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NSF Awards UTEP $5 Million to Lead Study of Earth’s Surface in Drylands

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  9. critical zones
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  13. Long-term ecological research
  14. Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning
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Lougheed, Vanessa
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Gutierrez-Jurado, Hugo
College: Science
Department: Geological Sciences
Karplus, Marianne
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Engle, Mark
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Gill, Thomas
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NSF Awards UTEP $5 Million to Lead Study of Earth’s Surface in Drylands
Date: September 23, 2020



A team of interdisciplinary researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso was awarded $5.27 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance critical zone (CZ) research in drylands. The University is one of nine funded CZ research projects in the nation.


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