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News Release 14-155
NSF awards $1.35 million for new institute focused on Earth's critical zone: Where rock meets life
Institute scientists will cross the boundaries of Earth's critical zone from tree canopy to groundwater base
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NSF has funded a new institute focused on Earth's critical zone: Where rock meets life.
Credit: NSF/CZO
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In the critical zone, rock, soil, water, air and living organisms shape Earth's surface.
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NSF's network of Critical Zone Observatories stretches from coast to coast across North America.
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Research in the critical zone takes scientists from bedrock to the top of the tree canopy.
Credit: NSF Southern Sierra CZO
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Listening to the forest's heartbeat: A sap-flux meter monitors a tree in the critical zone.
Credit: NSF Southern Sierra CZO
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Science-in-the-snow: Downloading data from instruments placed on critical zone trees.
Credit: NSF Southern Sierra CZO
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