All Disciplines Tag
All Disciplines is one of more than 16 discipline tags that we use to categorize and aggregate our interdisciplinary information within and across CZOs. Much of our information has been tagged with 2-3 disciplines.
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Shale Hills People - All Disciplines
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Transient erosion, knickpoint erosion, stream morphology and hydraulics
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Shale Hills Data - All Disciplines
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Shale Hills Publications - All Disciplines
2019
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., and Li, Li (2019): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 6
2018
Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth and the Environment for a Sustainable Future Book Chapter: Implementing and Assessing InTeGrate Critical Zone Science Materials in an Undergraduate Geoscience Program. Ashlee Dere, Carol Engelmann, Timothy White, Adam Wymore, Adam Hoffman, James Washburne, Martha Conklin (2018): Springer Cross-CZO National
2018
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Shale Hills in the Context of Shaver's Creek Watershed. Brantley Susan, White Timothy, West Nicole, Williams Jennifer, Forsythe Brandon, Shapich Dan, Kaye Jason, Lin Hangsheng (Henry), Shi Yuning, Kaye Margot, Herndon Elizabeth, Davis Kenneth, He Yuting, Eissenstat David, Weitzman Julie, DiBiase Roman, Li Li, Reed Warren, Brubaker Kristen, Gu Xin (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180092
2018
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., and Li, Li (2018): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 5
2018
CZO Network Attributes Table. CZO Network (2018): CZO National Office Cross-CZO National
2018
The Effect of Lithology and Agriculture at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Li Li, DiBiase Roman A., Del Vecchio Joanmarie, Marcon Virginia, Hoagland Beth, Xiao Dacheng, Wayman Callum, Tang Qicheng, He Yuting, Silverhart Perri, Szink Ismaiel, Forsythe Brandon, Williams Jennifer Z., Shapich Dan, Mount Gregory J., Kaye Jason, Guo Li, Lin Henry, Eissenstat David, Dere Ashlee, Brubaker Kristen, Kaye Margot, Davis Kenneth J., Russo Tess A., Brantley Susan L. (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180063
2018
Ideas and perspectives: Strengthening the biogeosciences in environmental research networks. Richter, D.D., S.A. Billings, P.M. Groffman, E.F. Kelly, K.A. Lohse, W.H. McDowell, T.S. White, S. Anderson, D.D. Baldocchi, S. Banwart, S. Brantley, J.J. Braun, Z.S. Brecheisen, C.W. Cook, H.E. Hartnett, S.E. Hobbie, J. Gaillardet, E. Jobbagy, H.F. Jungkunst, C.E. Kazanski, J. Krishnaswamy, D. Markewitz, K. O’Neill, C.S. Riebe, P. Schroeder, C. Siebe, W.L. Silver, A. Thompson, A. Verhoef, G. Zhang (2018): Biogeosciences 15: 4815-4832 Cross-CZO National
2017
Growing new generations of critical zone scientists. Wymore, Adam S., Nicole R. West, Kate Maher, Pamela L. Sullivan, Adrian Harpold, Diana Karwan, Jill A. Marshall, Julia Perdrial, Daniella M. Rempe and Lin Ma (2017): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42 (14): 2498-2502 Cross-CZO National
2017
Perspectives on CZ science - Plenary Address. Brantley, S.L. (2017): Critical Zone Science: Current Advances and Future Opportunities, Arlington, VA, 4-6 June, 2017
2017
Designing a network of critical zone observatories to explore the living skin of the terrestrial Earth. Brantley, S.L., McDowell, W.H., Dietrich, W.E., White, T.S., Kumar, P., Anderson, S., Chorover, J., Lohse, K.A., Bales, R.C., Richter, D., Grant, G., and Gaillardet, J. (2017): Earth Surface Dynamics, 5, 841–860 Cross-CZO National
2017
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2017): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 4
2017
Fostering Collaboration Across the US Critical Zone Observatories Network. Sharkey, S. and White, T. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec Cross-CZO National
2017
New Opportunities for Critical Zone Science. Sullivan, P.L., Wymore, A.S., McDowell, W.H. et al. (2017): 2017 CZO Arlington Meeting White Booklet Cross-CZO National
2016
Designing a suite of measurements to understand the critical zone. Brantley, S. L., DiBiase, R. A., Russo, T. A., Shi, Y., Lin, H., Davis, K. J., Kaye, M., Hill, L., Kaye, J., Eissenstat, D. M., Hoagland, B., Dere, A. L., Neal, A. L., Brubaker, K. M., and Arthur, D. K (2016): Earth Surface Dynamics 4: 211-235
