/ Hydrology Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /news/classroom-canyon <p>Water, rocks and life. Perhaps nowhere on the planet is that combination so brilliantly on display as where the Grand Canyon meets the Colorado River.</p> <p>That’s why, each spring, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis <a href="https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/education/classes/">graduate students of geology, ecology and hydrology </a>explore the Grand Canyon by floating down the Colorado River, splitting the 225-mile river journey into two halves.</p> September 15, 2016 - 3:42pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/classroom-canyon /news/flooding-farms-winter-may-help-replenish-groundwater <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-right"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/news/general-news/2015/sep/jimmorris_groundwater.jpg" width="520" height="349" alt="Rancher flooding fields" typeof="Image"> </div> <figcaption>In promising new research, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis scientists worked with ranch manager Jim Morris to deliberately flood alfalfa fields to recharge the aquifer.</figcaption></figure> September 09, 2015 - 9:20am Katherine E Kerlin /news/flooding-farms-winter-may-help-replenish-groundwater