Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to our AGU session *H003: Advances in ecohydrology of water-stressed environments *
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/49205 We welcome submissions focusing on the ecohydrological processes/feedbacks in water-stressed environments and their implications on a broad range of issues including ecosystem change, land use change, water resources, desertification, and food-energy-water nexus. The invited speakers are Jayne Belnap from USGS and William Lauenroth from Yale University. The deadline for all submissions is *Wednesday, 1 August 23:59 EDT. * Please see session details below. We look forward to receiving your abstract and seeing you in in Washington, D.C. Thanks! Session Title: Advances in ecohydrology of water-stressed environments Session Description: Water-stressed environments include drylands and any drought-ridden systems where ecosystem productivity is water limited. Drylands are regions where precipitation is low relative to evapotranspiration. Drylands make up about 40% of the terrestrial land surface and an increasing number of human population depend on them for livelihoods and survival. Anthropogenic activities (i.e., agriculture and grazing) and global climate changes (i.e., CO2 enrichment, drought and warming) are increasingly affecting the dryland vegetation and water dynamics in many dryland regions worldwide, thereby influencing ecohydrological and geochemical processes, regional climate and the provision of ecosystem services such as livestock grazing, sheltering of the soil surface, and carbon sequestration. These highlight the importance of advancing our understanding of ecohydrological processes in water-stressed environments. We welcome submissions focusing on the ecohydrological processes/feedbacks in water-stressed environments and their implications on a broad range of issues including ecosystem change, land use change, water resources, desertification, and food-energy-water nexus. *Primary Convener: * *Kailiang Yu*, ETH Zurich, Switzerland *Conveners: * *Lixin Wang*, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, United States, *Sujith Ravi*, Temple University, United States *Daniel Schlaepfer*, Yale University, United States -- Sincerely, Kailiang Yu, postdoc Department of Environmental Science ETH Zurich (Tom Crowther's lab)