2016
Understanding the Critical Zone: from rocks to soils to water resources. Brantley, Susan L. (2016): Keynote lecture for ADAPT Symposium on Advanced Assimiliation and Uncertainty Quantification in BigData Research for Weather, Climate, and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction, Toftrees Resort, State College, PA, May 23-24, 2016
2016
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2016): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 3
2016
Critical Zone Research and Observatories: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Guo, Li and Lin, Henry (2016): Vadose Zone Journal, vol 15, issue 9
2016
Earth Surface Processes in the Critical Zone: An Introductory Course Designed for Teachers. White, T. (2016): The Earth Scientist XXXII, no. 3 (Fall 2016): 22–24 Cross-CZO National
2016
Critical Zone Observatories: Platforms for Collaborative Science. White, T.S., McDowell, W.H., and Brantley, S.L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2015
Frontiers in International Critical Zone Science - Beijing, China Workshop Report. Banwart, S. and Zhu, C. (2015): Beijing Workshop Report, May 21-23, 2014 Cross-CZO National
2015
An international initiative for science in the critical zone. Brantley, S. L., W. E. Dietrich, and S. Banwart (2015): EOS, 96, Published on 5 June 2015 Cross-CZO
2015
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future . Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2015): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 2
2015
Common Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) Infrastructure and Measurements. J. Chorover, S. Anderson, A. K. Aufdenkampe, R. C. Bales, S. L. Brantley, W. Dietrich, P. Kumar, K. A. Lohse, W. McDowell, D. Richter, T. White (2015): A Guide Prepared By CZO PIs, May 05, 2015 Cross-CZO National
2015
Towards an International Network of Critical Zone Observatories. Lin, Hangsheng, Steve Banwart, Timothy Filley, Dali Guo, Daniel Richter, Susan Trumbore, Harry Vereecken and Joerg Voelkel (2015): EP31A-0980 International Critical Zone Research: Status, Networking, and Challenges Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Chapter 2 – The Role of Critical Zone Observatories in Critical Zone Science. White T., Brantley S., Banwart S., Chorover J., Dietrich W., Derry L., Lohse K., Anderson S., Aufdendkampe A., Bales R., Kumar P., Richter D., McDowell B. (2015): Developments in Earth Surface Processes 19: 15–78 Cross-CZO National
2014
An Accomplishment-Based Request for Renewal of the Susquehanna-Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (SSHO). Brantley, S.L., Duffy, C.J., Eissenstat, D.M., and Kirby, E. (2014): NSF Award # 1239285 Project Outcomes Report
2014
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future . Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Duffy, Christopher J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li (2014): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 1
2014
Common questions of the US NSF–supported Critical Zone Observatories. Dietrich, W.E. and Lohse, K. (2014): A Guide Prepared By CZO PIs Cross-CZO National
2014
Designing a Suite of Models to Explore Critical Zone Function. Duffy, C., Shi, Y., Davis, K., Slingerland, R., Li, L., Sullivan, P. L., Godderis, Y., Brantley, S. L. (2014): Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, Vol 10, p 7-15
2014
EP22B-01 Developing a Paradigm to Measure and Model the Form and Function of the Critical Zone (Invited) . Susan Brantley (2014): 2014 AGU Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19th
2014
PA13A-3894 How Deep is the Critical Zone: A Scientific Question with Potential Impact For Decision-makers in Areas of Shale-Gas Development and Hydraulic Fracturing . Susan Brantley (2014): 2014 AGU Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19th
2014
An Accomplishment-Based Request for Renewal of the Susquehanna-Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (SSHO). Susan L Brantley, Christopher J Duffy, David M Eissenstat, Eric Kirby (2014): NSF Award # 1239285 Final Report
2013
Sustaining Earth's Critical Zone - Basic Science and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Global Challenges. Banwart, S., Chorover, J., Gaillardet, J., Sparks, D., White, T., et al. (2013): The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, ISBN: 978-0-9576890-0-8 Cross-CZO National
