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Hydrological Footprint of Atmospheric Rivers on Land
Atmospheric rivers that make landfall in the western United States have significant impacts on the surface water balance, sharpening the seasonality of water resources in coastal watersheds.
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Using Radioactive Tracers to Determine the Ages of Streamflow
Radioactive isotope tracers can be used to determine the relationship between the ages of water that is stored in soil and bedrock, water in streams, and the water used by vegetation.
Posted inScience Updates
A Digital Mayfly Swarm Is Emerging
Low-cost, open-source data collectors and a suite of collaborative online tools are making big leaps in the field of watershed monitoring.
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Upper Hillslopes May Not Contribute Directly to Stormflow
New research challenges long-held ideas about the path of subsurface water from hillslopes to streams.
Posted inEditors' Vox
Small Streams Make Big Contribution to Carbon Cycle
A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discussed the carbon dynamics of headwater streams.
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Protecting Water Resources Through a Focus on Headwater Streams
Where Land Becomes Stream: Connecting Spatial and Temporal Scales to Better Understand and Manage Catchment Ecosystems; Rennes, France, 7–8 March 2017
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Lab Tests Probe the Secrets of Steep and Rocky Mountain Streams
Researchers built a glass-encased test environment that helps them assess streamflow without the confounding factors introduced by bed forms.
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Stream Network Geometry Correlates with Climate
A "big data" analysis of nearly 1 million river junctions in the contiguous United States shows that branching angles in dendritic drainages vary systematically between humid and arid regions.
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What Regions Are Most at Risk for Ice Loss in East Antarctica?
Scientists model the impact of environmental warming on ice drainage basins in the less studied East Antarctica.