener: L. Samaniego  | Co-Conveners: M. Sivapalan , Drewry , S. J. Schymanski , A. Hildebrandt 
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Global changes in the Palaeozoic: carbon cycle, glaciations, and the terrestrialization process (co-sponsored by IAS) (co-listed)
Convener: M. Vecoli  | Co-Conveners: M. Vecoli , Meyer-Berthaud 
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Assessment of Weather-related Risk on Agricultural Production and Agribusiness (co-listed)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis  | Co-Conveners: N. R. Dalezios , M. Semenov , F. Burgaz 
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Wildfire in Forest Landscapes: Desertification, Degradation, Debris Flows, & Damage Control (co-organized)
Convener: Wittenberg  | Co-Conveners: D. G. Neary , Bautista 
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Open Session on Shelf Seas and Coastal Seas (co-listed)
Convener: J. van der Molen  | Co-Convener: H. E. de Swart 
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Application of stable isotopes in biogeosciences (co-sponsored by EAG)
Convener: M. E. Böttcher  | Co-Conveners: S. Bouillon , G. Gleixner 
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Methane in aquatic sediments: sources, chemical interactions, fluxes, and biotopes
Convener: A. Stadnitskaia  | Co-Conveners: T Feseker , H. Niemann 
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Methane in aquatic sediments: sources, chemical interactions, fluxes, and biotopes (co-listed)
Convener: A. Stadnitskaia  | Co-Conveners: T Feseker , H. Niemann 
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Traces of life from cells to planets
Convener: E. J. Javaux  | Co-Conveners: K. Lepot , Bekker 
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Short- and long-term environmental change in the Mesozoic: impact on the biosphere (co-sponsored by IAS) (co-listed)
Convener: J. Mutterlose  | Co-Convener: Prof. Föllmi 
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Organic soils: impact of land-use change on peatlands degradation (co-listed)
Convener: Prof. Szajdak  | Co-Convener: T. Miano 
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Shifting Seasons: Phenological evidence from observations, reconstructions, measurements and models (co-sponsored by PAGES & ILEAPS) (co-listed)
Convener: T. Rutishauser  | Co-Conveners: Menzel , J. Weltzin 
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Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfires: models, theory, and reality (co-organized)
Convener: R. Lasaponara  | Co-Conveners: Millington , L. Telesca , McKenzie 
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Astrobiology, Mars and robotic exploration (co-organized)
Convener: Westall  | Co-Conveners: C. Muller , J. Toporski , J. L. Vago 
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Submarine gas hydrates: physicochemical behavior, fluid geochemistry, and biogeochemical processes
Convener: T. Treude  | Co-Conveners: C. Hensen , M. Haeckel 
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Towards a process based understanding of Biomineralization (co-sponsored by EAG)
Convener: G. Nehrke  | Co-Conveners: A. Shemesh , Meibom , J. Stolarski 
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Production, transport, and emission of trace gases from the vadose zone to the atmosphere (co-listed)
Convener: L. Weihermueller  | Co-Conveners: Reichstein , M. Lamers 
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Synchrotron radiation in soil and geosciences (co-listed)
Convener: Terzano  | Co-Conveners: Medici , Denecke 
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Land-climate interactions from models and observations: Implications from past to future climate (co-sponsored by ILEAPS & GLASS) (co-listed)
Convener: S. Seneviratne  | Co-Conveners: B. van den Hurk , P. Ciais 
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Water transfer, element fluxes and carbon export from soils to streams and rivers: Processes, modelling and implications at the catchment scale (co-sponsored by EAG) (co-organized)
Convener: Köhler  | Co-Convener: Futter 
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Remote Sensing of Vegetation Systems. Measuring, modelling and managing vegetation responses
Convener: WW Verstraeten  | Co-Conveners: PhD Jonckheere , F. Veroustraete 
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Geomicrobiology: geochemical and molecular interactions between microbes, minerals and metals (co-sponsored by EAG)
Convener: Hutchens  | Co-Convener: Crovisier 
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Ocean Remote Sensing (co-listed)
Convener: Miller  | Co-Conveners: V. Barale , E. Schrama , G. Han 
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The early Paleogene Greenhouse: New insights from an interdisciplinary perspective (co-sponsored by IAS) (co-listed)
Convener: A. Bornemann  | Co-Convener: Schulte 
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Air-Land Interactions (General Session) (co-listed)
Convener: T. Foken  | Co-Convener: A. Ibrom 
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Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter: characterisation, distribution and ecosystem roles
