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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.
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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 questions. How do solar panels change the way water hits the ground when it rains? they asked. Where does the water go? How much of the rain water stays in the soil? How deep does it go into the soil? ....

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