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Charlie Koven Named One of 2019’s Most Influential Researchers
For the second consecutive year, Charlie Koven, a staff scientist in the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, has been named among the world’s most cited research scientists. Since 2002, the Highly Cited Researchers list has identified global research scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated exceptional influence – reflected through their publication of multiple papers…
Read MoreBerkeley Lab Receives DOE Support for Building to Study Microbe-Ecosystem Interactions for Energy and Environmental Research
Scientists collect samples in the Rocky Mountains as part of the Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area project. (Credit: Roy Kaldschmidt/Berkeley Lab) The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently received federal approval to proceed with preliminary design work for a state-of-the-art building that would revolutionize investigations into how interactions among microbes, water, soil,…
Read MoreUpcoming July 16 Workshop on Using Jupyter Computing to Analyze Water Data Quality
In a web tutorial this coming Monday, July 16, Berkeley Lab scientists in collaboration with Project Jupyter, UC Berkeley and Kitware, Inc., will educate participants in the California Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge about using Jupyter notebooks to map and analyze California water quality data. Jupyter is an open source tool that is widely used…
Read MoreBerkeley Lab Study Provides New Insights Into Measuring Aquifer Recharge in Semi-Arid Regions
Berkeley Lab researchers who study aquifer recharge and groundwater quality measured concentrations and isotopic composition of the trace element Strontium (Sr) in groundwater to evaluate how local topography affects the amount of groundwater recharge across a semi-dry riparian floodplain in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Their study location was the Rifle Site, one of 18 former…
Read MoreLiving Large: Exploration of Diverse Bacteria Signals Big Advance for Gene Function Prediction
This article was authored by Massie S. Ballon for the Joint Genome Institute. Ecology Department Head Romy Chakraborty participated in this research on behalf of EESA. In the air, beneath the ocean’s surface, and on land, microbes are the minute but mighty forces regulating much of the planet’s biogeochemical cycles. To better understand their roles,…
Read MoreTool created at Geosciences Measurement Facility Enables Unprecedented Look at Subsurface Rock Fractures
A new instrument developed at the Geosciences Measurement Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will help scientists working to identify ways to improve enhanced geothermal systems technologies to expand access to clean energy. Two of the instruments, called SIMFIP (Step-Rate Injection Method for Fracture In-Situ Properties), were installed in late May nearly 5,000 feet below…
Read MoreEESA Early Career Researchers Learn What It’s Like Across Berkeley Lab
When not at work researching Arctic permafrost microbes or mountainous watersheds, research scientists Neslihan Taş (above left) and Erica Woodburn (above right) are out and about learning what it’s like across Berkeley Lab with fellow recipients of Early Career research awards from the Department of Energy, Berkeley Lab, and UC Berkeley. In December, Berkeley Lab…
Read MoreEESA Faculty Scientist Tapped to Discuss Climate Change and Wildfire Risk Before California State Senate
Jeff Chambers, faculty scientist within the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab, provided testimony relevant to the impact of climate change on wildfire risk. The subject was the focus of the first informational joint hearing of the California State Assembly Subcommittee on Resources and Transportation and the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management. California…
Read MoreNorm Abrahamson Elected to NAE
UC Berkeley Adjunct Professor Norm Abrahamson has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He has been working with EESA seismic experts who are researching earthquake hazards. Read More.
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