What happens when rain falls on desert soils? An updated model provides answers
E-Mail IMAGE: Desert Research Institute (DRI) scientist Yuan Luo standes near a weighing lysimeter at DRI's SEPHAS Lysimeter facility in Boulder City, Nev. November 2020. view more Credit: Ali Swallow/DRI Las Vegas, Nev. (December 14, 2020) - Several years ago, while studying the environmental impacts of large-scale solar farms in the Nevada desert, Desert Research Institute (DRI) scientists Yuan Luo, Ph.D. and Markus Berli, Ph.D. became interested in one particular question: how does the presence of thousands of solar panels impact desert hydrology? This question led to more ques...
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