To facilitate interactions among carbonate CZ investigators, the Carbonate CZ RCN will convene two types of workshops: multi-day field workshops and gatherings at disciplinary conferences.
Field workshops supported through the RCN occur across a gradient of age, climate, and lithological characteristics. Each have distinct purposes and outcomes (see table below). Workshops are interdisciplinary and include geology, biogeochemistry, hydrology, ecology, and microbiology among others.
| Field Workshop | Date | Location | Outcomes |
| 1 | Aug 3 - Sept 29, 2020 | Virtual * | Discussions of CZ themes; develop Working Groups; organize workshop products |
| 2 | April 4-6, 2022 | Florida | Gathering of Working Groups for continued face to face discussion, data analyses, and writing, and development of additional themes and Working Groups |
| 3 | May 16-19, 2023 | Arkansas | Provide a space for the Working Groups to advance the compilation and analysis of legacy datasets and the development of review papers and other outputs |
* In light of disruptions from COVID-19, the field workshop that was planned for August 2020 in Pennsylvania was postponed. Instead, we hosted a series of virtual sessions as a way to initiate the original workshop program, provide a networking opportunity and develop the next four years of the RCN activities.
Conference workshops are convened at national meetings and focus on disciplinary aspects within carbonate CZs.
Training: Workshops that have a training component for graduate and undergraduate students.
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- Possible topics include data sources, programming tools, monitoring (hydrologic and ecosystem), and modeling techniques.
- Training modules are available for download to expand their use in education of new investigators.