Summer Research Where Land Meets Water
September 14, 2026
September 14, 2026
GRINNELL, Iowa, Sept. 14 -- Grinnell College posted the following news:
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Summer Research Where Land Meets Water
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The waterways cutting across Iowa's vast farmland create rich habitats for organisms of all sizes, and some of the most important ones can only be seen under a microscope. It was at the meeting point between land and streambank -which scientists call riparian buffer zones -that biology major Millie Leonard '27 chose t . . .
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Summer Research Where Land Meets Water
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The waterways cutting across Iowa's vast farmland create rich habitats for organisms of all sizes, and some of the most important ones can only be seen under a microscope. It was at the meeting point between land and streambank -which scientists call riparian buffer zones -that biology major Millie Leonard '27 chose t . . .