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Happy World Water Day: March 22, 2019

by Christina Procopiou on March 21, 2019

Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Energy Geosciences Division

 

EESA research scientists are committed to identifying ways to adapt how water resources are used for energy production, irrigation, and other key societal needs in an energy-constrained and uncertain climate future. This World Water Day, an annual UN observance day that highlights the importance of freshwater, is focused on tackling the water crisis by addressing the reasons why billions of people still live without fresh water.

The results of Berkeley Lab research will offer a range of technology options and strategies to optimize water resource planning under changing scenarios. In celebration of World Water Day, EESA and Berkeley Lab are spreading the word about some of this important water research, described below, via social media.

 

Andy Jones and Alan Rhoades (pictured to the left and right of Pouya Vahmani) ran climate analyses of snowpack accumulation upstream of 10 major California reservoirs and found an expected average drop of 79 percent in peak snowpack water volume by the year 2100. Read more about their work here.

 

Haruko Wainwright, pictured above, has developed a low-cost method for real-time monitoring of groundwater pollution. Read more here.

 

Bhavna Arora, pictured above with former intern Dhristi Patel, studies how floods, drought, earlier snowmelt and other extremes impact water, nutrients, carbon, and metals moving downstream from mountainous watersheds. Read about her work and the work of others on the Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area here.

Erica Woodburn is working to understand the effects of climate on California’s water supply using advanced computing that can assess changes in groundwater or snow accumulation. Read about her work here. 

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Carl Steefel Named 2019 American Geophysical Union Fellow

August 14, 2019

  Carl Steefel, a senior scientist in the Earth & Environmental Sciences Area at Berkeley Lab, has been named by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as a 2019 AGU Fellow. Every year, the AGU Fellows program recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions to the Earth and Space sciences. Vetted by a committee of AGU Fellows,…

Climate Change Expected to Shift Location of East Asian Monsoons

November 25, 2019

Berkeley Lab climate scientists studied how the Hadley cell, a tropical air flow closely linked to monsoons, will change as the climate warms. (Credit: iStockphoto) More than a billion people in Asia depend on seasonal monsoons for their water needs. The Asian monsoon is closely linked to a planetary-scale tropical air flow which, according to a…

Charlie Koven Named One of 2019’s Most Influential Researchers

November 23, 2019

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…

EGD Hosts Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications

On November 4-5, 2019, the Environmental Geosciences Division co-hosted the DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on “Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications” in Brugg, Switzerland. Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in geological systems are critically important to the performance and safety assessment of geologic disposal systems for radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Understanding…

Romy Chakraborty and Boris Faybishenko Honored with 2019 Directors’ Awards

Two EESA scientists were honored with Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards at a ceremony on November 15 in Building 50. Romy Chakraborty, Ecology Department head, and EESA Staff Scientist Boris Faybishenko, are among 15 individuals who received this year’s awards from Lab Director Mike Witherell. The Director’s Awards program recognizes Lab employees each year for exemplary…

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