Research Group News:
Apr - new publication: Hensley, RT, *MJ Spangler, LF DeVito, PH Decker, MJ Cohen, and MN Gooseff. 2020. Evaluating spatiotemporal variation in water chemistry of the upper Colorado River using longitudinal profiling. Hydrological Processes, 34(8):1782-1793. [link]

Apr - Congratulations to Anna Bergstrom who successfully defended her PhD dissertation!  Dr. Bergstrom will be starting an NSF-funded postdoctoral fellowship this summer.

Mar - new publication: Terry, N, E Grunewald, M Briggs, M Gooseff, AD Huryn, MA  Kass, KD Tape, *P Hendrickson, and JW Lane Jr. 2020. Seasonal subsurface thaw dynamics of an aufeis feature inferred from geophysical methods. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 125(3): doi:10.1029/2019JF005345. [link]

Mar - new publication: *Bergstrom, A, MN Gooseff, M Myers, PT Doran, and JM Cross. 2020. The seasonal evolution of albedo across glaciers and the surrounding landscape of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 14:769-788. [link] 

Dec - new publication: Wlostowski, AN, NO Schulte, BJ Adams, BA Ball, RMM Esposito, MN Gooseff, WB Lyons, UN Nielsen, RA Virginia, DH Wall, KA Welch, and DM McKnight. 2019. The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 124(12): 3814-3830. [link]

Dec - new publication: Post, E, RB Alley, TR Christensen, M Macias-Fauria, BC Forbes, MN Gooseff, A Iler, JT Kerby, KL Laidre, ME Mann, J Olofsson, JC Stroeve, F Ulmer, RA Virginia, and M Wang. 2019. The polar regions in a 2 degrees C warmer world. Science Advances 5(12): ARTN eaaw9883. [link]

Sep - press release on new NSF-funded Navigating the New Arctic research grant. [link]

Jun - press articles from Science Friday (@SciFri) on the MCM LTER from our recent field season METHODS article, and radio interview audio file, etc.

May - Congratulations to Maggie Spangler for successfully defending her MS thesis, Comparison of Diversions and Impoundments on Downstream Water Quality and Ecosystem Processes.

Apr - Congratulations to Abby Conner for successfully defending her MS thesis, Irrigation Impacts on Hydrologic Exchange Flows and Examination in a Social-Ecological Framework

Apr - Congratulations to Erin Jenkins for successfully defending her MS thesis, How much does stream-groundwater exchange influence whole -stream metabolism in a small mountain stream?

Classes taught by Dr. Gooseff:
  • Physical Hydrology
  • Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions
  • Introduction to Civil Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Open Channel Hydraulics
  • Ecological Engineering
  • Surface Water Quality Modeling
  • Initiating your Academic Career
What happens when permafrost thaws? 
Using scientific UAVs for studying streams:
“Thus if the quantity of carbonic acid [CO2 in the air] increases in geometric progression, the augmentation of the temperature will increase in arithmetic progression.” [link]
Svante Arrhenius, 1896
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