Symposium
Terrestrial Ecosystems at Risk Exploring the Critical Nexus of Land Use and Climate Change
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This is a public event. Participation is free of charge, registration is not required.
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The symposium is followed by a small reception.
The rapid growth of the global population, coupled with the limited availability of arable land, has led to widespread deforestation and severe land degradation worldwide, with these issues intensifying in the global South in recent decades. These processes have significantly contributed to the accelerated release of greenhouse gases and particulate matter into the atmosphere, thereby intensifying climate change.
This symposium will address land degradation as a critical outcome of climate change and land-use alteration, focusing on its impact on atmospheric dynamics, global dust patterns, and soil erosion, as well as its role in exacerbating global warming. Through multidisciplinary discussions, we aim to explore innovative solutions to mitigate these environmental challenges. Case studies of land-use and climate interactions across spatial scales—from local to regional and global—will highlight the impact of unsustainable development on aerosol emissions and soil properties. By examining these examples, we aim to develop strategies to combat land degradation and mitigate global warming, emphasizing sustainable land management.
Program
| 13:00 |
Opening & welcome remarksNikou Hamzehpour & Sebastian Bonhoeffer |
| 13:15 |
Dust Global Cycle, Land Use Change and Climate |
The Global Dust Cycle and Its Interactions with Cloud FormationUlrike Lohmann |
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The Interaction Between Land Use Change and Global WarmingSonia Seneviratne |
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| 14:15 |
Coffee break |
| 14:45 |
The Interplay of Land Use and Climate Change in Dust Emission Dynamics |
The Release and the Specific Properties of Agricultural DustRoger Funk |
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The Nature and Controls of Southern Africa’s Major Dust SourcesFrank Eckardt |
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Land Cover, Drought, and Dust Emissions on the West Coast of South AfricaNikolaus J. Kuhn |
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Human Manipulations and Climate Change Control on Urmia Lake as a New Source of Dust StormsAli Mohammadi |
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| 17:00 |
Ecosystems and Climate Change Mitigation |
Soil Resilience |
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Land Degradation and Shrinking Water Bodies as Drivers of Sand and Dust Storms |
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Small but Mighty |
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Nature, Time, and Humans |
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| 18:30 |
Closing remarksFollowed by a small reception. |
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