FS 26.121
Alpine carbon and nutrient dynamics
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Carbon, nutrient and water cycling in alpine peatlands and wetlandsAlpine carbon dynamics: measurements, models and processes
Session status: Accepted
Content last updated: 2026-04-14 21:51:32
Online available since: 2026-03-02 08:55:22
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Full Title
Alpine carbon and nutrient dynamicsScheduled
TBATBAChair
Magnani, MartaCo-chair(s)
van Grinsven, Sigrid; Vivaldo, Gianna; Platter, Alexander; and Saponaro, VincenzoThematic Focus
Ecosystems, Modeling, MonitoringKeywords
Alpine carbon dynamics, Soil nutrient cycling, Climate change impacts, Greenhouse gas fluxes
Abstract/Description
The European Alps are undergoing rapid climatic and environmental changes that are strongly affecting regional carbon and nutrient dynamics across a wide range of ecosystems, including peatlands, wetlands, forests, grasslands and glacier forelands. Carbon stocks and fluxes, as well as nutrient cycling, are highly heterogeneous, shaped by steep climatic gradients, complex topography, land-use history, and hydrological controls. For instance, recent findings highlight that alpine peatlands are more widespread than previously assumed and represent important long-term carbon reservoirs, while alpine wetlands may function as dynamic and transitional systems. However, how differing Alpine ecosystems will respond to warming, altered precipitation regimes, cryospheric change, and land-use pressures, remains insufficiently understood.
This session brings together experts working on all facets of carbon and nutrient dynamics in Alpine soils, including both high and low elevation sites. We welcome contributions presenting new estimates of carbon stocks in vegetation and soils, measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes (e.g. CO₂ , CH₄ or N2O), emergent remote-sensing approaches, studies focused on below-ground hydrology, soil biogeochemistry, microbiology or vegetation dynamics. We also encourage submissions presenting monitoring networks, and modelling frameworks aimed at upscaling observations, quantifying uncertainties, and projecting future trajectories under changing climate and land-use scenarios. By integrating observational, experimental, and modelling perspectives, the session aims to foster interdisciplinary exchange and improve understanding of the current and future soil dynamics of the Alpine Region.
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