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		Where Does Water Go When it Rains? This short film includes interviews with water researchers and presents basic concepts of hydrologic cycle. Understanding where water goes is important for understanding the environmental effects of...		More Info

		Using Writing to Teach Science and Policy Aspects of Drought and Water-Ecosystem Services in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (California, USA). Students learn how drought affects aquatic ecosystem services such as freshwater provision and habitat preservation by critically analyzing the current problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta....		More Info

		Using on-line data sources to allow students to test hypotheses about river flow and effects on remotely sensed coastal ocean properties. River discharge couples terrestrial ecosystems with oceanic ecosystems. Fluctuations in river discharges from drought or flood events can have significant effects on coastal ecosystems.		More Info

		Use of Acacia by Maasai nomadic herders of southern Kenya during drought, and its ecosystem-level consequences. This collection of twelve photographs illustrates how the Maasai use Acacia during prolonged drought, and the impacts of that use on long-term ecosystem processes. The Maasai are the largest group of...		More Info

		The partitioning of evapotranspiration into evaporation and transpiration: an experimental design assessing the effects of changes in vegetation cover This project seeks to improve the student’s understanding of the terrestrial water budget by exploring the dynamics of one of its major components: evapotranspiration, a process that includes the...		More Info

		The effects of drought on Lake Amboseli ecosystem in southern Kenya. This collection of five photographs depicts Lake Amboseli during and after a drought that lasted from 2005 to 2006 in southern Kenya. Lake Amboseli is a seasonal lake that retains water well after...		More Info

		Lake levels and drought indices in northern Wisconsin: data, graphs, and photographs. These materials include 25-year records of lake levels in 7 lakes in Northern Wisconsin, Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and precipitation; graphs illustrating changes in lake levels over time;...		More Info

		Issues in Ecology, Issue 09: Water in a Changing World This report illustrates the disruption of the global water cycle as a result of human activities. The global hydrological cycle’s surface and ground water processes are detailed. The global...		More Info

		Follow the Water. This short film includes interviews with water researchers and presents basic concepts of hydrologic cycle. Water has many roles in the landscape; sculptor, solvent for minerals, a vector of...		More Info

		Extreme droughts in the southeast- How do we sustain ecosystem services? Predicted increased variability in rainfall together with the effects of fast-growing population centers, hydropower development, and irrigated agriculture will likely continue to alter landscape and...		More Info

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