2013
Critical Zone Science and Observatories. Brantley, S.L., White, T.S., Anderson, S.P., Bales, R.C., Chorover, J., McDowell, W.H. (2013): Abstract TH15D-01 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO National
2013
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Duffy, Christopher J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li (2013): NSF Award # 1331726
2013
Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Duffy, C. and Brantley, S.L. (2013): NSF Award #1239285
2013
Graduate Research Group White Paper: Cross-CZO Research Potential. Harpold, A.A., D. Karwan, J. Perdrial, J.A. Marshall, J. Driscoll, A. Neal, and C. Phillips (2013): Internal CZO publication Cross-CZO National
2012
An Accomplishment-Based Request for Renewal of the Susquehanna-Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (SSHO). Brantley, S.L., Duffy, C.J., Eissenstat, D.M., and Kirby, E. (2012): NSF Award # 1239285
2012
Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs): Integrating measurements and models of Earth surface processes to improve prediction of landscape structure, function and evolution (Invited). Chorover J., Anderson S. P., Bales R. C., Duffy C., Scatena F. N., Sparks D. L., White T. (2012): Abstract GCS4A-05 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec (Talk) Cross-CZO National
2012
Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Duffy, C. and Brantley, S.L. (2012): NSF Award # 0725019
2012
Common Critical Zone Observatory Infrastructure and Measurements. J. Chorover, F.N. Scatena, T. White, S. Anderson, A.K. Aufdenkampe, R.C. Bales, S.L. Brantley, G. Tucker. (2012): A Guide Prepared By CZO PIs, September 27, 2012 Cross-CZO National
2011
Twelve testable hypotheses on the geobiology of weathering. Brantley, S.L., Megonigal, J.P., Scatena, F.N., Balogh-Brunstad, Z., Barnes, R.T., Bruns, M.A., Van Cappellen, P., Dontsova, K., Hartnett, H.E., Hartshorn, A.S., Heimsath, A., Herndon, E., Jin, L., Keller, C.K., Leake, J.R., McDowell, W.H., Meinzer, F.C., Mozdzer, T.J., Petsch, S, Pett-Ridge, J., Pregitzer, K.S., Raymond, P.A., Riebe, C.S., Shumaker, K., Sutton-Grier, A., Walter, R., and Yoo, K. (2011): Geobiology 9(2): 140-165, Cross-CZO National
2011
Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Duffy, C. and Brantley, S.L. (2011): NSF Award # 0725019
2011
Interdisciplinary Sciences in a Global Network of Critical Zone Observatories. Lin, H., Hopmans, J. W., Richter, D. deB. (2011): Vadose Zone Journal 10: 781-785 Cross-CZO
2010
Future Directions for Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) Science. Anderson, R.S., Anderson, S., Aufdenkampe, A.K., Bales, R., Brantley, S., Chorover, J., Duffy, C.J., Scatena, F.N., Sparks, D.L., Troch, P.A., Yoo, K. (2010): CZO Community, December 29, 2010 Cross-CZO National
2010
Bedrock to Soil: Where Rocks Meet Life in the Critical Zone (Plenary). Brantley, S.L. (2010): Goldschmidt
2010
The Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (Invited). Duffy, C. (2010): The SoilTrEC Workshop - January 2010
2010
Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Duffy, C. and Brantley, S.L. (2010): NSF Award # 0725019
2010
Data-intensive hydrologic modeling: A Cloud strategy for integrating PIHM, GIS, and Web-Services. Leonard, L.N., Duffy, C., Bhatt, G. (2010): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2010
Overarching scientific questions pertaining to the Critical Zone: Challenges to the Soil and Geologic Community (Invited). Lin, H. (2010): SSSA Annual Meeting
2009
Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Duffy, C. and Brantley, S.L. (2009): NSF Award # 0725019
2008
Critical Zone Observatories: Building a network to advance interdisciplinary study of Earth surface processes. Anderson, S.P., Bales, R.C., and Duffy, C.J. (2008): Mineralogical Magazine 72(1): 7-10. Cross-CZO National
2008
Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Duffy, C. and Brantley, S.L. (2008): NSF Award # 0725019
2007
The Critical Zone: Where Rock Meets Life. Brantley, S. L., White, T. S., Ragnarsdottir, K. V. (eds.) (2007): Elements, v 3. n. 5
2007
Crossing disciplines and scales to understand the Critical Zone. Brantley, S.L., Goldhaber, M.B., and Ragnarsdottir, V. (2007): Elements 3, 307-314.
