Two Calls for EGU General Assembly 2020 Abstracts
Permafrost Sessions
European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2020
3-8 May 2020
Vienna, Austria
Abstract submission deadline: 15 January 2020
For more information about the conference, go to:
https://www.egu2020.eu/
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) invites abstract submissions for the EGU General Assembly 2020. This conference will convene 3-8 May 2020 in Vienna, Austria.
Conveners of the following two sessions invite abstract submissions:
SESSION CR4.2: Permafrost Open Session
Conveners: Reginald Muskett, Sebastian Westermann, Florence Magnin, and Michael Krautblatter
The Permafrost Open Session is a platform for the presentation and discussion of current research focusing on (a) permafrost and associated natural systems; (b) the interaction of permafrost and climate; (c) the impact of permafrost changes on both, natural and human systems; and (d) the measurement, understanding, modeling, and parameterization of corresponding processes. Contributions are welcome on high-latitude, mountain, and planetary permafrost.
Conveners look forward to a high-quality session with a high number of contributions that reflect diverse scientific fields, approaches, and geographic locations. Conveners would like to especially encourage contributions that (a) present novel measurement and monitoring approaches; (b) present new strategies to improve process understanding; (c) come from or interface with differing fields of science or innovative technologies and methods; (d) investigate model validation, model uncertainty, or spatial and temporal scale/scalability; (e) couple models of diverse processes or scales.
The Permafrost Open Session complements several other sessions with more specific foci (such as natural hazards, geophysics, or geomorphology) and is intended to be the forum for research primarily focusing on permafrost phenomena.
To submit an abstract to this session, go to:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/34733
For questions about this session, contact:
Reginald Muskett
Email: reginald.muskett [at] gmail.com
Phone: 907-474-1925
SESSION CR4.4: Permafrost Retrogressive Thaw Slumps – Hotspots of Rapid Permafrost Thaw
Conveners: Sebastian Wetterich, Alexandr Kizyakov, Thomas Opel, Trevor Porter, and Melissa Ward Jones
The study of rapid permafrost degradation features, such as thaw slumps on river shores, sea coasts, and slopes in high latitudes, have increased in recent years with accelerated permafrost thaw, tundra and taiga fires, and thermo-erosion driven by ongoing Arctic warming. Furthermore, thaw slumps measuring several hundred meters wide and several decameters deep, known as ‘megaslumps’, have been identified in Siberia and Canada and introduced to the scientific literature within the last decade. The combination of thermal and erosional processes in ice-rich permafrost terrain promotes the release of organic matter, nutrients, and trace elements into riverine and marine systems that certainly alters food webs and biogeochemical cycling. Ongoing research focuses (1) on modern thaw slumps dynamics monitored by onsite and remote sensing as well as geophysical methods, (2) on quality and quantity of released material and its impact on adjacent ecosystems, and (3) on still preserved Quaternary inventories of fossil organic matter and ground ice that are accessible in thaw slump headwalls. The session seeks to combine these main research directions to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the field of permafrost research.
Conveners are happy to confirm solicited presentations by Steve Kokelj (Northwest Territories Geological Survey) and George Tanski (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
To submit an abstract to this session, go to:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/34953
For questions about this session, contact:
Melissa Ward Jones
Email: melissa.ward [at] mail.mcgill.ca