Edited by:

Annette S. Engel, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA
Jonathan Lloyd, The University of Manchester, UK
Karrie Weber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Muammar Mansor, University of Tuebingen, Germany

The International Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB) and the International Society for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM) teamed up in October 2023 for their 2nd joint symposium, “The Biogeosphere Above and Below our Feet: Towards a Better Understanding of Sustainability in the Environment, Now and in the Future,” in Banff, Alberta, Canada. This symposium was timely because there is a strong need to understand how natural processes are changing due to anthropogenic activities.

In response to this theme, Geo-Bio Interfaces now openly invites contributions to this collection. Submissions are not limited to attendees of the symposium, though information presented and shared at the symposium may be more widely distributed through this collection to those who could not attend.

The main goal of this collection is to focus on multidisciplinary contributions that identify and characterize natural interfaces and interactions across the biogeosphere, including but not limited to:

• freshwater, groundwater, and rivers
• glaciers and permafrost
• continental subsurface
• energy reservoirs
• marine waters and subseafloor

or address the impacts and sustainability of anthropogenic activities on biogeosphere processes, including but not limited to:

• energy and mineral resources
• mining
• hydraulic fracturing
• gas storage, recovery, and sequestration
• biodegradation of inorganic and organic pollutants
• waste disposal

Authors wishing to submit to this collection should do so through the Geo-Bio Interfaces submission and peer review system, selecting the option to submit to a collection, then choosing, “The Biogeosphere: Above, Below and Beyond” from the drop-down menu.

This collection is currently open to submissions. Accepted articles will be published on this collection page continuously as and when they complete production.