These are the sessions for ECC 2016.

 

 

​Session 1

​Past Earth system changes and their impact on the biosphere: Lessons on natural forcing, adaptation and evolutionary responses  

Since the emergence of life, the Earth system has naturally undergone a series of significant changes. The abiotic changes have forced heritable genetic changes in populations of various species, as well as their migration within the Earth system, (re)shaping ecosystems. In this session, we invite researchers to discuss evidences of past changes of the planet’s system, their impact on the emergence of life, as well as on the evolution and spreading of the life forms. Presentations on the estimation of natural forcing impacts on climate are also be welcome.

 

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Session 2

Anthropogenic climate change I: The cause-effect relationship within the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere

The intensified industrialization, deforestation, land use and consumption changes observed in the last 200 years are forcing the Earth system towards a different steady state. The transient stage we are presently experiencing was initially characterized by the responses of the atmosphere and hydrological cycle to the changing system. Since then the research fields have expanded to encompass the entire Earth system. This session aims to bring together observational and modelled findings about the impact climate change has on abiotic components of the system – the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere, both at global and regional scale.

 

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Session 3
Anthropogenic climate change II: How does the biosphere react to climate change?

Life on Earth evolved in strong dependence on the climate conditions and it keeps adapting continuously to their variations. The recent changes in the climate system have lead to some species disappearing, but most of them, no matter their scale, respond to and influence in turn the ecosystem around them. In the framework of this session, we invite presentations in topics related to Earth system change impact on various life forms, species’ adaptation, evolution and migration under such forcing. Please note that humans are regarded in a separate section.

 

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Session 4

Anthropogenic climate change III: Societies and their response to a changing Earth system – impacts, mitigation and adaptation

Global climate change is expected to impact our societies in multifaceted ways. To overcome the challenges of an Earth system in transition, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary strategies have been developed to adapt and decelerate the rate at which climate change occurs. In this session, we invite researchers to discuss planned and taken measures originating from natural, economics and social sciences to cope with climate change. Studies assessing the environmental impact of these measures (e. g. of the renewable energy technologies, of CO2 ocean storage) are especially welcome.

 

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Session 5
Short-term variability in the earth system – seasonal to interdecadal variability, predictability, and implications for societies

Modes of short-term variability impact the biosphere and the livelihood of humans on many levels. Phenomena like ENSO, NAO, AMV have shown to be predictable to a certain extent, possibly enabling local societies to meet strong events well prepared. Here, we invite researchers to present and discuss research in physical concepts and processes of short-term variability in the earth system; forecast quality assessment in all components of the earth system; ensemble forecast initialization; model uncertainty; statistical and dynamical downscaling; creation, configuration, and application of impact models. We particularly encourage entries estimating end-user value for risk applications.