Students and research staff collecting or analyzing water samples from Brazos and Colorado River reservoirs and streams in west Texas. |
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| Credit: R. Patiño | Credit: M. VanLandeghem |
Rain-out shelters used to evaluate changes in precipitation amounts at the Australian Climate Science Research site in Sydney. |
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| Credit: J. Zak |
Evaluating low elevation grassland restoration efforts and associated microbial dynamics at Big Bend National Park using debris dams to capture overland flow from heavy storm events. |
Measuring the impacts of daily temperature range (DTR soil) on creosotebush ecophysiology and soil microbial and nutrient dynamics in a Creosotebush bajada in Big Bend National Park. |
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| Credit: J Zak | Credit J Zak |
Understanding climate change impacts on urban conservation areas using the Trinity River Audubon center as a model system in Dallas, TX. |
Watering crew for one of the summer precipitation manipulation events in the sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park. The study was conducted over a 7 yr period. |
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| Credit: J. Zak | Credit –J Zak |