2004
Proposed initiative would study Earth's weathering engine. Anderson, Suzanne P., Joel Blum, Susan L. Brantley, Oliver Chadwick, Jon Chorover, Louis A. Derry, James I. Drever, Janet G. Hering, James W. Kirchner, Lee R. Kump, Daniel Richter, Art E. White (2004): Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 85 (28): 265-269 Cross-CZO National
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Shale Hills News - All Disciplines
2020
Critical Zone Collaborative Network
23 Nov 2020 - As of fall 2020, the Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) program has been succeeded by the Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net).
NSF Blog: No soils, no life
27 Oct 2020 - They’re beneath our feet, but we seldom hear important signals in the soils
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.
October 2020 Issue of Eos features Critical Zone Science
28 Sep 2020 - In the October 2020 Issue, Eos focuses on the Critical Zone at a pivotal point as the discipline comes of age.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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
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,...
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
Dr. Ying Fan Reinfelder visits for the 2018 All-Hands Meeting at Penn State
10 May 2018 - Over the course of two days each May, the SSHCZO comes together for the annual All-Hands science meeting at Penn State. This year, Dr. Ying...
NSF Discovery articles focus on the CZOs.
10 May 2018 - The Discoveries section of the National Science Foundation's website on Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs).
Water Resources Extension Educators tour the CZO
19 Apr 2018 - Water Resources Extension Educators visited Penn State for three days for the Penn State Extension Annual Conference. During their visit to...
Earth’s skin is an interdisciplinary laboratory
29 Jan 2018 - In the January 2018 issue of Physics Today, writer Toni Feder explores the scope of CZ research in the article, “Earth’s skin is an...
White paper of 2017 CZ Science Meeting in Arlington, VA
01 Jan 2018 - New Opportunities for Critical Zone Science Following the June 2017 Arlington Meeting for Critical Zone Science (hosted by CZO), a white booklet...
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
CZOs at AGU 2017
05 Dec 2017 - Information on CZO award recipients, events, presentations, etc. at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting.
Delegation from China Geologic Survey visits Shale Hills CZO
03 Nov 2017 - During the week of October 30th, Penn State and SSHCZO hosted 15 scientists from the China Geological Survey, with interests ranging from saltwater...
CZNews: Fall 2017
25 Oct 2017 - The CZO National Office's quarterly newsletter CZNews: Fall 2017.
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...
CZNews: Summer 2017
27 Jul 2017 - CZO National Office's quarterly newsletter CZNews: Summer 2017.
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Contribute a classroom/field activity to NAGT’s Teach the Earth
22 May 2017 - Contribute a classroom or field activity to Teach the Earth.
The frontier beneath our feet — an AGU commentary on the critical zone
21 Apr 2017 - AGU has published a collection of commentaries highlighting the important role Earth and space science research plays in society.
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
Critical Zone Profiles - Meet the people doing CZO science (Shale Hills CZO)
26 Sep 2016 - Get a sense of the people and the work. Several members of the Shale Hills CZO are profiled here, including students and professors.
Shale Hills hosts eight-member delegation from China
09 Sep 2016 - To further their knowledge in critical zone research, a delegation of geologists from the China Geological Survey (CGS) and students from the China...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Shale Hills CZO hosts Jorden Hayes for All-Hands 2016
16 May 2016 - Jorden Hayes (Southern Sierra CZO) was an invited speaker and visitor to the Shale Hills CZO All-Hands meeting in May 2016
DCNR Environmental Educators visit the CZO
21 Apr 2016 - New this Year: Educators from state parks around Pennsylvania traveled to Shale Hills (Wednesday, April 20th) for a half day introduction to...
TeenShale Network State College Chapter to hold first fundraiser
18 Feb 2016 - Earth Science students at State College Area High School will hold a fundraiser next week to help offset the expense of field trip transportation...
2015
EOS: Taking the Pulse of the Earth’s Surface Systems
04 Dec 2015 - Taking the Pulse of the Earth's Surface Systems In September of 2014, Laurel Larsen (UC Berkley), Elizabeth Hajek (Penn State), and others...
Summer research program boosts confidence, shapes careers
18 Sep 2015 - “Hydrosphere! Lithosphere! Atmosphere! Biosphere!” students and teachers shouted during orientation for this summer’s Critical...
CZO Workshop to Explore Critical Puzzles breaks through discipline barriers
11 Sep 2015 - Motivated by interest in Fall 2014 during the National CZO All-Hands meeting at Yosemite National Park, the SSHCZO hosted 30 specialists from across...
Drilling completed in Garner Run catena
04 Sep 2015 - Collaborators from the University of Guelph and Stone Environmental, Inc. teamed with our watershed specialist, Brandon Forsythe, to complete a well...
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.
Research Experience for Teachers Culminates with a Workshop at Shavers Creek
03 Aug 2015 - Summer research experience for teachers provided hands-on activities to learn about Critical Zone science. The two teachers were paired with...
Instrumentation at the CZO Sandstone Catena nearing completion
26 Jun 2015 - Four landscape positions have been selected and instrumented along a sandstone catena in Garner Run. This research site, predominantly...
Salon on Deep Critical Zone Architecture held June 14-18, 2015
26 Jun 2015 - An international group of 17 researchers met at Snow Mountain Ranch, Granby, Colorado for 3.5 days of presentations and discussions on the nature of...
The 2015 CZO REU/RET orientation begins at Penn State
10 Jun 2015 - Funded by the National Science Foundation, eight REU/RET participants with Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory joined seven...
State High Chapter of TeenShale Network culminates with presentations at two workshops
15 May 2015 - For the 2014-2015 academic year, the State High chapter of TeenShale Network expanded the water quality monitoring program to include one additional...
Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO hosts Dorothy Merritts for All Hands 2015
13 May 2015 - The annual SSHCZO All Hands meeting featured Dr. Dorothy Merritts, Harry W. and Mary B. Huffnagle Professor of Geosciences and Chair of the...
Katie Gaines recognized with Intercollege Graduate Student Outreach Achievement Award
03 Apr 2015 - Gaines, nearing completion of year five in the Ecology graduate program, has been awarded the Intercollege Graduate Student Outreach Achievement...
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.
Hunting Season and Field Safety
03 Oct 2014 - SSHCZO faculty and students-- This weekend is the opening of archery season and the start of big game seasons in PA. While our previous work was...
CZO REUs and RETs present research at 2014 CUAHSI Biennial Meeting
26 Aug 2014 - The Critical Zone Observatory Research Experience for Undergraduates and Research Experience for Teachers program participants traveled to...
Ticks and Field Season 2014
30 Jun 2014 - During this field season, tick activity has been great and each of us needs to be prepared when venturing to the field. I suggest that...
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.
Reactive Transport Modeling Survey – Community Needs for Biogeochemical Studies
08 Apr 2014 - Reactive Transport Modeling Survey – Community Needs for Biogeochemical Studies The below survey is designed by Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Kate...
Request for Seed Grant Proposals in Support of Critical Zone Science in the Susquehanna Shale Hills
03 Apr 2014 - The Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (SSHO) is pleased to be able to offer 1 year grants to facilitate scientific investigations...
“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)
2014 CZOData Cyber-Seminar Spring Series
06 Mar 2014 - Presentations describing the Integrated CZO Data system and how to use it; for interested CZO investigators, students & staff.
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)...
Sustaining Earth’s Critical Zone - Report from 2011 International CZ Meeting
29 Jul 2013 - International CZ science community outlines interdisciplinary research needed to address land use changes, climate change, and biodiversity decline
Climate Science REU students tour the Shale Hills catchment with Chris Duffy
12 Jul 2013 - Five undergraduate students along with PSU faculty mentors, Dr. Jose Fuentes and Dr. Jon Nese, Professors of Meteorology at PSU University Park,...
