NSF environmental research
The Evolution from Critical Zone Observatories to the Collaborative Network Explained
It started quietly, tucked away in university labs and remote field stations: the idea that to understand Earth’s surface—where rock, soil, water, air, and ...
Why the Closure of the Critical Zone Collaborative Network Could Change Environmental Research
For years, scientists studying the “skin of the Earth”—that fragile layer from bedrock to treetops we call the Critical Zone—have relied on a rare ...