Biogeochemical Cycles

Biogeochemical cycles are the pathways through which matter and energy move through abiotic (lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere) and biotic compartments of the Earth System. Chemical elements and molecules cycle through complex interactions between these compartments at all spatial and temporal scales, defining Biogeochemistry as a genuine interdisciplinary science. Advances in biogeochemical cycles are thus essential for understanding how human behaviours have mobilised and altered biogeochemical cycles and what consequences this could have on the Earth System, including ongoing climate change.

This collection houses research that studies historical, current, and future biogeochemical cycles at any spatial and temporal scale, using evidence from the past, as well as modelling for the future.

Collection advisors: Luisa Galgani (GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany), Rafael Marcé (Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Spain)