Primary Convener:
Andres Sanchez, University of Southern California

Convener:
Bhavna Arora, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Elizabeth Boyer, Penn State University
Salvatore Calabrese, Texas A&M University
Jon Chorover, University of Arizona
Adrian Harpold, University of Nevada Reno
Delphis Levia, University of Delaware
Tirthankar Roy, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Chair:
Andres Sanchez,
Bhavna Arora, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Elizabeth Boyer, Penn State University
Tirthankar Roy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Critical Zone encompasses complex interactions among rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms. Understanding CZ processes requires interdisciplinary approaches and observations across spatial and temporal scales. We welcome studies at individual sites, watershed-scale investigations, network-based research, and presentations that explore linkages between physical, chemical, and biological processes; integrate field data with modeling; or advance understanding of CZ evolution, resilience, and responses to environmental change and disturbances. Interest is given to research on wildfires and their role in reshaping landscapes, altering hydrology, geomorphology, biogeochemical cycles, and influencing ecosystem resilience. Studies on drivers like floods, droughts, climate variability, and land-use change, are encouraged. Submissions from diverse landscapes and socio-environmental contexts and efforts involving novel instrumentation, cross-site comparisons, or synthesis are are welcome. This session aims to highlight the breadth of CZ science and deepen understanding of how the CZ responds to and recovers from a range of natural and anthropogenic disturbances.

Index Terms
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling
0496 Water quality
1402 - Critical Zone
1879 Watershed

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
B - Biogeosciences
GC - Global Environmental Change

Co-Sponsored Sessions:
GSA： Geological Society of America
EGU： European Geosciences Union

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering