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News Release 18-108
NSF-supported scientists present new research results on Earth's critical zone at 2018 AGU fall meeting
Topics include remote sensing of seasonal snow, forest ecohydrology in a changing climate, plant stress in drought-prone forests
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Scientists at NSF's CZOs will present new results at the 2018 AGU meeting.
Credit: Jenny Parks
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The top of the forest canopy to the base of bedrock is known as Earth's critical zone.
Credit: NSF
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Science in the snow: Downloading data on trees and snowmelt at the Southern Sierra CZO.
Credit: NSF Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory
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Scientists at the NSF Intensively Managed Landscapes CZO in the Midwest often work with farmers.
Credit: NSF IML CZO
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Carbon in soil is a focus at the NF Reynolds Creek CZO in Southwest Idaho.
Credit: USDA
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At the NSF Eel River CZO, researchers study a watershed that's important to spawning salmon.
Credit: Lobsang Wangdu, UCNRS
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