Here we go! Start of the eLTER Science Conference in Tampere, #finland. Motivation for the conference: not isolating the different spheres of the Earth system (hydrosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, etc), but instead focusing on where the spheres intersect. #ecology #globalchange #CriticalZone #hydrology #earthscience #eLTER2025SC
#criticalzone
Interesting visit this morning to the Lakkasuo-Siikaneva peatland monitoring site in #finland. Great science studying greenhouse gases and carbon source-sink relationships in real time. #ecology #environment #CriticalZone #eLTER2025SC
https://www.europesays.com/us/2872/ Newly discovered soil microbe helps clean water #BiogeochemicalRemediation #CriticalZone #DeepSoilMicrobes #EcologicalHealth #Environment #EnvironmentalPollution #GroundwaterPurification #JamesTiedje #MicrobialCommunities #MicrobialEcology #MSUResearch #PNASJournalStudy #PollutionCleanup #Science #SoilHealth #Sysuimicrobiota #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US #WaterPurification
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Julianne Liu DustKids Outreach Coordinator, Salt Lake Community College
Why did you become a scientist?
"In high school, I became really interested in learning about the climate crisis, both the science behind it and the social movements attached to it."
About Julianne: https://bit.ly/44o9sVk
More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
Work by Big Data Cluster members is cited in this #OpenAccess article recently published in AGU Advances.
Read "Deep Roots Supply Reactivity and Enhance Silicate Weathering in the Bedrock Vadose Zone" : https://bit.ly/44wtqfF
Read the cited article: https://bit.ly/46OLxy5
Dust^2 Cluster member Jeff Munroe talks about the importance of studying the movement of dust in the Critical Zone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5M4n8Jne9s
This paper by Jeffrey S. Munroe, Abigail A. Santis, Elsa J. Soderstrom, Michael J. Tappa, and Ann M. Bauer and published in SOIL outlines some of the findings Munroe describes in this video: https://bit.ly/4bP8SS8
We're really interested in how the #CriticalZone responds to disturbances like fire, flood, and drought.
This recent story from the USGS explores how science like ours helps risk managers prepare for those disturbances.
📖: https://bit.ly/4jTztQM
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Otto Lang, PhD PhD Candidate, Geography, University of Utah
What advice do you have for students interested in science?
"Study something you feel a personal connection with and are passionate about. Don't be afraid to reach out to others."
Some of Otto's work: https://bit.ly/3QACXvk
More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
Attention Critical Zone scientists: join this effort to connect researchers from all around the world.
Jeff Munroe describes how you can get involved in the AccelNet project CZ-NoN creating a network of networks strengthening connections and developing collaborations between scientists all around the world who are studying the critical zone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-hnpzpl7Yc
More about one of these networks, the OZCAR network in France: https://bit.ly/4fdDm1y
Sustainable Cities and Society recently published an article which includes citation of work by members of the Big Data Cluster.
Read "Responses of greenhouse gas emissions to reclaimed water replenishment in urban rivers: Patterns, mechanisms, and synergistic management strategies" : https://bit.ly/4mZH0QT
The cited article: https://go.nature.com/3uZg5i4
"We applied EMMA to the upper Provo River watershed (262 km2), a snowmelt-dominated catchment in northern Utah."
Read about some of the latest collaborative work by members of the Dust Cluster: https://bit.ly/3FScZBO
A novel model uncovers the importance of dew deposition for canopy epiphytes in a tropical montane cloud forest
Cluster collaborator Lauren Lowman contributed to this new scientific poster.
See it full size: https://bit.ly/3Hxxm7T
Dust travels all over the world as it moves from its source to where it sinks to the ground.
We're working to better understand it so we can help communities plan for dust events big and small.
Work by Cluster members Kristen Underwood, Scott Hamshaw and Jaime Shanley is cited in the newly published "The Future Governance of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture: Advancing Justice-Based Approaches: https://bit.ly/4mFcVpu
Read the cited article: https://bit.ly/4444c9G
Enjoy reading about hydrollogy? We've got it.
Enjoy reading about resilience to wildfires? We've got it.
Enjoy modeling and machine learning algorithims? We've got it.
All this - and more! - on our Publications page.
Here's the link to our Big Data rabbit hole: https://bit.ly/CZNBDPubLibrary
Add to your schedule this week!
May 27
>>9:00 AM Central European Time (CET)<<
Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) in the UK. Presented by Alejandro Dussaillant and Gareth Old.
Part of the CZ Connections Webinar Series. Details and Zoom link: https://bit.ly/4jKcqIG
"The rise in global temperature and the increase in atmospheric transport and deposition of dust linked to greater aridity, land abandonment, and wildfires, are placing significant stress on freshwater microbial communities."
Cluster member Janice Brahney contributed to this publication in Environmental Research.
🔗: https://bit.ly/3Ybffdy
"Here, we map where snow meets the forest by computing the proportion of snowfall over forest. We used a global climate reanalysis and satellite tree cover data to derive the fraction of snowfall over forests at 0.1° resolution."
Work by University of #Utah based Cluster member McKenzie Skiles is cited in this #OpenAccess article recently published by Geophysical Research Letters.
📖🔗: https://bit.ly/3H6D8Nw
Can a Deep Learning Model Predict Dissolved Oxygen at the Continental Scale?
That question, and more, in this 2021 article co-authored by Cluster members and published in Environmental Science & Technology.
📖🔗: https://bit.ly/3FiL8uk
#science #research #CriticalZone #ClimateChange #MachineLearning
Work by University of #Vermont Cluster member Julia Perdrial is cited in a chapter of River Flow 2024.
Read more about this publication: https://bit.ly/3YPhofi
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