Dear Colleagues, We invite you to submit to our AGU session on drylands in which we are looking for methods and analyses targeted for understanding the functioning of these ecosystems, and perspectives on needs and directions for future research.
We look forward to seeing contributions from a variety of aspects including field experiments, remote sensing, data analysis and modeling studies across different temporal and spatial scales. --- *B055: Past, present and future of dryland ecosystems: local trends to global impacts* Session Description: Dryland ecosystems cover 35% of the world’s surface, host major centers of global plant diversity, support over third of the global human population mainly in the developing countries, and play an important role in land CO2 sink. Yet, drylands are in zones of transition that will be affected by future global change, including drought and land degradation, with unclear consequences on global carbon and hydrological budgets, ecosystem services and sustainable livelihoods. In this session we seek to i) highlight advances in our collective understanding of carbon, water and vegetation-related processes in dryland ecosystems under changing climate and management across temporal and spatial scales, and ii) provide perspectives on needs and directions for future research. Contributions from both modeling and experimental studies across a wide range of fields are welcome. Conveners: Istem Fer, Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, MA, United States Natasha MacBean, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24251