Discoveries in the Critical Zone: Where Life meets Rock
11 Jul 2013 - The National Science Foundation's Cheryl Dybas recently finalized a new report entitled "Discoveries in the Critical Zone: Where Life meets...
Dr. Kip Solomon visits Penn State and the CZO to participate in 2013 All Hands Meeting
13 May 2013 - Dr. Kip Solomon, groundwater hydrologist with the University of Utah, visited Penn State and the CZO as invited participant in the annual ALLHANDS...
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
CZO welcomed Dr. Dan Richter to PSU and the catchment
05 Apr 2013 - The Penn State Annual Critical Zone Seminar series welcomed Dr. Dan Richter, Professor of Soils and Forest Ecology at Duke University, for the...
SSHCZO still seeking proposals for collaborative research in the catchment
28 Feb 2013 - The RFP for 2013 collaborative and complimentary research within the CZO or along the shale transect is still active, with a current period of...
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.
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
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.
Two PhD. Candidates receive CarbonEARTH Fellowships
04 Sep 2012 - The NSF sponsored CarbonEARTH (Educators and Researchers Together for Humanity) Fellowship Program teams Penn State STEM graduate students with...
International Innovation Publishes August Edition with Special Focus on US Critical Zone Program
30 Aug 2012 - The European magazine, International Innovation Environment, published bi-annually, focused the August issue on "How science must lead the way to a...
NSF Investment in SSHCZO Leads in New Directions
16 May 2012 - Our “Planet at a Crossroads,” a National Science Foundation SEES (Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability) Discovery...
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...
2011
January edition of CSA News features the Critical Zone Observatories
21 Dec 2011 - The January 2012 cover story of CSA News investigates the Critical Zone Observatories.
CUAHSI to feature Earth Observatories in this year’s cyberseminar series
11 Oct 2011 - The online seminar series will feature speakers from all six CZOs and cover themes like Water, Sustainability and Climate Studies
Special Section of Vadose Zone Journal focuses on CZO research
01 Sep 2011 - As Critical Zone science takes root in the array of disciplines comprised in Earth science and initial observatory results become available, a...
CZO REU Summer Field School Brings 7 Undergraduates from Collaborating Institutions
01 Jun 2011 - This summer, the CZO Field School adds a new dimension with two weeks of field work followed by one week of data analysis. Undergraduate...
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...
The passing of Kelly Cherrey has touched the SSHCZO community
22 Feb 2011 - It is with sadness yet great appreciation we pay tribute to one of our own, Kelly Cherrey. Cherrey worked tirelessly to build the communication and...
2010
Shale Hills CZO featured article in Research|PennState
25 Oct 2010 - Members of the University Research Magazine Association and the National Association of Science Writers focused a September article on the Critical...
CZO hosts students and faculty from University of Pittsburgh
08 Oct 2010 - The Pitt Chapter of IAHR, the International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, spent a day in the catchment visiting with...
1st CZO Field School Brings 16 Participants from 14 Institutions across 9 Countries
01 Jun 2010 - The first week of a two week field school opened on Monday with 16 participants, including both undergraduates and graduates/post-docs. Field school...
