Session: Symposium--Soil Chemistry in the Face of Climate Change: Impacts of Geochemical Processes

Division: SSSA Division: Soil Chemistry

Title: Symposium--Soil Chemistry in the Face of Climate Change: Impacts of Geochemical Processes

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Format: Oral Symposium
Keywords: Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Geochemistry and Mitigation

Session Description: Climate change, associated with anthropogenic activity, has far-reaching two-way connections to geochemical processes and environmental quality. Human accelerated climate change affects hydrologic cycles, global temperature, sea level rise, forest fire, and drought, thereby impacting a host of soil processes (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient cycling, contaminant transport). These processes, in turn, feedback to impact regional and global climate.  This symposium will explore the couplings between climate change and critical geochemical processes, providing insight for climate change mitigation and information on linking the scientific knowledge with management and policy practices.