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Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division

Post Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Program Domain Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Sciences Department Research Highlight

Negrón-Juárez et al. and Their Pioneering Study on Amazon Windthrows

March 14, 2017

Photos cr. Ms.Raquel Araujo, using a drone. This windthow (2.88S, 60.28W) occurred in 2015 close to the city of Taruma in Central Amazonia.

Robinson Negrón-Juárez and his co-authors have now published the first study on windthrow variability, focusing on Central Amazonia. Windthrows destroy large swaths of trees, play a significant role in forest structures and dynamics, and affect carbon storage. In this study the co-authors present the seasonal and interannual variability of windthrows, and discuss the potential meteorological factors…

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Post Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Program Domain Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Sciences Department GC-Climate Carbon Sink Publication Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Program

Study: Soils Could Release Much More Carbon Than Expected as Climate Warms

March 10, 2017

Scientists working in Blodgett Forest

Soils could release much more CO2 than expected into the atmosphere as the climate warms, according to new research by scientists in EESA's Climate and Ecosystems Sciences Division—Caitlin Hicks Pries, Christina Castanha, Rachel Porras, and Margaret Torn.

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Post Awards Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Geochemistry Department

James A. Davis receives Geochemical Fellow title

March 8, 2017

Jim Davis - Earth & Environmental Sciences Area - portrait. Cr. Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab

The Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry are jointly bestowing the honorary title of Geochemical Fellow to James A. Davis as an outstanding scientist who has over the years made major contributions to the field of geochemistry. With other outstanding geochemists, he’ll join the ceremony for this honor at the Goldschmidt 2017 Conference  to be held in Paris, France,…

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Post Awards Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Geochemistry Department

Jill Banfield named 2017 Goldschmidt Medalist

March 8, 2017

Jill Banfield portrait, credit Chris Brown

Jill Banfield, Faculty Scientist in Earth & Environmental Sciences at LBNL, and Professor at UC Berkeley, has been named 2017’s recipient of the V.M. Goldschmidt Award. This award recognizes major achievements in geochemistry or cosmochemistry. Her work focuses on geomicrobiology—natural microbial communities in the terrestrial subsurface, sediments, water, biofilms and animals. She also studies nanoparticle formation and behavior…

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Post Announcements Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Ecology Department Energy Geosciences Division

Romy Chakraborty is the new Ecology Department Head

January 25, 2017

Romy Chakraborty, whose background is in anaerobic microbial physiology and microbial ecology, assumes the role of the Department Head for Ecology, effective February 1, 2017 as announced by EESA ALD, Susan Hubbard

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Post Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Ecology Department In The Press

Gary Andersen tapped for tracking water pathogens in Marin County

January 18, 2017

Lagunitas Creek view, Marin County, California (cr. Marin County)

Marin County’s San Geronimo Valley Planning Group is evaluating the watersheds that encompass the Lagunitas and San Geronimo Creeks, which drain into Tomales Bay and provide coho salmon habitat. Water pathogens have been detected in the watershed and Tomales Bay. Faulty on-site wastewater systems, especially for properties in close proximity to streams, have been identified as among the sources…

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Post Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Program Domain Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Sciences Department Publication

New Study: Global Plant Models Underestimate Shading of Plants

December 20, 2016

Sun shining through tropical forest

EESA’s Trevor Keenan and collaborator Ülo Niinemets of the Estonian University of Life Sciences and Estonian Academy of Sciences have just published a new study in a Letter in Nature Plants that concludes that global plant databases and models are underestimating plant growth rates and photosynthesis, plus other traits, because leaf measurements are reported as…

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Post Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Ecology Department Geophysics Department

Using Electrical Current to Image Root Systems to Accelerate Crop Growth

December 20, 2016

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has awarded $4.6 million to Berkeley Lab for two innovative projects that promote nondestructive ways to “see” into the soil, increase crop yields, and promote the storage of carbon.

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Post Announcements Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Sciences Department

Upslope Migration of Trees in a Warming Climate

December 16, 2016

Fig1_Kueppers_etal_2016

Many scientisst have expected that trees and tree line would migrate to higher elevations and latitudes as the climate warms. However, new research conducted by a team led by Lara Kueppers, research scientist in EESA’s Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division and at UC Merced’s Sierra Nevada Research Institute, just published in the journal Global Change Biology, shows…

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Post Announcements Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Program Domain Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Sciences Department Energy Geosciences Division

Spring Thaw in the Arctic Generates Pulses of CO2 and CH4 Emissions

December 14, 2016

Extracting soil core on the Arctic tunda

Little is known about the spring thaws of the frozen Arctic tundra in May that generate large pulses of greenhouse gases—how large are these emissions? What are the mechanisms? “We can see the effects of climate change happening more rapidly in the Arctic than in any other part of world,” said Berkeley Lab/EESA scientist Naama Raz-Yaseef. “So…

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