Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the session invites contributions from fields such as geosciences, ecology and modelling, recognizing the interplay between biological and physical processes in controlling key planetary processes such as water, carbon and nutrient cycling, as well as geomorphic processes. This comprehensive, broader approach helps highlight several distant topics, such as: how biodiversity affects ecosystem integrity, health, and response to disturbances; how it influences processes such as restoration, and rewilding, including reintroduction of large animals to restore ecosystem functioning. The session also focuses on the specific contributions of animals to Earth system processes, as the emerging discipline of zoogeoscience including biogeochemical cycles and physical displacement of soils and sediments and bioturbation. Finally, the session also addresses and it underscores the importance of scientific evidence in informing political decisions, such as the EU Nature Restoration Law.
In sum, in this session we aim to recognize the wide range of biogeoscience, and the broader Earth system science research projects with an aim to understand the functional role of biodiversity in the Earth system, and highlight the need for interdisciplinary research and the importance of studying these processes at various spatial and temporal scales. This session is combined from sessions ITS3.7/BG0.6 Biodiversity from a Geoscience perspective and BG1.9 Animals in the Earth System.
Orals: Mon, 28 Apr | Room -2.33
Posters on site: Mon, 28 Apr, 14:00–15:45 | Hall X1
Posters virtual: Thu, 1 May, 14:00–15:45 | vPoster spot 2
EGU25-6325 | ECS | Posters virtual | VPS29
The different responses of planktonic bacteria and archaea to water temperature maintain the stability of their community diversity in dammed riversThu, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) | vP2.5