Critical Zone News
@cznews.bsky.social
Your source for news and updates about Critical Zone science in action all around the world.
Curated by the NSF-funded AccelNet Design: Accelerating Critical Zone Science with an International Network of Networks team.
Curated by the NSF-funded AccelNet Design: Accelerating Critical Zone Science with an International Network of Networks team.
Reposted by Critical Zone News
What will the future of monitoring our coastlines for hazards, and forecasting flooding and other storm impacts, look like? What will 2026 bring in terms of #AI and #digitaltwin technologies that we can apply?
Read a Q&A with LSU expert George Xue: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/12...
Catch Xue at #AGU25!
Read a Q&A with LSU expert George Xue: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/12...
Catch Xue at #AGU25!
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What will the future of monitoring our coastlines for hazards, and forecasting flooding and other storm impacts, look like? What will 2026 bring in terms of #AI and #digitaltwin technologies that we can apply?
Read a Q&A with LSU expert George Xue: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/12...
Catch Xue at #AGU25!
Read a Q&A with LSU expert George Xue: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/12...
Catch Xue at #AGU25!
Reposted by Critical Zone News
We're excited to have a community science exchange to set priorities for the AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee.
Join us for this interdisciplinary group planning conversation @ #AGU25.
💡Bring your ideas, inspiration, and challenges. And your colleagues!
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Join us for this interdisciplinary group planning conversation @ #AGU25.
💡Bring your ideas, inspiration, and challenges. And your colleagues!
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We're excited to have a community science exchange to set priorities for the AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee.
Join us for this interdisciplinary group planning conversation @ #AGU25.
💡Bring your ideas, inspiration, and challenges. And your colleagues!
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Join us for this interdisciplinary group planning conversation @ #AGU25.
💡Bring your ideas, inspiration, and challenges. And your colleagues!
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
"Zhengzhou is an apt testbed: a warm-temperate monsoon city with summers that are hot and wet, winters that are cold and dry, and a green space rate of 36.81%." 🌐🧪
Fungal Networks Quietly Reshape Polluted City Soils
Beneath the traffic haze and neon signage of Zhengzhou, a city of more than 12.8 million people in central China, the soil is running its own quiet experiment.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"Zhengzhou is an apt testbed: a warm-temperate monsoon city with summers that are hot and wet, winters that are cold and dry, and a green space rate of 36.81%." 🌐🧪
Monday at #AGU25:
⚡️: bit.ly/AGU25_NS13C03
📐: bit.ly/AGU25_NS13A
🎓: bit.ly/AGU25_ED14B
💧: bit.ly/AGU25_NS31A
#CriticalZoneAtAGU25
⚡️: bit.ly/AGU25_NS13C03
📐: bit.ly/AGU25_NS13A
🎓: bit.ly/AGU25_ED14B
💧: bit.ly/AGU25_NS31A
#CriticalZoneAtAGU25
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Wastewater plants can be climate solutions, not just pipes and tanks. By tuning oxygen and adding a multi stage wetland, this study shows how cities can clean water, recover energy and lower emissions, offering a practical template for low carbon sewage management. 🧪🌐
Enhancing the low-carbon performance for municipal wastewater treatment through high-rate activated sludge-three-stage constructed wetland system: Water quality, energy recovery and carbon emissions r...
Biological-ecological coupling processes are attracting increasing interest for low-carbon performance in municipal wastewater treatment. The conventi…
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Wastewater plants can be climate solutions, not just pipes and tanks. By tuning oxygen and adding a multi stage wetland, this study shows how cities can clean water, recover energy and lower emissions, offering a practical template for low carbon sewage management. 🧪🌐
Reposted by Critical Zone News
More of what I'm up to at #AGU25! Stop by our Tuesday AM poster session to talk wireless data networking: how can we get increasingly large data volumes from remote field sites to the computing resources & people who need them, at the speed the science needs?
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
More of what I'm up to at #AGU25! Stop by our Tuesday AM poster session to talk wireless data networking: how can we get increasingly large data volumes from remote field sites to the computing resources & people who need them, at the speed the science needs?
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Stream bottoms are more than mud; they are chemical control rooms. By decoding how microbes in hyporheic sediments cycle nitrogen and sulfur under different pressures, this work builds the evidence base needed for smarter water quality standards and habitat restoration strategies. 🌐🧪
Conserved environmental adaptations of stream microbiomes in the hyporheic zone across North America - Microbiome
Background Stream hyporheic zones represent a unique ecosystem at the interface of stream water and surrounding sediments, characterized by high heterogeneity and accelerated biogeochemical activity. ...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Stream bottoms are more than mud; they are chemical control rooms. By decoding how microbes in hyporheic sediments cycle nitrogen and sulfur under different pressures, this work builds the evidence base needed for smarter water quality standards and habitat restoration strategies. 🌐🧪
Reposted by Critical Zone News
New #ExploreICOS video out from the ICOS Ecosystem station Clara Raised Bog in Ireland! 🌱
As a newly labelled station within #ICOSIreland, Clara Raised Bog helps researchers understand how peatlands store and release carbon and respond to climatic extremes.
➡️ Watch the video: ow.ly/p3eJ50XFCFH
As a newly labelled station within #ICOSIreland, Clara Raised Bog helps researchers understand how peatlands store and release carbon and respond to climatic extremes.
➡️ Watch the video: ow.ly/p3eJ50XFCFH
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New #ExploreICOS video out from the ICOS Ecosystem station Clara Raised Bog in Ireland! 🌱
As a newly labelled station within #ICOSIreland, Clara Raised Bog helps researchers understand how peatlands store and release carbon and respond to climatic extremes.
➡️ Watch the video: ow.ly/p3eJ50XFCFH
As a newly labelled station within #ICOSIreland, Clara Raised Bog helps researchers understand how peatlands store and release carbon and respond to climatic extremes.
➡️ Watch the video: ow.ly/p3eJ50XFCFH
Reposted by Critical Zone News
Calling early career researchers!📢
At #AGU25, learn how to craft a paper, from outlining to creating accessible figures. Engage with editors and get insights on manuscript submissions and the peer review process.
🔗 buff.ly/0toa7LR
#AGUPubs #EarlyCareer #PeerReview
At #AGU25, learn how to craft a paper, from outlining to creating accessible figures. Engage with editors and get insights on manuscript submissions and the peer review process.
🔗 buff.ly/0toa7LR
#AGUPubs #EarlyCareer #PeerReview
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Calling early career researchers!📢
At #AGU25, learn how to craft a paper, from outlining to creating accessible figures. Engage with editors and get insights on manuscript submissions and the peer review process.
🔗 buff.ly/0toa7LR
#AGUPubs #EarlyCareer #PeerReview
At #AGU25, learn how to craft a paper, from outlining to creating accessible figures. Engage with editors and get insights on manuscript submissions and the peer review process.
🔗 buff.ly/0toa7LR
#AGUPubs #EarlyCareer #PeerReview
Earth’s oceans and ice are shifting fast. This IPCC assessment connects the latest research on changes with real world choices on climate action, resilience and cooperation, offering a science based guide for decisions that will shape coasts, water, and livelihoods. Read more: bit.ly/3XIJ0lf 🌐🧪
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Earth’s oceans and ice are shifting fast. This IPCC assessment connects the latest research on changes with real world choices on climate action, resilience and cooperation, offering a science based guide for decisions that will shape coasts, water, and livelihoods. Read more: bit.ly/3XIJ0lf 🌐🧪
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Urban land is getting used more intensely, but nature’s services are not keeping pace. This study offers a transferable roadmap for aligning land use efficiency with food, water, soil, carbon and flood benefits, helping fast changing regions plan truly sustainable growth. 🌐🧪
Efficiency versus sustainability: spatial mismatches between urban land-use and ecosystem services in China’s Yellow River Basin
Balancing urban land-use efficiency (ULUE) with ecosystem stability is critical for sustainable urban development. While many studies suggest that ULUE improvements enhance sustainability, few examine...
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Urban land is getting used more intensely, but nature’s services are not keeping pace. This study offers a transferable roadmap for aligning land use efficiency with food, water, soil, carbon and flood benefits, helping fast changing regions plan truly sustainable growth. 🌐🧪
Could processed astronaut poop help plants grow on the Moon and Mars? A new study presented at #AGU25 explores this and more.
