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Iowa State University-Climate Science Program

Research emphasis focuses on the design and function of riparian management systems that reduce the movement and remediate the impact of non-point source pollutants from croplands and pastures to adjacent streams. Presently we are also studying the impact of riparian buffers on stream bank stability and quantifying the proportion of stream sediment that originates from bank erosion and surface erosion. We are also studying carbon sequestration in and evolution of greenhouse gases from buffers and other communities. Most of our buffer designs use perennial woody and forb species that are functionally effective and provide potential alternative income to land owners. An area of study includes quantifying the biomass...
1) the hydrogeology and geochemistry of till and related glacial sediments; 2) the groundwater quality of restored, multi-species riparian buffers in agricultural watersheds; 3) processes controlling nutrient transport via groundwater to lakes and streams in Iowa; 4) application of groundwater modeling to predict the hydrologic effects of conservation practices in agricultural watersheds; 5) assessing the sustainability of alluvial aquifers in central Iowa under changing climate and biofuels development.
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