Email Print Share

All Images


News Release 14-008

NSF awards grants for four new critical zone observatories to study Earth surface processes

Sites are in Southeast Piedmont; Southwest Idaho; Northern California; and Illinois-Iowa-Minnesota

This material is available primarily for archival purposes. Telephone numbers or other contact information may be out of date; please see current contact information at media contacts.

illustration showing mountains, river, forest, earth and a satelite

NSF has awarded grants for four new Critical Zone Observatories, bringing the network to ten sites.

Credit: NSF


Download the high-resolution JPEG version of the image. (16.6 MB)

Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.

illustration showing earth layers and vegetation sectioned out of a landscape

Scientists at the Critical Zone Observatories study Earth's surface: Where rock meets life.

Credit: NSF


Download the high-resolution JPEG version of the image. (525.0 KB)

Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.

Northern California's Eel River surrounded by trees

Northern California's Eel River is one of the new CZO sites.

Credit: Lobsang Wangdu, UCNRS


Download the high-resolution LOBSANG WANGDU version of the image. (794.1 KB)

Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.

Trees and hills at the Reynolds Creek in southwest Idaho.

An October view of the Reynolds Creek CZO site in southwest Idaho.

Credit: USDA


Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (2.6 MB)

Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.

aerial view of the Intensively Managed Landscapes CZO site in Illinois-Iowa-Minnesota

The Intensively Managed Landscapes CZO site in Illinois-Iowa-Minnesota: much land-use change.

Credit: Praveen Kumar


Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (2.0 MB)

Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.

watershed research site at the Calhoun CZO in the Southeast Piedmont.

A soon-to-be-upgraded watershed research site at the Calhoun CZO in the Southeast Piedmont.

Credit: Jason Jackson, USDA


Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (1.5 MB)

Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.