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Environmental and Biological Systems Sciences Program Area

Post Environmental and Biological Systems Sciences Program Area Environmental Remediation & Water Resources Program Geophysics Department Research Highlight

Rifle Snowmaking in the Name of Science

March 18, 2014

Ken Williams recently custom-generated snow at DOE’s Rifle, CO, site, as part of an effort to measure the level of snowmelt infiltration into soil and groundwater at the site.

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New DNA Analysis Helps Cut through the Dirt

March 11, 2014

ESD’s Janet Jansson and fellow scientists from the JGI and Michigan State University report (in PNAS) the largest soil DNA sequencing effort to date—providing both a method for sifting through the data deluge and a reality check.

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ARPA-E Video Cites Christer Jansson

February 28, 2014

Earlier this week, DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) hosted a summit and technology showcase in National Harbor, Maryland, in which they debuted four project videos. One of them, on biofuels, prominently mentions ESD’s Christer Jansson and his innovative work.

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FOA for the Bioenergy Technologies Incubator

February 27, 2014

FOA: DE-FOA-0000974 Bioenergy Technologies Incubator. FOA document download here. Submission Deadline for Concept Papers: 03/31/2014, Submission Deadline for Full Applications: 05/23/2014

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ESD Hosts Complex Soil Systems Conference

February 25, 2014

ESD is pleased to host our first “Complex Soil Systems Conference,” taking place in the fall of 2014 (September 3-5).

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Key Photosynthesis Process Developed Before Oxygen

February 11, 2014

ESD’s Bob Buchanan was part of a team of researchers who recently discovered that a regulatory process activating photosynthesis in plants developed in ancient microbes long before oxygen was available on Earth.

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Nigel Quinn Wins Water-Environmental Award

January 22, 2014

Nigel Quinn received the Distinguished Life Membership Award from the California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum—which cited his many years of outstanding service and his work to establish the framework for model peer review.

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Christer Jansson Putting Methane to Energy Use

January 22, 2014

ESD’s Christer Jansson leads a team of scientists working on producing an enzyme that will help convert methane, an abundant Earth resource, into a transportation fuel.

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Post Ecology Department Environmental and Biological Systems Sciences Program Area In The Press

NOVA: Janet Jansson Extols Bacteria’s Benefits

January 6, 2014

In a recent article on the PBS NOVA Next website, ESD‘s Janet Jansson discusses the enormous value that soil, ocean, and human-gut bacteria have within their various ecosystems.

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