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A robotic arm retrieves an underwater hydrophone
Posted inScience Updates

Measuring Ambient Ocean Sound During the COVID-19 Pandemic

by P. L. Tyack, J. Miksis-Olds, J. Ausubel and E. R. Urban Jr. 4 March 202129 September 2021

An expanded nonmilitary hydrophone network provides new opportunities to understand the variability and trends of ocean sound and the effects of sound on marine organisms.

An AmeriFlux instrument tower rises above treetops in a New Mexico piñon-juniper forest
Posted inScience Updates

Measuring, Monitoring, and Modeling Ecosystem Cycling

by L. R. Hawkins, J. Kumar, X. Luo, D. Sihi and S. Zhou 5 August 202029 September 2021

Scientists leverage long-term environmental measurements, emerging satellite observations, and recent modeling advances to examine changes in ecosystem carbon and water cycling.

Close-up of a woman blowing her nose while standing in front of a field of flowers
Posted inScience Updates

Eyes in the Sky Improve Pollen Tracking

by G. R. Asrar, Y. Zhou, T. M. Crimmins and A. Sapkota 20 July 202022 November 2021

Physicians, public health officials, and experts in remote sensing and ecology recently met to identify ways that satellites, webcams, and crowdsourced science could help them manage asthma and allergies.

Tip of a small boat leads into the placid near shore of a forested lake.
Posted inNews

Fieldwork in the Experimental Lakes Area Adapts to COVID-19

by Lesley Evans Ogden 3 June 202022 October 2021

Though anticipating long days and hard work as a few key crew members do the job of many, researchers heading to the lakes this summer are excited to leave the house.

This aerial view shows Lake Taupō amid the whenua (land) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa on the North Island of New Zealand.
Posted inScience Updates

Implications of a Supervolcano’s Seismicity

by F. Illsley-Kemp, S. J. Barker, B. Smith and C. J. N. Wilson 5 March 202029 September 2021

Last year’s rumblings beneath New Zealand’s Taupō supervolcano, the site of Earth’s most recent supereruption, lend new urgency to research and outreach efforts in the region.

A flux monitoring site in Adventdalen on Svalbard monitors carbon dioxide emissions from the surrounding permafrost area.
Posted inScience Updates

Is the Northern Permafrost Zone a Source or a Sink for Carbon?

by F.-J. W. Parmentier, O. Sonnentag, M. Mauritz, A.-M. Virkkala and E. A. G. Schuur 10 September 201929 September 2021

Thawing permafrost could release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, but finding out how much requires better collection and curation of data.

A river and snowy mountains on a sunny day
Posted inNews

Bringing Climate Projections Down to Size for Water Managers

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 July 2019

Hydrologists are creating watershed-scale projections for water resources managers and tools that managers can use to plan for the effects of climate change.

An illustration showing microscopic colloidal particles adhered to sand grains in an aquifer from which groundwater is being pumped to the surface via a well.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Treating Colloids as Clusters Better Predicts Their Behavior

by Terri Cook 25 July 2019

New research suggests that an accurate prediction of colloidal particle mobilization in the environment should account for the effect of clustering.

The mayfly Epeorus pleuralis, after which a new water sensor is named.
Posted inScience Updates

A Digital Mayfly Swarm Is Emerging

by S. Ensign, D. Arscott, S. Hicks, A. Aufdenkampe, T. Muenz, J. Jackson and D. Bressler 6 March 2019

Low-cost, open-source data collectors and a suite of collaborative online tools are making big leaps in the field of watershed monitoring.

A view of Jackson Lake Dam in northwestern Wyoming
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Exploring Uncertainty in Streamflow Estimates

by Aaron Sidder 18 January 2019

A review of streamflow uncertainty estimation methods reveals that one method does not fit all situations and provides recommendations for how to improve streamflow estimates.

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