Convener: G. Uher  | Co-Convener: A. V. Vähätalo 
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Fire in the Earth System (co-organized)
Convener: A. Spessa  | Co-Convener: O. Wild 
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Land-Atmosphere-Cryosphere Interactions in Northern Eurasia
Convener: P. Groisman  | Co-Conveners: I.N. Sokolik , Reissell 
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Water isotopes in hydrological processes (co-sponsored by EAG)
Convener: A. Benthien  | Co-Conveners: E. Schefuß , M Werner 
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Hydrological, hydraulic and mechanical effects of plants for slope stability (co-listed)
Convener: Florineth  | Co-Conveners: H. P. Rauch , F. Graf , Rey 
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Paratethys - Mediterranean - Indopacific climatic, biotic and sedimentological evolution (co-sponsored by IAS) (co-listed)
Convener: O. Mandic  | Co-Conveners: M. Wagreich , Harzhauser 
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The future of European engineering: education and research (co-listed)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis  | Co-Conveners: E. Perrier , J. M. Redondo , Baveye 
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Southern Ocean Variability (co-listed)
Convener: HHH Hellmer  | Co-Convener: Y. H. Park 
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Complexity and nonlinearity in soils (co-listed)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis  | Co-Conveners: E. Perrier , R. M. Lark 
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Open session on SOLAS and sensitivity of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to climate change (co-listed)
Convener: V. Garçon  | Co-Conveners: C. Lancelot , B. Salihoglu 
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European Collaboration for Implementation of Marine Research on Cores (EuroMARC) (co-listed)
Convener: G. Camoin  | Co-Convener: Dokken 
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Development and application of palaeoproxies in the mollusc shell archive
Convener: Clarke  | Co-Conveners: B. R. Schöne , D. R. Gröcke 
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Natural and anthropogenic environmental change as evidenced in high-resolution continental archives (including Outstanding Young Scientist Lecture)
Convener: Lotter  | Co-Conveners: M. Magny , O. Heiri 
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Heterogeneity of catchment processes at multiple scales - benchmarking observations, conceptualisation and prediction (co-listed)
Convener: D. Tetzlaff  | Co-Conveners: M.J. Kirkby , H. Laudon , McGuire , Carey 
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Outstanding Young Scientist Lecture by Johan Weijers (co-listed)
Convener: J. Bijma 
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From biogenic primary exchange to atmospheric fluxes of reactive trace gases
Convener: J. Rinne  | Co-Conveners: J. Kesselmeier , JP Schnitzler 
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New aspects of the marine nitrogen cycle's processes and budget (co-listed)
Convener: H. W. Bange  | Co-Conveners: M. Voss , Kuypers 
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Long-term platforms as tool for understanding biogeochemical cycles under climate change (co-organized)
Convener: Chabbi  | Co-Convener: C. Rumpel 
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Biodiversity science in Europe: new tools and strategies (EuroDIVERSITY)
Convener: PhD Jonckheere  | Co-Convener: Frenzel 
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Inter-annual variability of terrestrial ecosystem CO2, H2O and energy exchange
Convener: G. Wohlfahrt  | Co-Conveners: Cescatti , A.D. Richardson 
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Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil (co-listed)
Convener: K. U. Totsche  | Co-Conveners: Schloter , M.H. Gerzabek , T. Rennert 
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African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) (co-listed)
Convener: C. Taylor  | Co-Conveners: H. Kunstmann , Janicot , B. Marticorena 
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Stability and Functions of Mountain Soils
Convener: C. Alewell  | Co-Convener: F. Hagedorn 
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Synthesis Efforts From the Global Network of Ecosystem-Atmosphere CO2, Water and Energy Exchange (FLUXNET)
Convener: M. Reichstein  | Co-Conveners: D. Papale , Baldocchi 
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Impact of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on terrestrial carbon balance
Convener: Magnani  | Co-Convener: J. Grace 
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Biogeochemistry and Soil genesis in seasonally snow-covered areas (co-listed)
Convener: M. Freppaz  | Co-Conveners: Balestrini , Zanini , G. Corti 
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Instrumentation for Polar Regions (co-listed)
Convener: M. Rose  | Co-Convener: D. Meldrum 
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The Operational Sentinels: New Possibilities for Science (co-listed)
Convener: M. Berger  | Co-Convener: J. Aschbacher 
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