OPPORTUNITIES News
2020
AGU 2020: Sessions related to CZ Science
06 Oct 2020 - A list of sessions related to CZ Science at the upcoming virtual AGU 2020 Fall Meeting.
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....
Belmont Forum Announces Collaborative Research Call on Soils
20 Apr 2020 - The Belmont Forum is pleased to announce the launch of a collaborative research call on the theme: Towards Sustainability of Soils and Groundwater...
Carbonate Critical Zone Research Coordination Network to hold field workshop to Shale Hills CZO
04 Mar 2020 - Applications are being accepted for the workshop to be held August 2-5, 2020 at Temple University in Philadelphia.
2019
Job Opening: Professor & Department Head of Ecosystem Science and Management at Penn State
20 Nov 2019 - The Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at The Pennsylvania State University invites nominations and applications for the position of...
CZOs at AGU 2019
19 Nov 2019 - A list of CZ-related sessions, abstracts and events at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting.
PhD or MS studying nitrogen cycling at Penn State University
11 Nov 2019 - PhD or MS opportunities to study nitrogen cycling in forest and/or agricultural soils at Penn State University.
Penn State students, citizen scientists take snapshot of Shaver’s Creek
11 Nov 2019 - Penn State researchers and citizen scientists took a Snapshot of the Shaver's Creek watershed in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
Graduate Student Critical Zone Reading Group Wraps the Semester with a Field Trip to Calhoun CZO
12 Jun 2019 - Five students travelled to Union, South Carolina for a two-day site visit June 6 – June 8 at the Calhoun CZO. This site visit was the...
Critical-Zone Collaborative Network NSF Program Solicitation
31 May 2019 - NSF seeks proposals to establish an adaptive and responsive research network that supports investigations of the Earth’s Critical Zone.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Soil Science - The Pennsylvania State University
17 Apr 2019 - The Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor of...
GEOPATHS: A Near Surface Geophysics Field Experience
29 Jan 2019 - Are you interested in a career with a social impact? Do you have an interest in Earth & Environmental Sciences? Apply for...
Webinar on Jan. 30, 2019 for New Frontier Research in the Earth Sciences (FRES) Program
28 Jan 2019 - Webinar on Jan. 30, 2019 for New Frontier Research in the Earth Sciences (FRES) Program
TeenShale dives into stream test kits by HACH for water quality analyses
24 Jan 2019 - Without a winter warmup, students forgo the field for the classroom to discover what is in the HACH box. The 2018-2019 TeenShale cohort...
CZO SAVI Summer Interns Program
15 Jan 2019 - Application deadline is March 29, 2019.
CZO SAVI International Scholars Program
14 Jan 2019 - Application deadline is March 15, 2019.
2018
NSF solicitation: Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (CNH2)
20 Nov 2018 - NSF Crosscutting CNH2: Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (CNH2) Solicitation 19-528 DUE DATES Letter of Intent Deadline...
NSF solicitation: Frontier Research in Earth Sciences (FRES)
20 Nov 2018 - The FRES program will support research in Earth systems from its core through the critical zone. Full proposal target date: February 20, 2019.
CZOs at AGU 2018
19 Nov 2018 - The 2018 AGU Fall Meeting will be held December 10-14 in Washington, D.C.
2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting - What Science Stands For
14 Nov 2018 - The Annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union is a worldwide conference for geophysical sciences, which brings together space scietists,...
CUAHSI Instrumentation Discovery Travel Grants
23 Aug 2018 - CUAHSI is accepting proposals for the Instrumentation Discovery Travel Grant program (IDTG). Application deadline is Septemeber 30, 2018.
Call for proposals: Research Coordination Networks (RCNs) Driving Convergent CZ Science
12 Jul 2018 - NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Research Coordination Networks (RCNs) for Driving Convergent Science in the Critical Zone
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
The 2017 – 2018 cohort of TeenShale meets for first in-house & in-field experience
17 Oct 2017 - This year’s cohort of TeenShale Network consists of eight returning participants (10th – 12th graders) and eight new team members (8th...
