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Biogeochemistry

Disappearing Cryosphere

Working Group Reports Final reports:  ASM 2012 Cryosphere WG Report.pdf The cryosphere, that portion of the Earth’s surface where water is in solid form for at least one month a year, has been shrinking in response to climate warming. Session:  Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday Room Assignment:  Longs Peak - Chasm Lake (60)

Density fractionation and 13C reveal changes in soil carbon following woody encroachment in a desert ecosystem

Poster Number:  58 Presenter/Primary Author:  Kate Lajtha Woody encroachment has dramatically changed land cover patterns in arid and semiarid systems (drylands) worldwide over the past 150 years.

Dissolved organic material (DOM) Workshop

Dissolved organic material (DOM) is a major pool of organic carbon in all aquatic ecosystems and has high concentrations in soil interstitial water. Session:  Working Group Session 6 - Thursday Room Assignment:  Wind River A (100)

Unintended impacts of freshwater flow restoration on water quality of coastal Everglades and Florida Bay

Poster Number:  46 Presenter/Primary Author:  Henry Briceno For the restoration and protection of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem to be successful, four factors must be in place regarding water: quantity, quality, timing and distribution.

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER