A look at new research showing how snowmelt, trees, and underground water shape the flow of mountain streams long after ...

UC Santa Cruz graduate student Amanda Donaldson installs a lysimeter in Arbor Creek’s soils. The instrument enables scientists to sample the water held between soil particles. The amount of vacuum ...

A group of Desert Hot Springs High School students are using their skills to create 3D models of water resources around the city. The students are all part of the 'Renewable Energy Academy of Learning ...

Throughout the western United States, natural resources managers are attempting to address the growing, and often competing, demands that municipal, agricultural and environmental interests have for ...

The Lab Report: Every week, The Lab Report takes a deep dive into the (research) lives of students and professors outside the classroom. Somewhere along the Mississippi River, a blissful current whips ...

Subsurface storage as a regulator of streamflow was investigated as an explanation for the large proportion of pre-event water observed in urban streams during storm events. We used multiple lines of ...

The conversion of cropland to the production of woody biomass, or short-rotation woody crops (SRWCs), has the potential to provide an economic alternative to Midwestern farmers, while simultaneously ...

On a warm spring day, snowpack high in the peaks surrounding Lake Tahoe begins to melt. The water trickles down the granite rocks finding its way into winding seasonal creek beds, flushing into large ...