As river ice cover decreases, the physical and biological changes to river ecosystems vary with the watershed characteristics and river size.
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Environmental Impact Bonds Incentivize Watershed Restoration
Environmental Impact Bonds for financing new water and environmental infrastructure can be properly priced with the help of watershed modelling.
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Using Radioactive Tracers to Determine the Ages of Streamflow
Radioactive isotope tracers can be used to determine the relationship between the ages of water that is stored in soil and bedrock, water in streams, and the water used by vegetation.
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Upper Hillslopes May Not Contribute Directly to Stormflow
New research challenges long-held ideas about the path of subsurface water from hillslopes to streams.
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Small Streams Make Big Contribution to Carbon Cycle
A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discussed the carbon dynamics of headwater streams.