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  • About the Earth & Environmental Sciences Area

    Our scientists are tackling some of the most pressing environmental and energy challenges of the 21st Century.

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    Our Scientists create basic and use-inspired knowledge, methods, and capabilities for sustainable utilization and management of the Earth’s subsurface.

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    Our scientists develop the foundational knowledge and capabilities needed to understand, predict, and advance stewardship of Earth’s Climate and Ecosystems.

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In the News

  • EESA Celebrates International Day of Women & Girls in Science

    February 24, 2021

  • EESA Scientists Contribute to DOE GTO Research on Critical Minerals

  • iStock Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil

    CSA News Calls Out Recent NGEE-Tropics Research

    February 22, 2021

  • Two EESA Women Chosen for the 2020 Women @ The Lab Awards

    February 9, 2021

  • ExxonMobil Becomes Member in National Alliance for Water Innovation

  • Sigrid Dengel Receives Award at NGEE-Arctic All-Hands Meeting

    January 28, 2021

  • New EESA Research Explores Impact of Land-use Policy on California’s Terrestrial Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budget

    January 12, 2021

  • Getting to Net Zero – and Even Net Negative – is Surprisingly Feasible, and Affordable

    January 29, 2021

  • EESA Members Invited to Join Pod: Unlearning Racism in Geoscience

    January 27, 2021

  • Six Scientists Awarded EESA Early Career Development Grants

    January 26, 2021

  • EGD Postdoc Fellow Receives Young Researcher Presenter Award

    January 21, 2021

  • EESA Senior Scientist Talks Earthquake Building Resilience

    January 20, 2021

  • Berkeley Lab Partners with International Collaborators in Geothermal Energy Research

  • EESA Scientist Coauthors New Comprehensive Guide on Removing CO2 from the Atmosphere

    January 18, 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

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