24 March 2025 | 08:00 - 12:00 (MST)
Closed Session / By Invitation Only - HYBRID
Room: UMC Fourth Floor - 417
Organiser: Melissa Shapiro (Woodwell Climate Research Center (Permafrost Pathways), USA)
Event Description:
Scientific research confirms that multiple Arctic terrestrial ecosystem processes are contributing to the changing global climate system. Yet, the extent of this contribution remains uncertain, as it depends on how various processes are interacting in real time and how they may interact in future climate scenarios. To ensure a more accurate and precise understanding of Arctic climate science within the global context, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) and collaborating research initiatives, such as Permafrost Pathways, are seeking to articulate a plan for coupling different terrestrial processes via large-scale monitoring efforts. This plan will begin to take form at a workshop held in association with the Arctic Circle Assembly in October 2024, where invited experts will examine the state of monitoring for soil processes, ecosystem processes, and abiotic/atmospheric processes. This proposed ASSW session will serve as a continuation of that discussion, presenting outcomes and updates for the ASSW audience. The session will also invite attendees to identify policy-relevant monitoring questions and consider the design of a cohesive pan-Arctic monitoring strategy that will ultimately enable more accurate estimates of Arctic terrestrial-based greenhouse gas fluxes.