The Aegean Sea is a dynamic convergent-margin exhibiting shallow subduction, back-arc volcanism and a long history of coupled geo-marine extreme events, including earthquakes, volcanic activity, submarine landslides, and tsunamis. These extreme events often occur in a cascading manner, posing a significant hazard to densely populated coastal areas, tourism-focused economies and critical infrastructure. To understand, characterize and mitigate the compounding hazards requires a transdisciplinary approach, integrating marine earth sciences, geophysics, hazard modelling, social sciences, engineering and stakeholder engagement to foster participatory research in the Aegean Sea.
This session invites contributions (particularly from Early Career Scientists), that will broaden and deepen scientific and societal understanding of marine and coastal geohazards in the Aegean Sea, adjacent Mediterranean regions and similar environments worldwide.
Topics of interest include:
• Geohazard processes and cascading events: seismic, volcanic, and submarine mechanisms leading to multi-hazard cascades, such as tsunamis.
• Monitoring and early warning systems: advances in seafloor instrumentation, seismic and geodetic networks, satellite remote sensing, and real-time modeling.
• Scenario development and risk assessment: earthquake, landslides, tsunami and coupled simulations, probabilistic hazard assessments, and uncertainty quantifications.
• Societal integration and resilience: participatory approaches, co-designed risk strategies, innovative communication tools (e.g., Augmented and Virtual Realities), and their applications to tourism, public safety and cultural heritage protection.
• Comparative perspectives from other tectonically active coastal regions.
This session builds on the ongoing MULTI-MAREX consortium of the German Marine Research Alliance’s (DAM) third research mission, which is developing integrated 'living laboratories' in the Aegean Sea to study and communicate risks of cascading marine geohazards. We encourage contributions from other research initiatives and independent studies, providing a platform for transdisciplinary exchange and dialogue between geoscientists, engineers, social scientists, tourism researchers and stakeholders.