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2019 News

November  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.

October  2019

Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory Hosts SciWri19 Field Tour

29 Oct 2019 - Members of the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory gave a tour of the CZO to nearly 30 science writers during the SciWri19 conference he

July  2019

CZ colleagues: Please contact us about proposals for NSF’s CZ Collaborative Network, due 02 Dec 2019

08 Jul 2019 - CZO will end Nov 2020, succeeded by the “CZ Collaborative Network”. Let’s explore how the CZ community can build upon the CZOs via new NSF proposals.

June  2019

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...

May  2019

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.

Two week field experience kick-off for the 2019 GeoPATHs cohort

18 May 2019 - Fifteen undergraduates from seven regional institutions arrived at University Park, along with graduate student mentors and faculty experts, to...

2019 SSHCZO All-Hands Meeting at Penn State

10 May 2019 - The 2019 All-Hands Meeting brought together our core team, our off-campus collaborators, and our outreach partners at Shaver's Creek in a new...

TeenShale evaluates Wallace Run near abandoned well using macroinvertebrate surveys

07 May 2019 - On a warm and sunny day in May, the 2018-2019 cohort took to the field!  Along with Centre County Pennsylvania Senior Environmental Corp member...

April  2019

Geophysics of the critical zone - geoscience majors focus thesis projects this year

24 Apr 2019 - From characterising flow pathways in outcrops and the shallow subsurface to examining weathering processes and soil formation, three geoscience...

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...

January  2019

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.

Researchers perform geophysical logging at Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

14 Jan 2019 - Penn State researchers in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) spent the weekend of Jan. 12-13 performing geophysical logging at the...

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