Earth System Science by Discipline

Break out sessions will facilitate thinking about the future of specific areas of Earth system science.  The following questions are designed to guide the break-out discussion:

  • What are you working on now? Is it a grand challenge?
  • What do you expect to be working on in 5 years?
  • Do you see the key questions as domestic (i.e. within the current field of ESS, process-based) or cross-disciplinary (i.e. system wide, involving links with non ESS disciplines, or assimilation of many disciplines)?
  • If interdisciplinary, does the work reach beyond the science?
  • How are the disciplines of sustainability science and ESS related?

 

Break-Out Groups

 Location Moderator Recorder
Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Change Board Room Charlie Zender Mackenzie Grieman
The Changing Cryosphere and Sea Level Balboa Room Claudia Czimczik Tyler Sutterly
Ocean Biogeochemistry and the Carbon Cycle Auditorium J. Keith Moore Ashley Payne
Terrestrial Ecosystems, Urban Ecosystems, and Land Use Newport Room Diane Pataki Liza Litvak
The Water Cycle - Floods and Droughts Executive Dining Room Jay Famiglietti Karli Anderson