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Post Environmental and Biological Sciences GC-Microbial Engines Publication Research Highlight

EESA Researcher’s Enzyme Discovery at JBEI Enables First-Time Microbial Production of an Aromatic Biofuel

March 26, 2018

  Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a new enzyme that will enable microbial production of a renewable alternative to petroleum-based toluene, a widely used octane booster in gasoline that has a global market of 29 million tons per year. Results…

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Post Ecology Department Ecosystems Biology Program Fundamental Earth Sciences GC-Microbial Engines Initiative Publication Research Highlight

Plants Really Do Feed Their Friends

March 22, 2018

  Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have discovered that as plants develop they craft their root microbiome, favoring microbes that consume very specific metabolites. Their study could help scientists identify ways to enhance the soil microbiome for improved carbon storage and plant productivity. “For more…

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Post Ecology Department Ecosystems Biology Program Environmental and Biological Systems Science Program Domain GC-Microbial Engines Publication

‘Magic Pools’ Approach Accelerates Study of Novel Bacteria

February 28, 2018

This article originally appeared on the website of the Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab. Several of the diverse microbes used in the study described were isolated from nitrate-contaminated and pristine groundwater wells at Oak-Ridge Field Research Center by a team led by Romy Chakraborty, head of the Ecology Department within the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area…

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Post Climate & Carbon Sciences Program Climate & Carbon Sciences Program Area Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Modeling Program Climate Sciences Department Ecology Department Ecosystems Biology Program GC-Climate Carbon Sink GC-Microbial Engines Publication Research Highlight

EESA Research Shows Impact of Environmental Changes on Microbes in Arctic Soils

February 23, 2018

New Berkeley Lab research published in the journal Nature Communications Thursday explores the impact of a changing climate on Arctic ecosystems with permanently frozen soils. As the Arctic continues to warm at about twice the rate of the rest of the world, scientists expect these frozen soils known as permafrost to thaw, activating microbes capable…

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Post BES Geophysics Program GC-Resilient Systems GC-Sustainable Earth Geophysics Department Publication

Dark Fiber: Using Sensors Beneath Our Feet to Tell Us About Earthquakes, Water, and Other Geophysical Phenomenon

December 5, 2017

  Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown for the first time that dark fiber – the vast network of unused fiber-optic cables installed throughout the country and the world – can be used as sensors for detecting earthquakes, the presence of groundwater, changes in permafrost conditions, and…

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Post BES Geochemistry Program Energy Geosciences Division GC-Sustainable Earth Geochemistry Department Publication

Seawater Chemistry May Have Influenced the Exchange of Elements Between Oceans and Earth throughout History

November 10, 2017

New research from scientists within the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area at Berkeley Lab and others at UC Berkeley indicates that changes in the composition of seawater during the past 500 million years may have previously unrecognized effects on the composition of hydrothermal fluids flowing back into the oceans throughout millions of years. scientists may have previously overestimated the amount of weathering and erosion – the removal of material from land – needed from rivers to change the ocean’s composition over geologic time.

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Post Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Sciences Department Publication

Cool Roofs Have Water-Saving Benefits Too

October 30, 2017

The energy and climate benefits of cool roofs have been well established: By reflecting rather than absorbing the sun’s energy, light-colored roofs keep buildings, cities, and even the entire planet cooler. Now a new studyby the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has found that cool roofs can also save water by…

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Post Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Modeling Program Climate Sciences Department Publication Research Highlight

EESA Research Shines Light on Role Soil Microbes Play in Carbon Sequestration

October 9, 2017

Microbes in soil respond differently to plants that are rich in carbon than to those rich in nitrogen, according to new research by postdoctoral fellow Rose Abramoff of Berkeley Lab’s Earth and Environmental Sciences Area and colleagues at the University of Maryland and Boston University. Abramoff is an ecologist working in the Climate Sciences Department…

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Post Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Climate Sciences Department Publication

EESA Scientists Investigate Extreme 2013 Colorado Flood

July 24, 2017

Area above Greeley, Colo. on Sept. 16, 2013 showing flooding

In a paper that appeared online on July 18, 2017 at Weather and Climate Extremes, a team of Berkeley Lab scientists—including EESA's Bill Collins and Christina Patricola—reports that climate change attributed to human activity made a Colorado storm much more severe than would otherwise have occurred.

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Post Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Publication

Skin Microbiome Changes With Age, EESA Scientist Discovers

June 29, 2017

Hoi-Ying Holman

It turns out your skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms – ­and they’re not just bacteria. A study by a researcher at Berkeley Lab's Earth & Environmental Sciences Area (EESA) and the Medical University of Graz has found that the skin microbiome also contains archaea, a type of extreme-loving microbe, and that the amount of it varies with age.

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