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A field on a Nebraska farm with a large irrigation arm watering the crop. Grain storage elevators are visible in the background.
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Modeling Groundwater and Crop Production in the U.S. High Plains

by Jady Carmichael 30 November 20208 November 2022

Innovative new research by a team of international scholars borrows modeling methods from ecology and applies them to groundwater sustainability.

Aerial view of the Green Mountain Reservoir and Heeney, Colo., in 2017
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Different Models, Different Answers in Water Resource Planning

by Terri Cook 19 November 202024 February 2023

The experimental design used in climate vulnerability assessments can strongly influence the assessments’ findings and skew decisions about which factors are most important for informing adaptation.

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Agricultura Sustentable Reflejada en Calidad del Agua de Cuba

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 November 20206 January 2022

Las muestras de agua de 25 ríos en el centro de Cuba están dominadas por signos de erosión de las rocas en lugar de la escorrentía de fertilizantes, según muestran investigadores que trabajan en instituciones cubanas y estadounidenses.

A rocky landscape with short vegetation in the Canadian tundra
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¿Cómo Afecta el Reverdecimiento del Ártico al Agua Subterránea?

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 13 November 20206 February 2023

Nuevas investigaciones examinan cómo los cambios en la ecología de la superficie influyen en la hidrología subterránea en el Ártico.

Neat rows of crops grow between rows of trees
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Using Nuclear Fallout to Measure Soil Erosion in Tunisia

by Issa Sikiti da Silva 5 November 202028 January 2022

Cesium-137 acts as a tracer to evaluate the efficiency of conservation methods.

Aerial photo of a single boat making its way on Brazil’s São Francisco River
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Urbanization, Agriculture, and Mining Threaten Brazilian Rivers

by Meghie Rodrigues 27 October 20206 December 2021

Harder to analyze and quantify, diffuse pollution is often overlooked when it comes to water quality assessments.

A USGS research team from the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center takes measurements of hydrologic properties of burned and unburned soils in the LNU Lightning Complex Fire area in Napa County, Calif., in early October.
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Biggest Risk to Surface Water After a Wildfire? It’s Complicated

Megan Sever, Science Writer by Megan Sever 20 October 20206 January 2022

Whether you’re considering short-term or long-term changes to water quality after a wildfire, scientists agree that sedimentation is a big concern.

Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
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Pensando en el Zinc: Mitigando la Exposición al Uranio en la Nación Navajo

by R. Mazumdar 9 October 202020 September 2022

En un innovador ensayo clínico se estudia el impacto del zinc en la mitigación de los efectos sobre la salud relacionados con la minería de uranio. Éste se lleva a cabo mediante la “participación bidireccional” entre los Navajos y las comunidades médicas.

Aerial view of patchwork agricultural fields in Illinois
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Critical Agents of Change at Earth’s Surface

by P. Kumar, E. Herndon and D. D. Richter 29 September 202025 March 2022

By way of agriculture and industry, humans have major influences on the critical zone. Our past and present effects on the landscape, soil, and water will echo for a long time to come.

A hilly landscape in the Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory, with charred soil in the foreground.
Posted inScience Updates

Soil Signals Tell of Landscape Disturbances

by K. A. Lohse, S. A. Billings, R. A. DiBiase, P. Kumar, A. A. Berhe and J. Kaye 24 September 202022 November 2021

The lasting influence humans have on Earth’s critical zone—and how geologic forces have mediated those influences—is revealed in studies of soil and carbon migration.

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