82nd Annual Field Conference of PA Geologists tour the CZO
05 Oct 2017 - Just under 250 geologists from across the state of Pennsylvania spent three days (Oct 5-7) exploring outcrops and research sites in Blair, Centre...
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...
2016
Team takes a Sunday field trip to the new “Ag” site to explore instrumentation design
29 Aug 2016 - Investigators and students traveled to the Cole Farm yesterday afternoon, downstream of Shale Hills proper, to explore the topography of the...
Collaborators begin erosion experiment and microbial characterization study along the Shale Transect
15 Aug 2016 - Investigators Ashlee Dere, University of Nebraska – Omaha, and Sam Nath, University of Oregon, begin field installations for two new erosion...
Post-doc position: Water and Critical Zone Architecture
29 Jul 2016 - CZO seeks postdoc to answer fundamental questions about CZ architecture and hydrologic processes. Work involves data synthesis and building models.
AGU Abstracts due August 3: List of CZ Sessions
24 Jul 2016 - AGU 2016 sessions related to CZ science. Submit your abstract by August 3.
Hydrogeophysics 2016 Workshop an interdisciplinary success!
24 Jun 2016 - Organized by Rutgers and based at both Shale Hills and Garner Run catenas, the 2016 Hydrogeophysics Workshop took place on June 23rd and 24th. ...
Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center hosts “What is the Critical Zone Observatory?”
27 May 2016 - To kick off the CZO summer display in the Lower Classroom at Shaver’s Creek, the Environmental Center hosted a poster session to learn about...
2015
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
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.
Town Hall Meeting at Goldschmidt 2014 - Reactive Transport Modeling
21 May 2014 - A town hall meeting on reactive transport modeling (RTM)will be held from 12:30 to 2 pm on Tuesday, June 10th, in room 308 in Sacramento Convention...
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.
2013
Career Opportunities: NSF Program Director, Hydrologic Sciences, Rotator; two (2) Openings
12 Nov 2013 - The Division of Earth Sciences has two vacant rotator positions in the Hydrologic Sciences program of the Surface Earth Processes (SEP)...
Manager of Stable Isotope Laboratory
31 Oct 2013 - The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at University of Tennessee invites applications for a full-time manager position of the stable...
CZ-tope: Using multiple isotopes to understand watersheds
08 Aug 2013 - We would like to introduce CZ-tope, an international effort the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory is initiating to promote isotopic...
Opportunity: Vacancy-NSF Section Head, Surface Earth Processes (EAR)
16 May 2013 - Job Title: Section Head, Surface Earth Processes Section Agency: National Science Foundation Job Announcement Number: ...
Sabbatical Opportunity at WyCEHG
17 Apr 2013 - Distinguished Sabbatical Visitor Fellowship The Wyoming Center for Environmental Hydrology and Geophysics (WyCEHG) invites applications for the...
Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO Videos
16 Apr 2013 - Watch and learn about research at Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO
Goldschmidt 2013, Session 16B: Probing the Critical Zone
25 Feb 2013 - Submit an abstract by 12 April for Session 16B: Probing the Critical Zone, to be held at Goldschmidt 2013 in Florence, Italy 25-30 August 2013.
Drill the Ridge Campaign Begins on South Ridge of Catchment
06 Feb 2013 - Drillers arrived onsite this afternoon to begin the "Drill the Ridge" campaign for the Shale Hills catchment. To complement the 80ft well...
2012
Funds available for seed grant proposals to collaborate with SSHCZO
14 Dec 2012 - Educators and researchers are encougaged to submit proposals for collaborative research within the CZO. We are pleased to be able to offer...
CZO Presentations at 2012 AGU
03 Dec 2012 - A listing of more than 125 CZO-related presentations for the 2012 annual meeting of the AGU.
The SSHCZO is now accepting proposals for 1 year grants
29 Oct 2012 - The SSHCZO is pleased to announce the opportunity for researchers and educators to submit proposals for research within the CZO.
2011
National CZO All Hands Meeting hosted by University of AZ takes place at the Biosphere 2
16 May 2011 - Team members from each of the 6 national CZO’s gathered at the Biosphere 2 to share research progress and develop new directions for cross CZO...
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