The interactions between soil, plants, the atmosphere, and human activities are of greatest importance for the sustainable management and conservation of ecosystem functions and services. Terrestrial ecosystems are increasingly threatened by global climate change and human activities, which have complex and multifaceted impacts. To predict future changes and develop strategies for sustainable management, it is necessary to understand the impacts and processes involved. A key challenge in ecosystem research is to capture the complexity of these interactions. Simplified experimental approaches and long-term observations often focus on a limited number of variables. This makes it difficult to evaluate the system as a whole. To address this complexity, a variety of advanced experimental and observational platforms is available. These include lysimeters, ecotrons, remote and in-situ sensing technologies, and data-driven and model-based approaches. This session focuses on how ecosystems respond to climate change and other anthropogenic influences. It aims to promote studies that involve lysimeters and ecotrons but is not limited to these methods. We welcome contributions that integrate different approaches to the study of ecosystem processes are very welcome, as long as they are related to climate change and anthropogenic disturbances. Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
• Research on the functioning of ecosystems and ecosystem services
• Studies on water and nutrient transport processes and greenhouse gas fluxes within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
• Approaches to integrating observations across different scales, from small experimental setups to larger landscape or regional studies
• Comparative studies on different measurement and modelling approaches for assessing ecosystem processes
• Investigations of the interactions between climate change, human activities, and ecosystem dynamics