Network chemistry patterns in headwater streams – new paper published in PNAS

April 21, 2014 / Lab news, Research paper / By

In a new article published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we show how high-resolution mapping and analysis of water chemistry throughout a headwater stream network reveals unexpected patterns in how flowing water interacts with the surrounding landscape at multiple spatial scales.  Here’s the abstract and a link to the paper: …

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Ph.D. student opportunity… assistantship in Hydrology and Biogeochemistry at Virginia Tech

May 24, 2019 / Assistantships / By

We just circulated the following ad for a new Ph.D. student opportunity… Graduate Research Assistantship in  Hydrology and Biogeochemistry Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech is seeking applicants for a PhD-level graduate research assistantship with an expected start date of fall of 2014. This …

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New paper on the hydropedology of Hubbard Brook

May 24, 2019 / Lab news, Research paper / By

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. …

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Commentary on US-Japan Joint Seminar

December 12, 2013 / Commentary, Meetings, News / By

A short paper summarizing the US-Japan Joint Seminar that we held last March was accepted for publication in Hydrological Processes.  The paper describes the intent and outcomes of the workshop, which focused on linkages between hydrology and biogeochemistry in forested catchments with an emphasis on climatic and environmental change.  The seminar last March spawned several …

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Presentations by our group at AGU in San Francisco!

December 4, 2013 / Lab news / By

If you will be in San Francisco for AGU next week, be sure to check out some of the presentations by or involving those in our group. MONDAY H11D-1178 Comparison of methods for determining the hydrologic recovery time after forest disturbance. 8:00am Moscone West Hall A-C; Tomoki Oda, Mark Green, Nobuhito Ohte, Rieko Urakawa, Izuki …

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Where does the water go?

May 24, 2019 / Lab news / By

Hydrology isn’t always fun and games, but in this case it is. The watershed hydrology lab at Virginia Tech and the WC (Virginia Water Resources Research Center) bring you “Where does the water go?”. We wrote and rehearsed this song roughly 2 hours before performing, so hang in there on some of the missteps and …

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Kris Brown published his first journal paper: sediment delivery from forest roads at stream crossings

May 24, 2019 / Lab news, Research paper / By

Kris Brown had his first journal article accepted this week in Forest Ecology and Management.  Congrats Kris!! Abstract: Forest road stream crossing approaches, or the section of road immediately adjacent to the stream crossing, represent primary sources and nearly direct pathways for sediment delivery to stream channels. This research quantified sediment delivery rates associated with reopening …

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Meeting in Blacksburg

October 17, 2013 / Lab news, ReBlog / By

Reblog (US-Japan Joint Seminar on Catchment Hydrology and Forest Biogeochemistry):  A small group of attendees from the March US-Japan Joint Seminar are meeting next week in Blacksburg, Virginia.  The goal is to work on several synthesis efforts that developed from the meeting. More to come soon…

Seeking Assistant Professor in Ecohydrological Modeling and Informatics

October 16, 2013 / Jobs / By

Our department is seeking applicants for a 9-month, tenure-track, research and teaching position in Ecohydrological Modeling and Informatics with emphasis in forested landscapes. This position is part of a cluster hire of seven new faculty in water resources across campus. This position will focus on integration and feedbacks among hydrology, ecosystem processes, and human decision-making using …

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Article on U.S. watershed stress

October 10, 2013 / News, Research paper / By

Sectoral contributions to surface water stress in the coterminous United States K Averyt et al. 2013 Environ. Res. Lett. 8 035046 This article seems to be receiving a fair bit of hype.  Sandra Postel blogs about the paper on National Geographic’s Freshwater Initiative and the American Water Resources Association has posted about it as well. …

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Seminar at UVA today

October 3, 2013 / Lab news, Seminars / By

Kevin will be presenting work on the Hubbard Brook hydropedology project at UVA’s Department of Environmental Sciences Seminar today. It always fun visiting our colleagues up the road, but we really need to do it more often.

Welcome Paolo!

September 24, 2013 / Lab news, Visitors / By

Paolo Benettin, a Ph.D. student from the University of Padova in Italy, arrived last week and will join our lab group for the next 9 months. He will be working on watershed modeling of transport processes and using stable isotope tracer data from our research site at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire. …

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Review article on forest operations and sediment in the Piedmont by Kris Brown

August 22, 2013 / Lab news, Review paper / By

Proceedings from the 18th Central Hardwood Forest Conference in 2012 were published this week.  Kris Brown has a nice review paper in the proceedings that documents BMP implementation and effectiveness for water quality protection associated with forest roads and skid trails, streamside management zones, harvesting, site preparation, and stream crossings.  It’s the first synthesis of research …

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The launch of isotope hydrology through a beer bottle

May 24, 2019 / Popular news, ReBlog, Science / By

Cool blog post from Simple Climate on Willi Dansgaard, the father of isotope paleoclimatology and hydrology.  Check it out: “How a beer bottle helped reveal rapid past climate change” Ok, so the article is mostly about the impact Dansgaard has had on understanding past climate, but those of us that use stable water isotopes in hydrology also …

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