Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene (Dec 2019)
Fostering multidisciplinary research on interactions between chemistry, biology, and physics within the coupled cryosphere-atmosphere system
- Jennie L. Thomas,
- Jochen Stutz,
- Markus M. Frey,
- Thorsten Bartels-Rausch,
- Katye Altieri,
- Foteini Baladima,
- Jo Browse,
- Manuel Dall’Osto,
- Louis Marelle,
- Jeremie Mouginot,
- Jennifer G. Murphy,
- Daiki Nomura,
- Kerri A. Pratt,
- Megan D. Willis,
- Paul Zieger,
- Jon Abbatt,
- Thomas A. Douglas,
- Maria Cristina Facchini,
- James France,
- Anna E. Jones,
- Kitae Kim,
- Patricia A. Matrai,
- V. Faye McNeill,
- Alfonso Saiz-Lopez,
- Paul Shepson,
- Nadja Steiner,
- Kathy S. Law,
- Steve R. Arnold,
- Bruno Delille,
- Julia Schmale,
- Jeroen E. Sonke,
- Aurélien Dommergue,
- Didier Voisin,
- Megan L. Melamed,
- Jessica Gier
Affiliations
- Jennie L. Thomas
- Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (UMR 5001), CNRS/UGA/Grenoble-INP/IRD, Grenoble; Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux et Observations Spatiales (LATMOS)/IPSL, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris
- Jochen Stutz
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Markus M. Frey
- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross Madingley Road, Cambridge
- Thorsten Bartels-Rausch
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen
- Katye Altieri
- Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town
- Foteini Baladima
- Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (UMR 5001), CNRS/UGA/Grenoble-INP/IRD, Grenoble
- Jo Browse
- Centre for Geography and Environmental Science, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall
- Manuel Dall’Osto
- Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Catalonia
- Louis Marelle
- Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (UMR 5001), CNRS/UGA/Grenoble-INP/IRD, Grenoble; Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux et Observations Spatiales (LATMOS)/IPSL, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris
- Jeremie Mouginot
- Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (UMR 5001), CNRS/UGA/Grenoble-INP/IRD, Grenoble, FR; Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA
- Jennifer G. Murphy
- University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Toronto, Ontario
- Daiki Nomura
- Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate; Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
- Kerri A. Pratt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Megan D. Willis
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
- Paul Zieger
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm
- Jon Abbatt
- University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Toronto, Ontario
- Thomas A. Douglas
- U.S. Army Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
- Maria Cristina Facchini
- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate – National Research Council (ISAC-CNR), Bologna
- James France
- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross Madingley Road, Cambridge; Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham
- Anna E. Jones
- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross Madingley Road, Cambridge
- Kitae Kim
- Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon
- Patricia A. Matrai
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay, Maine
- V. Faye McNeill
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York
- Alfonso Saiz-Lopez
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid
- Paul Shepson
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
- Nadja Steiner
- Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Ocean Canada, Sidney, British Columbia
- Kathy S. Law
- Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux et Observations Spatiales (LATMOS)/IPSL, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris
- Steve R. Arnold
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds
- Bruno Delille
- Unité d’Océanographie Chimique, Université de Liège, Liège
- Julia Schmale
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen; School or Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne
- Jeroen E. Sonke
- Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/OMP/Université de Toulouse, Toulouse
- Aurélien Dommergue
- Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (UMR 5001), CNRS/UGA/Grenoble-INP/IRD, Grenoble
- Didier Voisin
- Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (UMR 5001), CNRS/UGA/Grenoble-INP/IRD, Grenoble
- Megan L. Melamed
- IGAC, University of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, Colorado
- Jessica Gier
- SOLAS, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.396
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
Abstract
The cryosphere, which comprises a large portion of Earth’s surface, is rapidly changing as a consequence of global climate change. Ice, snow, and frozen ground in the polar and alpine regions of the planet are known to directly impact atmospheric composition, which for example is observed in the large influence of ice and snow on polar boundary layer chemistry. Atmospheric inputs to the cryosphere, including aerosols, nutrients, and contaminants, are also changing in the anthropocene thus driving cryosphere-atmosphere feedbacks whose understanding is crucial for understanding future climate. Here, we present the Cryosphere and ATmospheric Chemistry initiative (CATCH) which is focused on developing new multidisciplinary research approaches studying interactions of chemistry, biology, and physics within the coupled cryosphere – atmosphere system and their sensitivity to environmental change. We identify four key science areas: (1) micro-scale processes in snow and ice, (2) the coupled cryosphere-atmosphere system, (3) cryospheric change and feedbacks, and (4) improved decisions and stakeholder engagement. To pursue these goals CATCH will foster an international, multidisciplinary research community, shed light on new research needs, support the acquisition of new knowledge, train the next generation of leading scientists, and establish interactions between the science community and society.
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