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Shale Hills Events - All Disciplines
2018 Fall CZO Seminar Series
Presentation by Dr. Sarah Ivory, Assistant Professor of Geosciences, on her paleoecology research and critical zone interests
402 Steidle Building.2018 Fall CZO Seminar Series
Presentation by Warren Reed, PhD Candidate Ecology, will present his local forest carbon pools vs. larger scale forest carbon dynamics research
117 EES Building.2018 GSA - Annual Fall Meeting
Indianapolis, IN, USA.2018 Fall CZO Seminar Series
Presentation by Dr. Anthony Buda, USDA-ARS Research Hydrologist, on pasture and watershed management research
217 Forest Resources Building.Beth Hoagland, PhD Candidate Geosciences, public defense
Surface water-sediment interactions from pristine to contaminated catchments
541 Deike Building.Callum Wayman, MS Candidate Geosciences, thesis defense
Understanding the effects of seasonality, land use, and lithology on water quality across scales: from a zeroth order catchment to a HUC 10 watershed
541 Deike Building.CZO Network Postdoctoral Scholar, Adam Wlostowski, to visit
Penn State campus and CZO field sites.SSHCZO All-Hands
117 EES Building and the CZO field sites.Spring CZO Seminar
Upscaling our CZO observations: from Shale Hills to Shaver's Creek and beyond
541 Deike Building.CZO / LTER / NEON / ISMC Joint Workshop
Modeling the Critical Zone; State of the Art, Data Integration, and Frontiers
Boulder, Colorado.Spring CZO Seminar
Impact of trees in the CZO: what we know, new hypotheses, and next steps
117 EES Building.Spring CZO Seminar
Proposed research by new team member, Dr. Sarah Ivory, and colleagues
117 EES Building.CZO Town Hall at AGU 2017
Town Hall: Critical Zone Observatories: Platforms for Collaborative Science
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.AGU 2017 Annual Meeting
AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.William Ball to visit Penn State and CZO
William Ball, Executive Director Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc., presents seminar Nov 30
100 Huck Life Sciences Building.Fall 2017 Seminar Series
Short Term Fallout Radionuclides Reveal Sediment Mixing and Transport in the Critical Zone
401 Steidle Building.Praveen Kumar presents Harleman Lecture
Advancing Food-Energy-Water Sustainability through Critical Zone Science
110 Wartik Lab .Team meeting with Praveen Kumar, Director of IMLCZO
117 EES Building.PA Fall Field Conference
Pennsylvania Geologic Survey Annual Fall Field Conference
State College Area and SSHCZO.Shaver's Creek / CZO e-Trailguide meeting
117 EES Building.Pamela Sullivan to present Environmental Engineering Seminar
Elucidating How Landscape Heterogeneity Alters Concentration Discharge Behavior in Carbonate Headwater Streams
204 Sackett Building.Chinese delegation from China Geological Survey to visit CZO
Delegation to visit multiple CZOs to learn infrastructure and coordination efforts of US Obseratories
Penn State and the CZO.2017 Arlington Meeting for Critical Zone Science
"Critical Zone Science: Current Advances and Future Opportunities”. Arlington, VA (near NSF).
DEADLINE: 01 APRIL 2017 for registration & optional abstract.
Hilton Hotel, Arlington, Virginia.SSHCZO All-Hands
117 EES Building.CZO Webinar: Policy Relevance of Critical Zone Science
Policy Relevance of Critical Zone Science webinar presented by Steve Banwart
Online.CZO Webinar: Forecasting of Earth surface processes
Forecasting of Earth surface processes webinar presented by Jon Pelletier.
Online.Spring 2017 CZO Seminar Series
Data Flow & Management and Field Season Preparations
105 Forest Resources Building.CZO Webinar: Drought resilience and water security
Drought resilience and water security presented by Roger Bales
Online.Webinar: Blue Revolution: Water scarcity in a changing world
Blue Revolution: Water scarcity in a changing world webinar presented by Praveen Kumar.
