Research Community
The IML-CZO engages researchers from many institutions across the Midwest for the collaborative, interdisciplinary study of the critical zone observatory in intensively managed (agricultural) landscapes. These wide-ranging partnerships generate many exciting new research approaches and ideas.
Recently, the IML-CZO engaged with Ashle Dere, assistant professor at tthe University of Nebraska-Omaha on the cooperative research on agricultural land use effects on the weathering of loess soils. We now have observatories in the IML-CZO and farther west in eastern Nebraska, where researchers are exploring the effects along a climactic gradient.
In addition, researchers took Sharon Billings of the University of Kansas on a tour of the Clear Creek watershed to explore her interest in investigating agricultural land use effects on the biological aspects of soil and soil resilience.
University of Nebraska-Omaha students collect a soil monolith.
IML-CZO recently welcome three international undergraduate students from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, for a one-month visit to IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering at the University of Iowa. These three students (Sisi Chen, Zhou Chen, and Zijing Wang) engaged in hands-on fieldwork entailing the verification of deployed instrumentation, data collection, and extensive data processing. The students also participated in the annual CZO meeting at UIUC.
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New Online Course: Where Does Eroded Soil Come From and Where Does It Go?
29 Jun 2018 - A new Illinois Extension online course is available: Where Does Eroded Soil Come From and Where Does It Go?
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.
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...
2017 CZO Webinar Series: Critical Zone and Society
06 Apr 2017 - 2017 CZO Webinar Series: Critical Zone and Society.
U.S.-China Conference/Short Course to Focus on Critical Zone Science, Soil Carbon
30 Jul 2015 - Purdue University will host a conference bringing together scientists from the U.S. and China to address global challenges involving the Earth's...
Using a CZO network to explore the architecture, dynamics and evolution of the Critical Zone
03 Nov 2014 - The US CZO National Office has organized a webinar on December 8, 2014 at 11AM - 12:30 PM ET.
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