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Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

Effects of Climatic Variability and Land Use on American Drylands

Human Health | Native Lands | Public Lands

Studies to understand, measure, and predict changes in physical and ecological landscapes and how these changes influence landscape stability, ecosystem dynamics, and human communities of American drylands.

Link to Interactions Among Geology, Biogeochemistry, Ecology, and Climate Link to Dust - Geomorphic, Hydrologic, and Climatic Factors of Dust Emission, and Societal Effects Link to Sediment Dynamics in Dryland Rivers - Relations to Climate, Groundwater, and Land Use

Link to Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting Change Link to Sand-Dune Dynamics Link to Historical Climatic Variability in American Drylands

Link to Pathogens in Soil (Related to Valley Fever) Link to CLIM-MET Stations Link to Regional Dust Cameras

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