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Hydrological cycles and budgets

Researchers examine how mesquite trees move water between soil layers
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Mesquite Trees Gain a Competitive Edge in Arid Arizona

by Aaron Sidder 6 July 2018

A new study shows that mesquites employ hydraulic redistribution to move water between soil layers in the savannas of Santa Rita.

Outflow from Lake Superior to Lake Michigan-Huron through the St. Marys River was high in 2013 and 2014.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Caused Record Water Level Rise in the Great Lakes?

by Terri Cook 21 July 2016

A new modeling framework offers insight into how specific lakes' water levels respond to short- and long-term climate trends.

global-ocean-salinity-NASA-Aquarius-satellite
Posted inScience Updates

Salinity Monitoring Gives Insight into the Global Water Cycle

by D. Stammer 11 April 201611 April 2016

Salinity and Water Cycle over the Oceans: Recent Progress and Future Challenges; Hamburg, Germany, 12–15 October 2015

Posted inNews

New Study Reveals How Much Groundwater Remains

by S. Kelleher 20 November 201520 November 2015

Researchers have calculated for the first time the volumes of recently accumulated groundwater reserves worldwide—the "young" groundwater that most of humanity depends on.

High waves buffet Michigan’s Grand Haven Lighthouse, located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.
Posted inScience Updates

Water Levels Surge on Great Lakes

by A. D. Gronewold, A. H. Clites, J. Bruxer, K. W. Kompoltowicz, J. P. Smith, T. S. Hunter and C. Wong 17 March 201518 June 2018

The recent 2-year surge represents one of the most rapid rates of water level change on the Great Lakes in recorded history and marks the end of an unprecedented period of low water levels.

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