EDUCATION-OUTREACH
In the Earth Science Discovery program, students from 3rd to 6th grades learn about the Critical Zone through hands-on activies that are facilitated by undergraduate students from the University of Arizona.
We are actively engaged in K-12 education, public outreach, field courses for students from around the nation and world, and cutting edge graduate training in interdisciplinary critical zone science for graduate students.
Series of videos about critical zone science developed in collaboration with the University of Arizona Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium
Drilling into the Deep Critical Zone
Dawson Fairbanks, microbial ecology researcher at the UA Critical Zone Observatory
Introduction to the Critical Zone, CZ Science Cafe Series, Jon Chorover
Water in the Critical Zone, CZ Science Cafe Series, Tom Meixner
Soil Microbes in the Critical Zone, CZ Science Cafe Series, Rachel Gallery
Soil in the Critical Zone, CZ Science Cafe Series, Craig Rasmussen
Paul Brooks: Downtown Science Cafe 2014
Introduction to the Sky School on Mt. Lemmon
Jon Pelletier Lecture: Hillslopes and River Channels of the Santa Catalina Mountains
The Sky School at the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter
Education/Outreach News
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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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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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CZ Science Cafe Series: Soil in the Critical Zone
12 Aug 2016 - Dr. Craig Rasmussen, hydrologist from the University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, gives the second Cafe presentation in...
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CZ Science Cafe Series: Soil Microbes in the Critical Zone
12 Aug 2016 - Dr. Rachel Gallery, an assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona, gives a Cafe...
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CZ Science Cafe Series: Water in the Critical Zone
12 Aug 2016 - Dr. Tom Meixner, a hydrologist in the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona, gives the second Cafe presentation...
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CZ Science Cafe Series: Introduction to the Critical Zone
10 Nov 2015 - Dr. Jon Chorover explains the basic concept of the Critical Zone and the earth science during the first Cafe presentation in the Critical Zone...
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Mt. Lemmon Science Tour App
04 Nov 2015 - This app is designed to accompany a drive up the Catalina Highway and it describes a wide range of sky island science, including some of that done...
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Forests Worldwide Vulnerable to Drought, UA Researcher Says
28 Aug 2015 - David Breshears was interviewed by Sara Hammond about forest vulnerability to growing risks of drought and heat-induced die-off. Read and listen...
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Jon Chorover to speak at international workshop on hydro-biogeochemical processes
16 Jul 2015 - Jon Chorover of the Santa Catalina Mountains & Jemez River Basin CZO has been invited to talk at the Hydro-Biogeochemical Processes: Mechanisms,...
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Soil, Not Dirt: A Digital Journey Connecting Soils, Plants, and Climate by Rebecca Lybrand
08 Jun 2015 - Join Rebecca on an exciting GoPro adventure to study soil in the desert, grasslands, and pine forests of Arizona.
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.
CZOs at AGU 2017
05 Dec 2017 - Information on CZO award recipients, events, presentations, etc. at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting.
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.
CZNews: Fall 2017
25 Oct 2017 - The CZO National Office's quarterly newsletter CZNews: Fall 2017.
Earth Science Week 2017 Video Contest
15 Aug 2017 - For Earth Science Week 2017, the American Geosciences Institute invites you to enter the Earth Connections video contest. Submit a brief, 30-90...
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