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  • New EESA research explores impact of land-use policy on California’s terrestrial carbon and greenhouse gas budget

    January 12, 2021

  • Impacts of Climate Change on Our Water and Energy Systems: It’s Complicated

    January 11, 2021

  • Portrait of Jeremy Snyder holding a camera on a boat.

    Stunning Visuals Tell a Fluid Story of Water in the Upper Gunnison River Basin

    December 23, 2020

  • Coast to Coast: Using eddy covariance techniques reveals coastal systems “on the edge”

    December 8, 2020

  • Field Access Allows First-Ever Geothermal Basin Characterization Using Dark Fiber

    December 16, 2020

  • Berkeley Lab scientists design new framework for clean water

    December 2, 2020

  • Comparing climate change impact on Arctic tundra over different time periods

    November 25, 2020

  • photo of bill collins presenting at a meeting at Berkeley Lab

    Bill Collins Named 2020 AGU Fellow

    November 18, 2020

  • Two EESA researchers among 2020’s most highly cited

    November 24, 2020

  • Martin Lesueur receives Mineral and Rock Physics section award from AGU

    October 27, 2020

  • Berkeley Lab works toward establishing a new center for lithium resource research and innovation

    October 22, 2020

  • Nature Climate Change highlights EESA research on soil organic matter decomposition temperature sensitivity

    October 9, 2020

  • EESA members honored with 2020 Director’s awards

    October 5, 2020

  • Susan Hubbard

    Susan Hubbard Introduced into National Academy of Engineering Class of 2020

  • With R&D100 Award win, EESA researchers recognized for modeling coupled processes

    October 2, 2020

  • Headshot photo of Sara Gushgari-Doyle

    EESA Postdoc Places at Lab’s 2020 SLAM Competition

  • AGU Sharing Science Community puts EESA postdoc Barbara Bomfim in the spotlight

  • Berkeley Lab Takes Part in a New Biology Integration Institute Funded by NSF

    September 1, 2020

  • Two EESA Early-Career Scientists to Compete in Research SLAM

    August 25, 2020

  • EESA Researchers To Receive FY21 LDRD Funding

    September 28, 2020

  • Berkeley Lab study finds warmer California temperatures by mid-century will be too hot for some crops, just right for others

    August 25, 2020

  • Global Methane Emissions Soaring, But How Much Was Due to Wetlands?

    August 20, 2020

  • Geothermal Brines Could Propel California’s Green Economy

    August 5, 2020

  • Berkeley Lab To Partner with International Collaborators in Geothermal Energy Research

    July 30, 2020

  • Subtropical Weather Pattern Estimated to Increase Long-Term Rainfall Variability in California by 50%

    July 29, 2020

  • Global Flux Dataset Enhanced for Broader Access, Ease of Use

    July 30, 2020

  • Could the Answer to Groundwater Resources Come From High in the Sky?

    June 19, 2020

  • Plant Cell Wall Esters Could Help Forests Cope With Climate Change

    July 28, 2020

  • Reassessing the Global Dataset of Wave Climate Projections

    June 29, 2020

  • EESA Researchers Receive DOE Early Career Awards

    June 25, 2020

  • The World’s Forests Are Growing Younger

    June 10, 2020

  • Using Machine Learning to Estimate COVID-19’s Seasonal Cycle

    May 20, 2020

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