Session Topics

Page reviewed:  18/08/2025

Twenty interdisciplinary sessions are currently planned. Each one is co-chaired by leading experts in the field:

  • Field Research Infrastructures for Critical Zone and Aquatic Ecosystems in Transition
    Co-chairs: Jaana Bäck, Marcus Wallin
  • Nitrogen Biogeochemistry – Links to Other Elements and Biodiversity
    Co-chairs: Filip Oulehle, Kathrin Rousk
  • Biogeochemical Responses to Hydrological Extremes – Flood and Drought
    Co-chairs: Anna Lupon, Erin Hotchkiss
  • Insects, Wind and Fire: Disturbance Effects on Biogeochemistry
    Co-chairs: Jon Chorover, Dan Metcalfe
  • Land-Use Transformation as a Driver of Catchment Fluxes for Water, Nutrients, and Carbon
    Co-chairs: Rebecca Hale, Susan Bernal
  • Carbon Linkages Between Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems
    Co-chairs: Gerard Rocher Ros, Jan Fleckenstein
  • Natural and Restored Peatland – Effects on Carbon Cycling, Hydrology, Greenhouse Gases and Biogeochemistry
    Co-chairs: Hannu Martilla, Irena Creed
  • Catchment Biogeochemistry Perspectives on Decadal Trends in Air Pollution: Sulfate, Nitrogen and Mercury
    Co-chairs: Andreas Musolff, Jackie Gerson
  • Long-Term Forest Health and Extreme Events
    Co-chairs: Anne-Katrin Prescher, Chris Clark
  • Plant–Soil–Microbial Interactions as Drivers of Ecosystem Processes
    Co-chairs: Nina Wurzburger, Andy Taylor
  • Land–Atmosphere Feedbacks: Greenhouse Gases, VOCs, Particles and Water
    Co-chairs: Ilona Ripponen, Riikka Rinnan
  • What Do Ephemeral Flow Systems Mean for the Catchment Approach to Understanding Ecosystems?
    Co-chairs: Ilja van Meerveld, Margaret Zimmer
  • Cold (High Latitude/Altitude) Ecosystems in Transition
    Co-chairs: Jay Zarnetske, Ylva Sjöberg
  • Critical Zone Processes in a Changing Climate
    Co-chairs: Beth Boyer, Julia Knapp
  • Source to Sea: The Challenge of Scaling Catchment Models for Better Water Management
    Co-chairs: Devon Keirns, Chris Soulsby
  • Biogeochemistry of Soil Carbon Stabilization
    Co-chairs: Marie Spohn, Angela Possinger
  • Biogeochemistry of Enhanced Mineral Weathering
    Co-chairs: Jonatan Klaminder, Sara Vicca
  • Biodiversity Trade-Offs and Co-Benefits in Ecosystem Restoration
    Co-chairs: Lenka Kuglerova, Karel Prach
  • Paleo Perspectives on Anthropocene Challenges
    Co-chairs: Malin Kylander (Stockholm University), Simon Belle
  • Biogeochemistry and the Ecology of Agriculture
    Co-chairs: Magda Bieroza, Jen Tank