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Watershed Function: Biogeochemical dynamics from genomes to watershed scales

Mountainous watersheds provide 60 to 90 percent of water resources worldwide, but there’s high uncertainty in predicting how they function. This impacts energy production, agriculture, water quality, and other societal benefits. To address this uncertainly, we’re developing a better understanding of how these critical watersheds retain and release water, nutrients, carbon and metals.

Keywords	biogeochemistry, biogeochemistry Studies the cycle of key elements like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus within Earth's systems. It explores how these elements interact and the factors influencing their cycles. Source: Oak Ridge Biogeochemical Dynamics Source Colorado River, droughts, floodplains, floodplain The nearly flat portion of a river valley built by sediment deposited during previous floods. Source: NASA earth observatory Source forests, geology, hydrology, hydrology The science that deals with water, its properties, circulation, or distribution on Earth's surface, and in the atmosphere through evapotranspiration. Source: NASA earth observatory Source microbiology, microbiology Microbiology is the study of microorganisms that are usually too small to be visible with the human eye without a microscope. These tiny organisms shape how nutrients move through the environment. Source: Energy.Gov Source snowmelt, water quality, watersheds
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