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Recent paper by Rempe and Dietrich on rock moisture featured by NSF and others

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02 Mar 2018
News Source: National Science Foundation

A recent paper on rock moisture by Danielle Rempe and Bill Dietrich of the Eel River CZO is been featured on NSF News site, SF Chronicle, others

Biogeochemistry
Biology / Ecology
Hydrology

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Daniella Rempe and Bill Dietrich's recent paper, "Direct observations of rock moisture, a hidden component of the hydrologic cycle" is receiving press on the NSF News website, the San Francisco Chronicle, ScienceDaily, and other news organizations. Their study, conducted at the Eel River CZO, monitored rock moisture from 2013-2016 at nine wells across a hillslope underlain by a thick weathered bedrock zone. They found that this bedrock can be a water source for trees even after the soil has become parched during the dry season, suggesting that rock moisture should be incorporated into hydrologic and land-surface models used to predict regional and global climate.

See more press on this study at the links below:

National Science Foundation
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Daily Californian
Atlas Obscura
Berkeley News
UTNews
Science Daily