Research hydrologic features or processes.

Research hydrologic features or processes. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Research issues related to earth sciences. in Getting Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 7 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.006% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Design and conduct scientific hydrogeological investigations to ensure that accurate and appropriate information is available for use in water resource management decisions. · Hydrologists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Investigate soil problems or poor water quality to determine sources and effects. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Study and document quantities, distribution, disposition, and development of underground and surface waters. · Hydrologists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Study and analyze the physical aspects of the earth in terms of hydrological components, including atmosphere, hydrosphere, and interior structure. · Hydrologists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Study historical climate change indicators found in locations, such as ice sheets or rock formations to develop climate change models. · Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Investigate properties, origins, and activities of glaciers, ice, snow, and permafrost. · Hydrologists · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Investigate the properties, origins, or activities of glaciers, ice, snow, or permafrost. · Hydrologic Technicians · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Hydrologists
• Soil and Plant Scientists
• Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
• Hydrologic Technicians

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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