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2018
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.
2017
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.
2017 CZO Webinar Series: Critical Zone and Society
06 Apr 2017 - 2017 CZO Webinar Series: Critical Zone and Society.
2016
CZOs at AGU 2016
22 Nov 2016 - CZOs at AGU 2016: Agenda and award recipients
2016 CZO REUs and RETs present summer research
01 Aug 2016 - CZO REUs and RETs presented their research at the CUAHSI Biennial Colloquium, July 24-27, 2016, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The presentations...
2015
2015 CZO REUs and RETs present summer research
17 Aug 2015 - The Critical Zone Observatory Research Experience for Undergraduates and Research Experience for Teachers program traveled to Baltimore, Maryland to...
Joint AGU-ESA Event Brings Together Collaborative Networks
17 Aug 2015 - Members of AGU and the Ecological Society of America came together in their first joint event to discuss opportunities for research collaboration.
2014
Aufdenkampe honored for outstanding service to water sciences community
30 Jul 2014 - Anthony Aufdenkampe, Ph.D., was recognized for his national leadership and community building for the Critical Zone Observatory network.
2014 All Hands Meeting
24 Apr 2014 - Information for the 2014 All Hands Meeting for the CZO Network on 21-14 September, including registration information and abstract submission.
“What’s so critical about the Critical Zone?” webinar
02 Apr 2014 - March 31, 2014. Dr. Enriqueta Barrera (NSF CZO program director) and Dr. Gordon Grant (USFS; CZO Steering Committee chairperson)
2013
Post-doctoral researcher Diana Karwan funded to accomplish cross-CZO science
11 Jan 2013 - Karwan awarded an NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with Susquehanna Shale Hills and Christina River Basin Critical Zone Observatories
In Memoriam: Frederick Scatena 1954-2013
02 Jan 2013 - Frederick Scatena, PI of the Luquillo CZO, died peacefully at home on January 2, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer. We mourn the loss.
2012
Introducing our post-doctoral researchers’ CZO work
15 Mar 2012 - 2011 witnessed the most extensive use of post-doctoral researchers in Stroud Water Research Center’s 45-year history, with four newly minted Ph.D.s
Holly Michael receives prestigious grant at University of Delaware
01 Mar 2012 - The most widespread contaminant of groundwater is not a microbe, industrial chemical or harmful element such as arsenic, according to University of...
Investigating the earth’s critical zone
30 Jan 2012 - To the ordinary eye, south-central Pennsylvania's Shale Hills catchment is a pleasant little tract of deciduous forest much like any other in...
A critical workshop - Landmark international workshop for critical zone scientists held at UD
18 Jan 2012 - International collaboration in critical zone science took a giant step forward in November when about 80 researchers from the U.S., Europe, China...
2011
Levia awarded Humboldt Fellowship to conduct research on insect-forest interactions
19 Dec 2011 - On the underside of a beech leaf, there may be small, white clumps that look like cotton candy. Upon closer look, these sticky fibers encase...
Critical research: Understanding complex interactions within Earth’s critical zone
15 Dec 2011 - Donald Sparks, Anthony Aufdenkampe, and Lou Kaplan reveal their progress in understanding the complex interactions within the Earth's critical zone
Soil solutions: UD doctoral student in soil science receives Dixon Award
30 Nov 2011 - Chunmei Chen, a University of Delaware doctoral student in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, was chosen to receive the Dixon Award for best...
Stroud Scientists at Work: Scientists Tour Critical Zone Observatories
15 Sep 2011 - Local bow hunters and about 80 water research scientists from Europe, North America, China, and Australia were among the few humans braving the...
A SMART move: Doctoral student receives prestigious SMART Scholarship
09 Sep 2011 - Josh LeMonte, a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been awarded a...
2010
Christina River Basin Critical Zone Observatory Featured in NSF Video
22 Jun 2010 - The National Science Foundation’s Science360 daily news service website has posted a video that includes a segment on the Christina River...
2009
Team to study human effect on watershed
19 Oct 2009 - The narrow creek that runs behind the Stroud Water Research Center has witnessed plenty of changes over the centuries. Hundreds of years ago,...
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