Fungi, Fertilizer, and Feces Could Help Astronauts Grow Plants on the Moon - Eos
A new study offers tantalizing evidence that filamentous fungi extending from roots, along with treated astronaut waste, could provide sufficient scaffolding to help plants grow in planetary regolith.
eos.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reposted by Critical Zone News
If you have registered to #AGU25, please bookmark the AGU Security page, which will have updates & resources re:immigration enforcement operations announced for New Orleans: www.agu.org/agu25-neworl...
We hope you can come to AGU25 because when science is connected, science is unstoppable.
We hope you can come to AGU25 because when science is connected, science is unstoppable.
New Orleans updates | AGU25
AGU is committed to a safe and welcoming Annual Meeting for everyone.
www.agu.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If you have registered to #AGU25, please bookmark the AGU Security page, which will have updates & resources re:immigration enforcement operations announced for New Orleans: www.agu.org/agu25-neworl...
We hope you can come to AGU25 because when science is connected, science is unstoppable.
We hope you can come to AGU25 because when science is connected, science is unstoppable.
Members of the Critical Zone Network of Networks will be at #AGU25 next week asking what is the Critical Zone. Share your insights with them: bit.ly/AGU25_Pod1 🌐🧪
December 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Members of the Critical Zone Network of Networks will be at #AGU25 next week asking what is the Critical Zone. Share your insights with them: bit.ly/AGU25_Pod1 🌐🧪
Our latest post to Substack. 🌐🧪
Coal Mines Rewire the Underground Rivers of Northern Anhui
Far below the winter fields of northern Anhui, China, the ground is not still.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Our latest post to Substack. 🌐🧪
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Reposted by Critical Zone News
Are you a school #teacher looking to collaborate with a #scientist to enhance your educational experience? The EGU's Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme helps connect scientists and teachers to co-create a #video #lesson!
Apply now by 15 December 2025
👉: egu.eu/36C0Q6
📸: Anna Kotova on #imaggeo
Apply now by 15 December 2025
👉: egu.eu/36C0Q6
📸: Anna Kotova on #imaggeo
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Are you a school #teacher looking to collaborate with a #scientist to enhance your educational experience? The EGU's Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme helps connect scientists and teachers to co-create a #video #lesson!
Apply now by 15 December 2025
👉: egu.eu/36C0Q6
📸: Anna Kotova on #imaggeo
Apply now by 15 December 2025
👉: egu.eu/36C0Q6
📸: Anna Kotova on #imaggeo
Reposted by Critical Zone News
University of Birmingham awards scientists who used AI-driven insights into #biodiversity decline using advanced computing to process/analyse #ecological and chemical data, to uncover how #pollution and #climate extremes interact to threaten vulnerable species 🌍
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
www.birmingham.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
University of Birmingham awards scientists who used AI-driven insights into #biodiversity decline using advanced computing to process/analyse #ecological and chemical data, to uncover how #pollution and #climate extremes interact to threaten vulnerable species 🌍
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
Ten small lakes, fifty plus elements, one powerful toolkit. This study shows how sediment geochemistry can classify lake types, flag geological hazards and inform where to focus land use controls and irrigation investments as Dak Lak faces longer, more intense dry seasons: bit.ly/3YbhA7E 🌐🧪
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ten small lakes, fifty plus elements, one powerful toolkit. This study shows how sediment geochemistry can classify lake types, flag geological hazards and inform where to focus land use controls and irrigation investments as Dak Lak faces longer, more intense dry seasons: bit.ly/3YbhA7E 🌐🧪
You: I add to knowledge about the inner workings of Critical Zone ecosystems.
Them:
Them:
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
You: I add to knowledge about the inner workings of Critical Zone ecosystems.
Them:
Them:
Our latest post to Substack. 🌐🧪
Soil Structure Is the Next Big Environmental Frontier
Under a rising winter fog in Northern Europe, the soil looks inert—just a dark, silent surface waiting for spring.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Our latest post to Substack. 🌐🧪
Reposted by Critical Zone News
"Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast" -- wow what a comprehensive analysis by Yeung, @xiyang.bsky.social et al. 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast - Nature Sustainability
Large swathes of standing dead trees or ‘ghost forests’ can form owing to rising sea levels in coastal areas, but the extent to which this occurs is unclear. This study maps ghost forests at the indiv...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast" -- wow what a comprehensive analysis by Yeung, @xiyang.bsky.social et al. 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Around the summit of Cadillac Mountain #cadillacmountain #acadianationalpark #acadia #mountdesertisland #maine #mainecoast #landscapephotography
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM