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Methane’s Short Lifespan Presents Golden Opportunity to Quickly Address Climate Change

November 10, 2021

This article appeared initially at newscenter.lbl.gov Oil and gas fields in Elk Hills, California are part of Berkeley Lab’s SUMMATION project on methane monitoring. (Credit: Andrew Moyes/Berkeley Lab) Sébastien Biraud is a Berkeley Lab scientist leading an effort to identify and mitigate some of the largest emitters of methane in California’s Southern San Joaquin Valley.…

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International Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Effort Evaluates Maximum Allowable Temperature for Bentonite Buffer

September 28, 2021

Around the world in the many nations where nuclear power is used, isolating nuclear waste deep underground is deemed as the viable permanent solution. Geological repository for high-level nuclear waste, the type of nuclear waste created by the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, is usually a multi-barriers system that includes waste packages, engineered barrier system…

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New Funding for Enhanced Geothermal Systems Research

September 28, 2021

The Berkeley Lab Geothermal Systems Program has been recommended for funding for two projects under a recent announcement by the DOE Geothermal Technology Office of a total of $12M in funding for seven research projects to advance the commercialization of enhanced geothermal systems. The first is led by EESA staff scientist Seiji Nakagawa, with collaborators from…

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New Effort to Assess Caldor Fire Impact on Cosumnes River Basin

September 28, 2021

EESA Research Scientist Erica Woodburn has initiated a new effort to investigate the impact of the Caldor Fire on the Cosumnes River Basin. The team, which involves EESA research scientist Michelle Newcomer and faculty scientist Jackie Peña, has already begun working to measure water quality and ash/sediment in collaboration with a local citizen science field…

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George Moridis Presented With Honorary Membership in the Society of Petroleum Engineers at Conference in Dubai

September 28, 2021

George Moridis, a senior scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division, has been awarded an Honorary Membership in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements.  Moridis was presented the award at a ceremony during SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dubai September 21-23. Moridis is being recognized for his…

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NAWI Publishes Trailblazing Roadmap Series on Innovation for a Sustainable Water Future

August 25, 2021

For the American West, this summer served up reminder after stark reminder of the urgent need to address the country’s water security. The drying up of the Southwest’s most important river–the Colorado River which is the source of water for one in 10 Americans–is more than enough to sound the alarm. But far worse: As…

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Haruko Wainwright Named Berkeley Lab Outstanding Mentor

August 6, 2021

  Research scientist Haruko Wainwright is being celebrated for her role in helping Berkeley Lab provide exceptional mentorship of the next generation of STEM professionals. Wainwright is one of six scientists being recognized this summer for their unique contributions as mentors through the various internships offered by Berkeley Lab: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI), the…

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EESA Researchers To Receive FY22 LDRD Funding

July 23, 2021

Berkeley Lab’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development program has informed recipients across the laboratory of new and renewed funding for their projects beginning in October. In EESA, ten individuals will receive funding for new and continuing projects. All EESA projects are named below. Berkeley Lab’s LDRD program exists because the United States Congress has allowed federal Laboratory…

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San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion Piece Describes Earthquake Detection Using Dark Fiber

June 28, 2021

Research Scientist Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos co-authored an opinion piece for the San Diego Union-Tribune which details how fiber-optic seismometers have come to transform earthquake measurements in recent years, and how an ongoing dark fiber experiment in Imperial Valley has recorded a recent swarm of earthquakes occurring in the area. She co-wrote the piece with two seismologists from…

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Mengsu Hu Selected as ARMA Future Leader 

June 28, 2021

EESA research scientist Mengsu Hu was selected as a future leader of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) in 2020. Watch a video of her describing her work that is part of a new series of Youtube videos recently initiated by Hu with the support of the ARMA Board of Directors to enhance the scientific visibility…

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