{"id":15465,"date":"2020-02-20T08:25:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T08:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=15465"},"modified":"2020-07-28T07:56:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T07:56:37","slug":"locate","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/locate\/","title":{"rendered":"LOCATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Losses of carbon within the land\u2013ocean continuum (LOCATE)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/locate\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=LOCATE&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/locate\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/locate\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=LOCATE&#038;body=LOCATE%20is%20a%20multidisciplinary%20project%20that%20will%20undertake%20the%20first%20ever%20coordinated%20sampling%20of%20the%20major%20rivers%20in%20Great%20Britain.%20%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/locate\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/locate\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>Land\u2013Ocean Transfer (LOCATE) is is a cross-centre project aiming to quantify the fate of terrigeneous organic matter from soils to the ocean. It is run in conjunction with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noc.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Oceanography Centre<\/a> (NOC)<\/li><li>the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceh.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology<\/a> (UKCEH)<\/li><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pml.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plymouth Marine Laboratory<\/a> (PML)<\/li><li>the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhi.ac.uk\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of the Highlands and Islands<\/a> (UHI)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Halladale.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The Halladale river catchment in Scotland is largely peat based. The river contains the highest concentration of dissolved organic carbon in the UK and is a LOCATE intensive catchment. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_96911\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Halladale.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Halladale, Scotland\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The Halladale river catchment in Scotland is largely peat based. The river contains the highest concentration of dissolved organic carbon in the UK and is a LOCATE intensive catchment. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Halladale.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The Halladale river catchment in Scotland is largely peat based. The river contains the highest concentration of dissolved organic carbon in the UK and is a LOCATE intensive catchment. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_96911\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/equipmentSetUp.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Equipment is being set up to measure the rate of gas loss from stream waters so CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;\/sub&gt; evasion can be calculated. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_96911\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/equipmentSetUp.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Halladale equipment\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Equipment is being set up to measure the rate of gas loss from stream waters so CO<sub>2<\/sub> evasion can be calculated. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/equipmentSetUp.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Equipment is being set up to measure the rate of gas loss from stream waters so CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;\/sub&gt; evasion can be calculated. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_96911\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p>The BGS groundwater and soils team are examining dissolved inorganic and organic carbon as part of the overall carbon (C) budget: how land use affects this biogeochemical cycle, organic matter quality and the rates at which carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) evasion occurs from catchment streams and rivers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collaboration will help scientists answer questions about the long-term fate of organic carbon held in soil over the next fifty to one hundred years by establishing how much carbon from soils is getting into rivers and estuaries and determining what is happening to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LOCATE vision is that, in ten years, the key processes relevant to decomposition of terrigenous C are well represented in models, particularly for C stored in boreal peatlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LOCATE_upstream-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LOCATE upstream\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Upstream River Stour. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LOCATE_guage-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LOCATE guage\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>River gauge, Great Ouse. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LOCATE_upstream2-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LOCATE upstream\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Upstream River Ouse. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overarching objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>To quantify the fate of terrigeneous organic matter from soils to the ocean, with particular focus on estuaries and coastal waters.<\/li><li>To quantify and understand the loss processes in estuarine environments.<\/li><li>To build a new model of terrigeneous organic matter cycling valid in marine and fresh waters and use it to predict the future evolution of the land\u2013ocean C flux.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key facts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest organic C reserves in Europe are in the soil of north Scotland and the largest peat areas are in Wales and south-west England. Decreasing levels of acidifying air pollution has led to a 60 per cent increase in dissolved organic C levels of rivers over 25 years, affecting riverine C losses and drinking water supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LOCATE has sampled one-third of the rivers that drain the UK and is undertaking intensive studies in the Halladale (north Scotland), Tamar (Devon\/Cornwall) and Conwy (North Wales) catchments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LOCATE is also undertaking work overseas to characterise processes that lead to the mobilisation of dissolved organic matter within surface and groundwater systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wysiwyg-2812-block_5e4e45fe347df\" class=\"  \" >\n\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LOCATE_map-677x960.jpg\" alt=\"LOCATE sample site map\" width=\"677\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LOCATE_map-677x960.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LOCATE_map-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LOCATE_map.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great Britain-wide sampling and intensive study sites. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Key references<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Anderson, T R, Rowe, E C, Polimene, L, Tipping, E, Evans, C D, Barry, C D G, Hansell, D A, Kaiser, K, Kitidis, V, Lapworth, D J, Mayor, D J, Monteith D T, Pickard A E, Sanders R J, Spears B M, Torres R, Tye, A M, Wade A J, and Waska, H. 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10533-019-00621-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unified concepts for understanding and modelling turnover of dissolved organic matter from freshwaters to the ocean: the UniDOM model.<\/a> <em>Biogeochemistry<\/em>, Vol. 146(2), 105\u2013123.<\/p>\n<p>Maurice, L, Rawlins, B G, Farr, G, Bell, R, and Gooddy, D .C. 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JG004045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The influence of flow and bed slope on gas transfer in steep streams and their implications for evasion of CO2<\/a>. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences<\/em>, Vol. 122(11), 2862\u20132875.<\/p>\n<p>McDonough, L, Santos, I, Andersen, M, O&#8217;Carroll, D, Rutlidge, H, Meredith, K, Oudone, P, Bridgeman, J, Gooddy, D, Sorensen, J, Lapworth, D J, MacDonald, A, Ward, J, and Baker, A. 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-020-14946-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Changes in global groundwater organic carbon driven by climate change and urbanisation<\/a>. <em>Nature Communications<\/em>, Vol. 11, Article No. 1279.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Painter, S C, Lapworth, D J, Woodward, E M S, Kroeger, S, Evans, C D, Mayor, D J, and Sanders, R J. 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2018.02.237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terrestrial dissolved organic matter distribution in the North Sea.<\/a> <em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, Vol. 630, 630\u2013647.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to discover more then please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/lapworth-daniel\/\">Dan Lapworth<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/tye-andrew\/\">Andy Tye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-13-block_5eb5e30be184c\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row 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