We would like to thank everyone who visited our booth, participated in our International CZO Workshop, town hall and GIFT workshop, and attended our presentations, posters and Union Session. We look forward more CZ science next year in NOLA! 

• 2016 CZO AGU Agenda (PDF)
• Watch the CZO Union Session here.
  U53A: "The Critical Zone:  Revealing the Structure, Function, and Evolution of Earth’s Living Skin"
• Get materials from the CZO Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshop here. 
  "The Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory Virtual Fieldwork Experience: A Gateway to the NGSS's Three Dimensional Science"

The 2016 AGU Fall Meeting will be held December 12-16 in San Francisco, CA. Below is a list of some CZ science-related sessions, talks, poster sessions and event occurring during the 2016 AGU meeting. For a complete list of CZO presentations and posters at AGU 2016, please see the CZO Agenda. 

Opportunities:

CZO Booth
Exhibit Hall

CZO Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshop
The Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory Virtual Fieldwork Experience:
A Gateway to the NGSS's Three Dimensional Science
Monday, December 12, 10:00- 11:30am, Marriott Marquis, Golden Gate A

Town Hall: Critical Zone Observatories: Platforms for Collaborative Science 
TH060: Tuesday, December 13, 12:30 - 1:30pm, Moscone West - 3022

Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs) are natural laboratories for investigating Earth surface processes. CZO research seeks to understand these coupled processes across all timescales using quantitative models parameterized from observations of meteorological variables, streams, and groundwater, and sampling and analyzing landforms, bedrock, soils, and ecosystems. Teams of cross-disciplinary scientists at nine sites across the United States work to further CZ science using field and theoretical approaches, education and outreach. The U.S. network now includes a national office and funds to develop international collaborations, and currently is working to develop strong ties with other U.S. entities including the LTER network and CUAHSI.

In this town hall the CZO community seeks to engage the greater Earth surface and environmental science community through: 1) a brief update on the recent development of a strategic plan for the U.S. CZO network and a status report of international CZ science activities; and, 2) a presentation by CZO researcher(s) highlighting important advances that could not have been made without the CZO approach. All scientists interested in problems related to the surface Earth environment are invited.

Critical Zone Observatories Graduate Research Group Gathering
Tuesday, December 13, 8:00 - 11:00pm, Zeitgeist Beer Garden (199 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103)

The Graduate Research Group will be holding a social meet and greet outside on the patio at Zeitgeist Beer Garden. Bringing a jacket is recommended. This location can be easily reached via the 16th St and Mission BART station, UBER, or taxi. Look for our Critical Zone science banner! All graduate students and early career scientists are welcome to attend. For additional information/questions, please contact Justin Richardson (justin.richardson@cornell.edu).

Union Talk: The Critical Zone:  Revealing the Structure, Function, and Evolution of Earth’s Living Skin

U53A: Friday, December 16, 1:40 - 3:40pm, Moscone South - 102*

Talks given by William Dietrich (UC Berkeley), Steven Holbrook (UWyoming), Jennifer McIntosh (UArizona), Ying Fan (Rutgers), Amilcare Porporato (Duke), David Beerling (USheffield)

*This Union talk will also be available on AGU On-Demand.

Sessions, Presentations and Posters:

Monday, December 12, 2016

Microbial Geochemistry and Geomicrobiology: From DNA to Rock I Posters
B11F: Monday, December 12, 8:00 - 12:20pm, Moscone West - Poster Hall

View a list of papers with this session: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Session/13170

Saturated and Unsaturated Preferential Flow and Transport across Hydrological Scales in the Critical Zone Posters
H13E: Monday, 1:40 - 6:00pm, Moscone South - Poster Hall

View a list of papers with this session: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Session/13942

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Town Hall: Critical Zone Observatories: Platforms for Collaborative Science 
TH060: Tuesday, December 13, 12:30 - 1:30pm, Moscone West - 3022

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Control from Above and Below: Interactions between Climate and Lithology in Landscape Evolution I
EP32A: Wednesday, 10:20 - 12:20pm, Moscone West - 2012

Talks given by Brian Collins (USGS), Rachel Glade (CU Boulder), Adam Forte (Arizona State U), Sean Gallen (ETH- Zurich), Nicole West (Central Mich U), Brendan Murphy (U of Texas), Eric Deal (U of Grenoble-Alpes), Arvind Singh (U of Central Florida)

Thursday, December 15, 2016

The Architecture and Workings of Earth's Critical Zone I
EP41F: Thursday, 8:00 - 10:00am, Moscone West - 2003

Talks given by Roman DiBiase (PSU), Xavier Comas (Florida Atlantic U), Bryan Moravec (UArizona), Nicole West (Central Michigan U), Beth Fisher (UMinn), Xin Gu (PSU), William Hahm (UC Berkeley) and Ken Ferrier (GIT)

The Architecture and Workings of Earth's Critical Zone II
EP42B: Thursday, 10:20 - 12:20pm, Moscone West - 2003

Talks given by Kalthleen Lohse (Idaho State U), Veerle Vanacker (Université Catholique de Louvain), Eric Winchell (UC Boulder), Lindsay Arvin (UWyoming), Caroline Nash (Oregon State U), Francis Rengers (USGS), Adam Wymore (UNH) and Praveen Kumar (U Illinois - Urbana Champaign)

The Architecture and Workings of Earth's Critical Zone III Posters
EP43C: Thursday, 1:40 - 6:00pm, Moscone South - Poster Hall

View a list of papers with this session: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Session/13939

Friday, December 16, 2016 

Modeling the Critical Zone: Integrating Processes and Data across Disciplines and Scales I
H51N: Friday, 8:00 - 10:00 am, Moscone West - 3022

Talks given by: Jennifer Druhan (U of Illinois- Urbana Champaign), Hangsheng Lin (PSU), Sylvain Kuppel (U of Aberdeen), Christopher Duffy (PSU), Theodore B Barnhart (CU Boulder), Xing Chen (Duke), Yannis Dialynas (GIT)

Modeling the Critical Zone: Integrating Processes and Data across Disciplines and Scales II Posters
H51E: Friday, 8:00 - 12:20 pm, Moscone South - Poster Hall

View a list of papers with this session: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Session/13129

Union Talk: The Critical Zone:  Revealing the Structure, Function, and Evolution of Earth’s Living Skin
U53A: Friday, December 16, 1:40 - 3:40pm, Moscone South - 102

Talks given by William Dietrich (UC Berkeley), Steven Holbrook (UWyoming), Jennifer McIntosh (UArizona), Ying Fan (Rutgers), Amilcare Porporato (Duke), David Beerling (USheffield)