Online.Spring 2017 CZO Seminar Series
Understanding the lithology control of hydrologic processes across the Shale Hills and the Garner Run using model-data integration
117 EES Building.CZO Webinar: Critical Zone Services
Critical Zone Services webinar presented by David Breshears and Jason Field
Online.Spring 2017 CZO Seminar Series
105 Forest Resources Building.Spring 2017 CZO Seminar Series
117 EES Building.CZO Town Hall at AGU 2016
Town Hall: Critical Zone Observatories: Platforms for Collaborative Science
AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA.2016 AGU Fall Meeting
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA
Moscone Center, San Francisco, California .AGU 2016 Annual Meeting
AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA
Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA.Fall 2016 CZO Seminar
Multi-scale Critical Zone architecture at Garner Run revealed from near-surface geophysics
117 EES Building.Chinese Geological Survey Visit
Garner Run and Shale Hills catenas.NSF Review of CZO Network
Review of CZO network by NSF will occur in Fall 2016
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.CZO REU/RET 2016 Summer Program
CZO Research Experience for Undergraduates and Teacher
Shale Hills CZO (Penn State) and Stroud Water Research Cente.Getting to Know the CZO
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.Spring 2016 CZO Seminar
Nutrient dynamics across catchments: from the field to the model
105 Forest Resources Building.Spring 2016 CZO Seminar
Streambed surface water - groundwater interactions at Shale Hills Creek
117 EES Building.AGU 2015: A Town Hall for the Network of CZOs
AGU 2015: A Town Hall for the Network of Critical Zone Observatories (TH25D)
San Francisco, CA - Moscone Center, Moscone West - 2010.Rescheduled - Fall 2015 CZO Seminar
105 Forest Resources Building.Fall 2015 CZO Seminar
Kristen Brubaker presents “Understanding the influence of bedrock on patterns of vegetation and fine scale above-ground carbon storage"
117 EES Building.Fall 2015 CZO Seminar
217 Forest Resources Building.Exploring Four Critical Puzzles Workshop
Exploring Four Critical Puzzles about Trees, Water, and Soil: A Vision for Research
Pennsylvania State University .SSHCZO All-Hands
Penn State and the CZO field areas.SSHCZO All-Hands
117 EES Building and the CZO .Spring 2015 CZO Seminar
105 Forest Resources Building.Spring 2015 CZO Seminar
117 EES Building.Spring 2015 CZO Seminar
PhD Candidate Yu Zhang will present "A Next Generation Landscape Evolution Model with Applications to the Shale Hills CZO."
105 Forest Resources Building.Spring 2015 CZO Seminar
117 EES Building.December 8 CZO webinar
Using a CZO network to explore the architecture, dynamics and evolution of the Critical Zone
Online.SSHCZO Seminar Series - Fall 2014
Forests and the critical zone: known knowns and known unknowns
117 EES Building.CZOs at AGU: Townhall
AGU Townhall event entitled "Critical Zone Observatories: Past, Present, Future"
Room 2005, Moscone West, San Francisco, California.SSHCZO Seminar Series - Fall 2014
Development of an integrated hydrogeochemical model RT-Flux-PIHM: what have we learned?
105 Forest Resources Building.SSHCZO Seminar Series - Fall 2014
Dr. Hyojin Kim will present "Water chemistry evolution through the critical zone revealed by parallel hydrochemistry observations"
117 EES Building.“What’s so critical about the Critical Zone?” webinar
Speakers: Dr. Enriqueta Barrera (NSF) and Dr. Gordon Grant (USFS)
Internet .SSHCZO All Hands 2014 Meeting
117 EES Building at Penn State.GSA Annual Meeting
Geological Society of America, 2013 Annual Meeting - CZO presentations
Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado.POSTPONED - 2013 CZO All-Hands Meeting
Postponed until 2014. 2nd Biannual National CZO Network All-Hands Meeting
University of Delaware, Clayton Hall.Goldschmidt 2013 conference
Session 16B: Probing the Critical Zone (and related Session 19C) will be held at Goldschmidt 2013 in Florence, Italy 25-30 August 2013.
Florence, Italy.CZO All Hands 2013 Seminar
Adding Time to Geochemical and Hydrologic Processes using Environmental Tracers by Dr. – Kip Solomon, Professor and Department Chair, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah
301 Steidle Building.EarthCube-CZO Workshop
EarthCube Domain Workshop: Engaging the Critical Zone community to bridge long tail science with big data
University of Delaware, Newark, DE.AGU Fall Meeting 2012
CZOs give more than 125 presentations at the 2012 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Moscone Center, Fourth and Howard Streets, San Francisco, CA.Critical Zone Seminar Series
How water, carbon and energy drive evolution of the Critical Zone: The Jemez-Santa Catalina Critical Zone Observatory
301 Steidle Building.Critical Zone Seminar Series - All Hands Fall 2012
Critical Zone Seminar Series - All Hands Fall 2012
117 EES Building.CUAHSI Cyberseminar - Chris Duffy on Shale HIlls CZO
The Susquehanna/Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: A Earth-System testbed for process and prediction
Online.
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