The 2025 EGU (European Geosciences Union) General Assembly will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 27 April to 2 May 2025. The Alliance for Trans-Eurasian Exchange and Silk Road Civilization Development (ATES) will organize a session titled "Climate and Environment Changes and their Impact on Trans-Eurasian Exchange and Civilization along the Silk Road"  under the theme "Future Climate - Climate and Society" (CL3.2.9). The detailed conference agenda is now officially released. Scholars worldwide are warmly welcome to participate in this ATES event in 2025 EGU.

Session Title

Climate and Environment Changes and their Impact on Trans-Eurasian Exchange and Civilization along the Silk Road (CL3.2.9)

Session Conveners

Elena Xoplaki, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Haichao Xie, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Shengqian Chen, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Shanjia Zhang, Lanzhou University, China

Oral Presentations

Time:  28 April 2025, 16:15-18:00 CEST (22:15-00:00 Beijing Time, UTC+8)

Venue: Room 0.31/32

Poster Sessions

Posters on site : 28 April, 14:00-15:45 CEST (20:00-21:45 Beijing Time, UTC+8)

Display Hours: 28 April, 14:00-18:00 CEST (20:00-00:00 Beijing Time, UTC+8)

Venue: Hall X5

Session Description

The Silk Road was a network of trade routes that stretched from central China to the Pamir Mountains, through Central Asia and Arabia to India and Rome, and played a key role in facilitating economic, cultural, political and religious exchanges between East and West. The central part of the Silk Road, located in arid Central Asia, is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Climate and environmental changes, especially changes in water availability, could significantly influence the spatio-temporal distribution of the Silk Road network, trans-Eurasian exchanges and human migration, as well as the civilizational development. This session aims to deepen understanding of the impact of environmental change in shaping long-term trans-Eurasian exchange and Silk Road civilization by promoting interdisciplinary research in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities across Eurasia. We welcome presentations on these topics from multidisciplinary perspectives to promote the advancement of research in this area.