2020

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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.

2019

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New paper on spatially explicit modeling of prehistoric land use footprints

07 May 2019 - Mike Coughlan and Don Nelson have a new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science. Highlights include: Spatially explicit models of...

Calhoun weathering paper published in Nature’s Scientific Reports

14 Mar 2019 - Calhoun weathering paper is out in Nature's Scientific Reports.

2018

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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...

Strengthening the biogeosciences in environmental research networks

15 Aug 2018 - Our EGU Biogeosciences Discussions manuscript became a Biogeosciences paper today! The official pdf can be downloaded (on upper right of page) at:...

Discussion paper open till April 5th in Biogeosciences

06 Mar 2018 - A discussion is open for the manuscript, "Elevating the biogeosciences within environmental research networks".

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.

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...

2017

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Water Resources Research Special Collection: Concentration-discharge relations in the critical zone

30 Oct 2017 - Water Resources Research published a new special collection in September 2017 featuring concentration-discharge research from multiple CZOs.

2015

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New study suggests bedrock weathering based on topography

30 Oct 2015 - St. Clair et al. suggest tectonic stresses interact with topography to influence bedrock weathering.

CCZO researchers publish new perspectives on the human‐water system

25 Aug 2015 - A team at Duke uses mathematical models to identify periods when global water use changed dramatically and project a similar change for this century.

Richter & Billings publish on Tansley’s ecosystem as Earth’s critical zone

19 Mar 2015 - Richter and Billings state the congruence of Tansley’s ecosystem concept with Earth’s critical zone.

Dan Richter publishes on the Anthropocene

20 Jan 2015 - Dan Richter helps answer the question "When did the Anthropocene begin?"

2014

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Calhoun featured in Science

11 Nov 2014 - Dan Richter talks about the Calhoun CZO's "endangered" Cecil soil in a Science feature by Michael Tennesen

New CCZO publications

23 Jul 2014 - 1) A new history of Calhoun book chapter is being published this summer.  Written by Dan Richter and co-authored by 19 scientists and land...