DATA News
2020
More news about SSCZO on Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions
24 Nov 2020 - More news about SSCZO on Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions, which grew out of the SSCZO, also on Sustainable California
27-minute film California’s Watershed is being shown on PBS nationwide
24 Nov 2020 - This film, plus our 90-minute documentary Beyond the Brink, are also available at https://www.beyondthebrink.global/
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.
2018
Congratulations Jill Marshall on receiving the 2018 Luna B. Leopold Young Scientist Award
06 Nov 2018 - Marshall Receives 2018 Luna B. Leopold Young Scientist Award
Multiple postdoc and grad student opportunities at UC Merced
12 Sep 2018 - Two postdoctoral scholar positions and multiple MS or PhD research assistantships are currently available at the University of California, Merced....
Research Program Update: September 2018
07 Sep 2018 - Recent activities and findings, funding opportunities, upcoming events, and other updates
Research Program Update: July 2018
17 Jul 2018 - Recent activities and findings, funding opportunities, upcoming events, and other updates
Research Program Updates: May 2018
27 May 2018 - Recent activities and findings, funding opportunities, upcoming events, and other updates
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Research Program Updates: January 2018
17 Jan 2018 - Recent activities and findings, funding opportunities, upcoming events, and other updates
2017
Visiting the Water Source: A Tour of the Kings River Headwaters
06 Nov 2017 - By Michelle Gilmore and Leigh Bernacchi Ever wonder how we know what we know about water? Twenty-five intrepid water and forest managers,...
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.
New SSCZO comic artfully communicates research
19 Jul 2017 - Wonder what soils and sponges have in common? Or why some trees in the Sierra Nevada are dying while others are surviving? Find out in our new comic.
Gobi Desert Dust Helps Sustain California’s Sierra Nevada
28 Mar 2017 - A team of researchers found that dust provides a much greater amount of nutrients to vegetation in the Sierra Nevada than previously thought.
2016
Pushing the Limits on Water Isotope Measurement: Lawrence Livermore and UC Merced
20 Dec 2016 - Lawrence Livermore and UC Merced researchers are tracking water through the critical zone using cutting-edge technology and new collection methods.
Vegetation Matters: Type conversion could impact Sierra stream flow more than changing climate alone
02 Sep 2016 - This is an excerpt of a press release originally published on 30 August 2016 by James Badham, covering a new peer-reviewed article published by...
“Natural Inquirer” education journal features study by Southern Sierra researchers
01 Apr 2016 - A study by Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory researchers was featured in a recent issue of Natural Inquirer, a middle school...
Snow days are work days at Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory
23 Mar 2016 - Snow days may hold some people back from going to work or school. But for Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory researchers and staff, traveling...
White House Water Summit: UC Water joins the call to action with technology pioneered at SSCZO
22 Mar 2016 - As part of World Water Day, the White House is hosting a Water Summit today and released its Commitments to Action on Building a Sustainable...
Every El Nino is Different: Roger Bales comments on the state of CA snowpack on KQED Forum
18 Mar 2016 - UC Merced Professor Roger Bales was featured on the KQED Forum radio show on March 3, 2016. Bales responded to callers' questions...
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...
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.
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.
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
Smart sensors can measure pretty much anything
12 Aug 2013 - Network of iPhone-size devices keeps tabs on state water supply
Big Data & Mountain Water Supplies
14 Feb 2013 - Roger Bales presents at the Streams, Gardens, and Clouds: Visualizing Dynamic Data for Engagement, Education & the Environment conference
2012
California is Home to Extreme Weather, Too
01 Nov 2012 - The state won’t see a superstorm like Hurricane Sandy, but UC Merced researchers monitoring precipitation and snowpack say weather can have...
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