Interdisciplinary projects have the capacity to bring together multiple perspectives, disciplines and approaches that might move us towards solving the most pressing environmental issues. However, this type of research requires a just, equitable, diverse and inclusive team culture to harness the synergistic capacity to effectively bridge disciplines, approaches and scales. In this presentation, we will offer examples of how our interdisciplinary team builds synergy while meeting the challenges and opportunities we face along the way. We will address how this translates into our investigation on ecohydrological resilience across scales, ranging from continental to micron scales. To bridge these scales, we use large-scale and long-term data and an iterative “pattern and process” approach to identify patterns (i.e. pattern to process) as well as detailed process observation and modelling at the catchment to micrometer scale (i.e. process to pattern). Effective work towards this endeavor requires the convergence of many disciplines (e.g. data science, hydrology, biogeochemistry, mineralogy and more) and approaches (e.g. statistical and process-based modelling, field and lab investigations). To foster convergence we need scientific and collaborative skills and acknowledgement that a variety of disciplines, approaches and observational scales are necessary.

Investigating multiple scales across disciplines and team science: Insights from the big data critical zone collaborative network cluster

ACS Spring 2022

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