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- Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning
- Litter decomposition
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- Energy and Environment
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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