EarthShape final meeting
Obergurgl, 17 - 22 September 2022
registration link (see email for username and password)
Preliminary program:
Saturday 17.09.2022
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration / poster set up |
| 09:00-09:20 | Opening comments (Todd Ehlers & Friedhelm v. Blanckenburg) |
| 09:20-10:00 | Lightning talks: 2 minute poster pitches (slide template) Please email your slide(s) to earthshape@geo.uni-tuebingen.de by 12 pm (noon) on Wednesday, 14 September 2022 |
| 10:00-10:30 | coffee |
| 10:30-11:00 | The last 1000 years of human-environment interactions along the eastern side of the southern Andes (34-52olat) (Cathy Whitlock) |
| 11:00-11:45 | Tracing the past, present and future evolution of social ecological systems in East Africa (Robert Marchant) |
| 11:45-12:30 | – awaiting confirmation - |
| 12:30-14:00 | lunch |
| 14:00-17:30 | Poster Session for official DFG review (poster template) and individual project posters (no template) |
| from 15:00 | coffee & drinks available |
Sunday 18.09.2022
| 09:00-10:00 | Connecting the green and the grey world in EarthShape (Katja Tielbörger or Yvonne Oelmann) |
| 10:00-10:30 | coffee |
| 10:30-11:30 | Biota and Soils - how vegetation and microbiota determine soils structure and biogeochemistry along the EarthShape gradient (Carsten Müller) |
| 11:30-12:15 | Synthesis of nutrient cycling concepts learned from EarthShape (synthesis paper primer) (Michaela Dippold) |
| 12:15-13:30 | lunch |
| 13:30-14:30 | Effects of geology and biota on topography over different spatial and temporal scales (synthesis paper primer) (Todd Ehlers) |
| 14:30-15:30 | Climate, microclimate, animal burrowing, and mass transport (Nina Farwig and Jörg Bendix) |
| 15:30-16:30 | coffee & revisiting posters |
| 16:30-17:30 | Geodiversity and Biodiversity (synthesis paper primer) (Rafaella Canessa) |
| from 18:00 | Self-guided walk through Zirbenwald (optional) following the Alpiner Erlebnisweg (in German) and onto the Zirben Alm |
| from 19:00 | Evening dinner/party at the Zirben Alm (15 min walk from Obergurgl or a short taxi ride) |
Monday 19.09.2022
| 09:00-10:00 | Controls on vegetation change through time (Thomas Hickler) |
| 10:00-10:30 | coffee |
| 10:30-11:15 | Paleoclimate and proxies (Anne Bernhardt) |
| 11:15-12:15 | Does biogenic weathering matter? (Patrick Frings) |
| 12:15-13:30 | lunch |
| 13:30-14:30 | Dynamics of Phosphorus, Carbon, and Nitrogen along the EarthShape Gradient (Marie Spohn) |
| 14:30-15:30 | Subsurface imaging results along the EarthShape Gradient (Klaus Bauer) |
| 15:30-16:00 | coffee |
| 16:00-17:00 | Latitudinal variations in the deep biosphere (synthesis paper primer) (Friedhelm v. Blanckenburg) |
| 17:00-18:00 | Open discussion about (1) ‘clean up’ of infrastructure in study areas, (2) future research spin-offs |
Tuesday 20.09.2022
All day excursion/hike in the Öztaler Alps likely similair to this route.
(excursion day might be moved to a day earlier or later - weather dependent)
Wednesday & Thursday 21. & 22.09.2022
Synthesis paper writing
- Nutrients: Nutrient cycling concepts learned from EarthShape (Lead: Michaela Dippold)
- Biodiversity: Geodiversity and Biodiversity (Lead: Rafa Canessa Mesias)
- Rates: Effects of geology and biota on topography over different spatial and temporal scales (Leads: Todd Ehlers / Dirk Scherler)
- Deep Biosphere: Latitudinal variations in the deep biosphere (Lead: Friedhelm v. Blanckenburg)
Student break-out groups
- co-working sessions
- writing sessions
- conceptualizing a graphical abstract
- etc.
Evening Day 6 (Thu): Joint dinner & farewell party at See-You restaurant