Urban Resilience Across the Terrestrial-Aquatic Continuum: Mechanisms to Mass Balance
Over 70% of the world’s population is predicted to live in urban areas by the end of the century, yet the impacts of
urbanization
on
coastal ecosystems
are poorly understood. These systems disproportionately impact the global
carbon cycle
and are key to understanding
climate change.
This research aims to develop a process-based understanding of urban carbon cycling and its response to disturbances from land to sea.
| Keywords | carbon cycling, coastal ecoystems, TAI, urban |
|---|---|
| TYPE | Early Career |
Principal Investigator (PI)
Emily Graham
Lead Institution
Urban land uses strongly influence microbial carbon cycling along the terrestrial-aquatic systems. This work identifies specific locations (i.e., control points) exerting strong impact on carbon biogeochemistry and to understand the interplay of molecular controls, nutrient supply, and hydrologic factors that fuel the rapid microbial carbon processing at these locations, impacting downstream coastal systems. A molecular-scale understanding is critical to accurately predicting highly dynamic urban and coastal carbon cycles. (Image credit: Nathan Johnson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
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