Biogeodynamics, the study of the co-evolution of geo- and biosphere over geological time, brings together a diverse group of scientists, interested in how life and and planetary processes have co-evolved from the Precambrian to the present-day. This session highlights the interplay between biological evolution and tectonic, magmatic, and surface processes, exploring how changes in paleoenvironments and -geography have influenced the evolution of complex life - including animals, plants, and marine ecosystems - and how, in turn, biological processes reshape the solid Earth system. As a link between the two spheres, we seek to explore how greenhouse-icehouse climatic transitions have influenced biodiversity and ecosystems and how fossil records are linked to Earth system processes. As paleogeography exerts a fundamental control on Earth’s climate and the evolution of life, we welcome contributions that reconstruct paleogeography and explore its impacts, from the reconstruction of ancient supercontinents to the controls of ocean gateways on climate and biotic dispersals.
Biogeodynamics as an inherently multi-disciplinary subject aspires to better understand the complex coupling of biogeochemical cycles and life, the links between mass extinction and their causal geological events, how fossil records shed light on ecosystem drivers over deep time, and how tectono-geomorphic processes impact biodiversity patterns at global or local scales. We further encourage submissions that use new approaches to unravel the interplay between geodynamics, paleogeography, paleoclimate, and biological evolution across Earth’s history. We aim to understand our planet and its biosphere and climate through both observation- and modelling-based studies.