The Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Riverside has launched the new UCR Experimental Landscapes Facility, an innovative research space designed to help scientists better understand how landscapes evolve over time.
Led by Eric Barefoot, Assistant Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, the facility allows researchers to recreate scaled-down versions of natural environments — including river deltas, coastlines, and lake systems — to study how sediment moves and landscapes change.