Topics
We welcome contributions from all branches of the Earth and Environmental Sciences. Abstracts can be submitted using at least two topics.
Based on the topics chosen, your abstract will be assigned to reviewers and into a scientific parallel session. The topics aid the Programme Committee in placing your abstract into the scientific programme. The topics are based on the foundations, synergies and three routes enabling framework and conditions described in the White Paper Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) (p. 11-18).
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Scientific topics
| Abstract category | Subtopics |
| 1. Solid Earth, Tectonics & Planetary Interiors | • Geophysics & geodynamics |
| • Crust, mantle & core dynamics | |
| • Tectonics & structural geology | |
| • Volcanology & magmatic processes | |
| • Planetary interiors | |
| • Rock mechanics & deformation | |
| • Geodesy & crustal deformation | |
| 2. Geomorphology, Sediments & Surface Processes | • (Planetary-) geomorphology & landscape evolution |
| • Sedimentology & sedimentary systems | |
| • Erosion, weathering & denudation | |
| • Sediment transport & source-to-sink systems | |
| • River, delta & fluvial processes | |
| • Hillslope processes | |
| • Aeolian processes | |
| • Surface observation | |
| 3. Soil Science & Soil-Environment Interactions | • Soil formation & pedogenesis |
| • Soil physics & soil chemistry | |
| • Soil biology & microbiology | |
| • Soil health & functioning | |
| • Soil-water-vegetation interactions | |
| • Critical Zone processes | |
| • Land degradation & soil erosion | |
| • Soil carbon & nutrient dynamics | |
| • Agricultural soils | |
| 4. Atmosphere, Weather & Air Quality | • Atmospheric dynamics |
| • Atmospheric chemistry | |
| • Meteorology & weather | |
| • Air composition, quality & pollution | |
| • Greenhouse gases | |
| • Aerosols & clouds | |
| • Atmosphere-land/ocean interactions | |
| • Atmospheric observations & remote sensing | |
| • Planetary atmospheres | |
| 5. Water, Ocean, Cryosphere & Coastal Systems | • Hydrology & the water cycle |
| • Groundwater & hydrogeology | |
| • Rivers, lakes & freshwater systems | |
| • (Paleo-) oceanography | |
| • Planetary oceanography | |
| • Ice sheets, glaciology & permafrost | |
| • Sea-level change | |
| • Coastal, estuarine & delta systems | |
| • Water availability & water resources | |
| 6. Climate, Climate Change & Paleoclimate | • Climate dynamics, variability and change |
| • Climate modelling | |
| • Climate observations | |
| • Climate extremes, feedbacks & tipping points | |
| • (Paleo-) climate reconstruction & proxies | |
| • Climate system interactions | |
| • Carbon-climate feedbacks | |
| 7. Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Functioning | • Terrestrial, aquatic & marine ecology |
| • Community ecology | |
| • Biodiversity | |
| • Biogeography | |
| • Ecosystem functioning & resilience | |
| • Ecosystem-environment interactions | |
| • Ecological responses to environmental change | |
| • Environmental & microbial ecology | |
| 8. Earth & Life History, Paleoenvironments & Geoarchaeology | • Paleobiology, paleontology & fossil recods |
| • Evolution of life | |
| • Paleoecology | |
| • Paleogeography & paleoenvironments | |
| • Stratigraphy | |
| • Geochronology & chronological frameworks | |
| • Earth history & deep time | |
| • Geoarchaeology | |
| • Past human-environment interactions | |
| 9. Earth System Cycles, Fluxes & Interactions | • (Bio-/geo-) chemical cycles |
| • Carbon cycle | |
| • Nutrient cycles | |
| • Water, carbon & energy exchanges | |
| • Source-to-sink processes & weathering | |
| • Biosphere-geosphere interactions | |
| • Fluxes & rates of change | |
| • Earth-system feedbacks | |
| 10. Geochemistry, Mineralogy & Earth Materials | • Isotope geochemistry |
| • (In)organic geochemistry | |
| • Rock, mineral & material properties | |
| • Mineralogy & mineral physics | |
| • Petrology | |
| • Elemental composition & transformations | |
| • Water-rock interactions | |
| • Geomaterials | |
| 11. Environmental Chemistry & Pollution | • Environmental (geo)chemistry |
| • Environmental pollution & contaminants | |
| • Emerging contaminants | |
| • Water, soil & sediment quality | |
| • Environmental quality & monitoring | |
| • Eutrophication & salinisation | |
| • Environmental microbiology | |
| • Environmental toxicology | |
| • Contaminant transport & fate | |
| • Environmental remediation & restoration | |
| 12. Environmental & Spatial Science | • Land use & land management |
| • Ecosystem services | |
| • Human impacts on the environment | |
| • Human-environment interactions | |
| • Land-use change | |
| • Environmental change | |
| 13. Natural Hazards, Extremes & Risks | • Volcanic & (induced) seismic hazards |
| • Landslides & mass movements | |
| • Floods & droughts | |
| • Coastal hazards & tsunamis | |
| • Land subsidence | |
| • Weather & climate extremes | |
| • Environmental hazards | |
| • Hazard monitoring & forecasting | |
| • Hazard mitigation & resilience | |
| 14. Energy, Resources & Sustainable use of the Subsurface | • Geo(thermal) energy |
| • Critical raw materials | |
| • Geo-resources & resource exploration | |
| • CO₂ storage | |
| • Hydrogen storage | |
| • Energy storage in the subsurface | |
| • Subsurface characterisation & utilisation | |
| • Environmental impacts of subsurface use | |
| • Sustainable use of geological resources |