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Critical Zone Collaborative Network
23 Nov 2020 - As of fall 2020, the Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) program has been succeeded by the Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net).
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NSF Blog: No soils, no life
27 Oct 2020 - They’re beneath our feet, but we seldom hear important signals in the soils
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AGU 2020: Sessions related to CZ Science
06 Oct 2020 - A list of sessions related to CZ Science at the upcoming virtual AGU 2020 Fall Meeting.
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October 2020 Issue of Eos features Critical Zone Science
28 Sep 2020 - In the October 2020 Issue, Eos focuses on the Critical Zone at a pivotal point as the discipline comes of age.
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K-12 Activity: Humans and Soil Change
19 Jul 2020 - The activity familiarizes students with some of the environmental and human factors that contribute to accelerated rates of soil erosion.
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2020 CZO Webinar Series on Sustainability
17 Jun 2020 - For an updated listing of these talks, including abstracts, see /national/education-outreach/sustainability-2020/ The U.S....
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Belmont Forum Announces Collaborative Research Call on Soils
20 Apr 2020 - The Belmont Forum is pleased to announce the launch of a collaborative research call on the theme: Towards Sustainability of Soils and Groundwater...
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CZOs at AGU 2019
19 Nov 2019 - A list of CZ-related sessions, abstracts and events at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting.
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Field trip of Penn State students to the Calhoun, 6/7/2019
21 Aug 2019 - Dan Markewitz and Dan Richter led a field trip on June 6-7, 2019 in the rain (perhaps 3") across the Calhoun CZO with Penn State students. We...
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CZ colleagues: Please contact us about proposals for NSF’s CZ Collaborative Network, due 02 Dec 2019
08 Jul 2019 - CZO will end Nov 2020, succeeded by the “CZ Collaborative Network”. Let’s explore how the CZ community can build upon the CZOs via new NSF proposals.
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Sessions related to CZ Science at the 2021 International Clay Conference
27 Oct 2020 - The 17th International Clay Conference will be held July 12-16, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Giesen talks about “The Jim Crow South & The Lost Cause”
01 Sep 2020 - History Professor Jim Giesen, a Calhoun CZO collaborator, is teaching a class in Modern U.S. History to more than 800 students at Mississippi State...
Paul Schroeder featured on NPR’s Pulse of the Planet
05 Jun 2020 - Four 2 minute pieces featuring Paul Schroeder talking about clay were aired on NPR's Pulse of the Planet in February 2020. Please see the links...
Geology of the Calhoun CZO
05 Jun 2020 - Barrett "Bear" Jordan's MS thesis on the geology of the Calhoun is now posted! Bear's advisor Paul Schroeder says this is "a bit more...
Mac Callaham’s group presents at the Society for Freshwater Science annual meeting
31 May 2019 - Mac Callaham and his group shared their research on earthworms at the May 2019 Society for Freshwater Science annual meeting in Salt Lake City.
New book by Paul Schroeder: Clays in the Critical Zone
17 Aug 2018 - Paul Schroeder has written a remarkable new book on the story of clays in the critical zone. The book builds on a short article by the same name...
Elevating the biogeosciences within environmental research networks
02 Mar 2018 - This manuscript, led by Dan Richter with six Calzones co-authors, was just submitted to Biogeosciences Discussions.
Earth’s skin is an interdisciplinary laboratory
29 Jan 2018 - In the January 2018 issue of Physics Today, writer Toni Feder explores the scope of CZ research in the article, “Earth’s skin is an...
White paper of 2017 CZ Science Meeting in Arlington, VA
01 Jan 2018 - New Opportunities for Critical Zone Science Following the June 2017 Arlington Meeting for Critical Zone Science (hosted by CZO), a white booklet...
Undergraduate course curriculum, “Introduction to Critical Zone Science,” available free online
01 Jan 2018 - A 15-week semester-long upper-level undergraduate course curriculum entitled “Introduction to Critical Zone Science” is now available free online.
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