Cold regions hydrology is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate warming, permafrost thaw, shifting precipitation regimes, and evolving cryospheric processes. These changes have profound implications for water availability, water quality, ecosystem health, and community well-being across high-latitude and alpine environments. This session brings together field observations, modeling studies, isotopic and geochemical tracers, and community-based research to advance our understanding of hydrological processes in cold regions. We particularly encourage contributions that examine surface–groundwater interactions, snow and glacier hydrology, evapotranspiration and vegetation dynamics, and long-term water balance assessments.

• 10:30 am – 10:45 am | Runoff generation processes in continuous permafrost catchments: Status and future opportunities – Amelia Grose
• 10:45 am – 11:00 am | Simulating Permafrost Thaw and Carbon Transport Dynamics – Jeffrey McKenzie
• 11:00 am – 11:15 am | Spatiotemporal controls on streamflow event response in permafrost underlain catchments – Calvin Newbery
• 11:15 am – 11:30 am | Evaluation of Mountain MESH snow prediction in the Canadian Rockies – Shalini Oogathoo
• 11:30 am – 11:45 am | Controls of seasonally frozen soil characteristics on infiltration rates. – Lisa Michaud
• 11:45 am – 12:00 pm | Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater Recharge in a Low-Mountain Area, Eskasoni First Nation, Nova Scotia, Canada. – Julia Gillette