Dig, dig, dig…REU student video from the summer
Great group of undergraduate students from this summer’s Hubbard Brook REU program. They liked to dig, dig, dig!
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New paper on the hydropedology of Hubbard Brook
A new paper was accepted this week in the journal Geoderma. The paper shows how spatial patterns of soil development reflect the influence of transient groundwater within the soil profile in nearly all landscape positions throughout a headwater catchment at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. This study was initiated by Patricia Brousseau’s REU project in 2008. …
Ground-penetrating radar and review week
Last week was an eventful week at Hubbard Brook on the hydropedology project. We began with Steve Arcone from the Army Corp CRREL helping us with ground-penetrating radar surveys of WS3. We ran lines all along the “weasel” road in WS3. This was our second go at GPR and we think it was a big …
3 more weeks to apply for summer REU position in New Hampshire
Applications for the Hubbard Brook Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program are due by February 6 – that’s just 3 weeks away! We are seeking a student to work on a hillslope hydrology project looking at how water travels through soils on its way to streams in forested ecosystems. See our post from Dec. 11th …
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Summer 2013 REU at Hubbard Brook on Hillslope Hydrology project
Hillslope hydrology component of the Hubbard Brook REU: We are seeking applicants for an REU position at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire. The program is a multidisciplinary project where students participate in a research project and also engage in outreach projects designed to help develop skills in communicating ecosystem information to broad audiences. The program …
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Salty slugs. or: Thanks Bridget!
It is hard to believe that the summer field season is almost over here at Hubbard Brook. Time flies when you are having fun. Whether believable or not, the summer is just about gone, so we’ll be saying goodbye to our Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) student, Bridget O’Neill next week. Bridget has been an …
Project update: Spring break ground-penetrating radar & REU
About a month ago, JP and Cody drove up to Hubbard Brook to spend their spring break running a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey in Watershed 3 to estimate depth to bedrock and glacial till thickness. Both JP and Cody’s projects are part of our Hydropedology project, which is focused on explaining the spatial and temporal variation …
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Another undergraduate research program opportunity!
Another REU opportunity! I am also participating in an REU program based at Virginia Tech. It’s an interdisciplinary program with a focus on the local Blacksburg watershed. The program is called Dynamics of Water and Societal Systems: An Interdisciplineary Research Program at the Virginia Tech StREAM Lab. My component falls under the physical sciences section …
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Hillslope hydrology undergraduate research opportunity at Hubbard Brook
The National Science Foundation is funding two REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) positions at Hubbard Brook this summer as part of the Long Term Ecological Research program (see the HBRF webpage for details or our opportunities webpage) ($5000 stipend for the summer + living expenses). One of the those positions is with our Hydropedology project and …
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A watershed 3 hydropedologic feature: Whatsit?
Last week, JP, Rebecca, Scott, Erik, Phoebe and I were digging soil pits for JP’s project in Watershed 3 at Hubbard Brook. About 10m upslope of these pits we began to dig the first pit for my project on the C horizon. Over the summer, I will be looking at the C horizon and characterizing …
Scott Bailey visits the lab
Scott Bailey, a geoecologist from Northern Research Station of the US Forest Service, joins us this week to work on our ongoing research project at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire. Last summer, we were awarded an NSF grant, along with colleagues Tom Bullen and Don Ross, to examine the coupling between soil and …