Gooseff HydroEcology Science & Engineering Lab @ The University of Colorado
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      • McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
      • McMurdo Dry Valleys: A Landscape on the Threshold of Change
      • Snow Patch Control on Soil Microbial Communities in the McMurdo Dry Valleys
      • Biogeochemistry & Microbial Communities of Hydrologic Margins of Dry Valley Streams & Lakes
      • Modeling the influence of Hyporheic Exchange on Stream Ecosystems
    • Arctic Research >
      • Arctic Oases - Aufeis Influence on Arctic River Ecosystems
      • Changing Seasonality and Nutrient Fluxes in Arctic River Networks
      • Will Climate Change Affect Hyporheic Processes in Arctic Streams?
      • Arctic LTER
    • Streams & Hyporheic Zones >
      • Seasonal Controls on Stream-Riparian Groundwater Exchange
      • Scaling of Nitrogen Cycle Controls Throughout a River Network
      • Hydrological Linkages Between Landscapes and Streams
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What we do

We study the intersections of earth systems and ecosystems focusing on hydrology, solute transport, watersheds, streams and glaciers.

Our research focuses on stream-groundwater interactions, hyporheic exchange, stream/hyporheic restoration, and climate change in polar and temperate regions.

We conduct field experiments/monitoring and numerical modeling studies to uncover new knowledge about how natural systems function and how they respond to change.

Research Group News:
Mar - new publication: Bergstrom, A, KA Welch, and MN Gooseff. 2023. Spatial Patterns of Major Ions and Their Relationship to Sediment Concentration in Near Surface Glacier Ice, Taylor Valley Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 128, e2022JF006980. [link]

Mar - new publication:
Ward, AS, SM Wondzell, MN Gooseff, TP Covino, S Herzog, B McGlynn, and RA Payn. 2023. Breaking the window of detection: Using multi‐scale solute tracer studies to assess mass recovery at the detection limit. Water Resources Research, 59(3): e2022WR032736. [link]

Feb - new publication: Blaskey, D, JC Koch, MN Gooseff, AJ Newman, Y Cheng, JA O'Donnell, and KN Musselman. 2023. Increasing Alaskan river discharge during the cold season is driven by recent warming. Environmental Research Letters, 18(2): 024042. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acb661. [link]

Oct - new publication: *Singley, JG, K Singha, MN Gooseff, R González-Pinzón, TP Covino, AS Ward, J Dorley, and ES Hinckley. 2022.  Identification of hyporheic extent and functional zonation during seasonal streamflow recession by unsupervised clustering of time-lapse electrical resistivity models. Hydrological Processes, 36(10): e14713. [link]


Oct - new publication: González-Pinzón, R, *J Dorley, *J Singley, K Singha, M Gooseff, and T Covino. 2022. TIPT: The Tracer Injection Planning Tool. Environmental Modelling & Software, 156: 105504. [link]

Sep - new publication: Hudson, AR, DPC Peters, JM Blair, DL Childers, PT Doran, K Geil, M Gooseff, KL Gross, NM Haddad, MA Pastore, JA Rudgers, O Sala, EW Seabloom, and G Shaver. 2022. Cross-site comparisons of dryland ecosystem response to climate change in the US Long-Term Ecological Research network. BioScience, 72(9): 889-907. [link]

Sep - Welcome Dr. Khum Thapa-Magar to our research group as a new postdoc! Dr. Thapa-Magar will be working on species distribution models in the McMurdo Dry Valleys

Sep - new publication: Hensley, R, J Singley, and M Gooseff. 2022. Pulses within pulses: Concentration-discharge relationships across temporal scales in a snowmelt-dominated Rocky Mountain catchment. Hydrological Processes, 35(9): e14700. [link]

Aug - Congratulations to Christa Torrens on passing her PhD defense!  Christa is headed to a postdoc position at Flathead Lake Biological Station

Jul - new publication:
*Torrens, CL, MN Gooseff, and DM McKnight. 2022. Dissolved organic carbon chemostasis in Antarctic polar desert streams. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2021JG006649, doi: 1029/2021JG006649. [link]

May - new publication: 
Gooseff, MN, DM McKnight, PT Doran, and A Fountain. 2022. Long-term stream hydrology and meteorology of a Polar Desert, the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Hydrological Processes, 36(6), e14623,
doi: 10.1002/hyp.14623
. [link]
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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


For Links to Current and Past Research Projects, Consult the RESEARCH Link Above; Some Old Project Links Are Available Here:
  • Stream Restoration and Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions (2004-ongoing)
  • MOdular Curriculum for Hydrology Advancement, MOCHA (NSF, 2006-2009)
  • Ground-Penetrating Radar Hyporheic Zone Project  (2006-2008)
  • Arctic National Parks Thermokarst Inventory and Monitoring  (2006-2008)
    (a complimentary element of the Noatak River Freshwater Vital Signs Initiative)

  • Antarctic Taylor Valley Glacier Melt Water Modeling  (2004)
  • Spring Hydrologic Contribution to the Logan River, UT  (2003)
  • Utah Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration Partnership - Hydrologic Functions  (2003-2004)
  • Hyporheic Exchange Along the River Continuum  (2001-2003)
  • Antarctic Hyporheic Exchange and Biogeochemical Cycling (1998-2002)
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