Researchers are invited to submit abstracts to a session in this year’s AGU Fall Meeting in New Orleans Dec. 11-15.
GC046: Interdependence of Coupled Human and Natural Systems around the World, (https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24711) Interactions among coupled human and natural systems are increasing in extent and intensity. While distant interactions have long existed, they have increased sharply in recent decades, with the growth in trade, migration, cross-border flows of knowledge and capital. These ‘telecouplings’ (www.telecoupling.org)<http://www.telecoupling.org)/> have both short- and long-term effects on the natural (e.g., natural ecosystems and their services, land cover, biodiversity) and human (e.g., sociodemographic, economic, cultural) components of coupled systems and their feedbacks. While most research has traditionally targeted coupled systems in isolation, the telecoupling framework seeks to articulate the interactive and synergistic effects among coupled systems, generating new scientific understanding, innovative methodological approaches, and new implications for governance in the presence of globalization. This session features studies using the telecoupling framework to address the growing sustainability challenges facing coupled human and natural systems under globalization. Abstracts deadline: Aug. 2. More about the session: http://csis.msu.edu/news/call-abstracts-agu-telecoupling-session Sue Nichols Assistant Director/Strategic communications Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Michigan State University nich...@msu.edu<mailto:nich...@msu.edu>
