University of South Carolina
College of Arts and Sciences
The History Center and the School of Earth, Ocean and Environment
The Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory (CZO)
A Time Machine and Environmental History Laboratory
Prof. James Giesen, Mississippi State
Prof. Dan Richter, Duke University
The Calhoun CZO examines dynamics, evolution, and recovery of Critical Zones in the
Southern Piedmont (Virginia to Alabama), which between about 1800 and 1950 experienced some of the most severe agricultural land and water degradation in America.
Photo of eroded and gullied Calhoun landscapes; USDA Forest Service, early 1950s.
THURSDAY
April
24
The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution.
4:00 – 5:15 PM
PETIGRU 212