June 6, 2009
Source: Oceanography Magazine The June issue of the oceanographic society’s magazine commemorates the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, which supported the work of Jim Bishop and colleagues in the Earth Sciences Division. Read more »
Read MoreJune 5, 2009
Who: Dr. Rod Ewing, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan What: Download the flyer (pdf) Where: Building 66 Auditorium When: 10:30 am to 12 pm, June 12, 2009 Why: About the Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series More Information Dr. Rod Ewing is the Donald R. Peacor Collegiate Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at…
Read MoreJune 3, 2009
Source: Berkeley Lab 2009 Year of Science By: Lynn Yaris With 71 percent of Earth's surface covered by ocean, it is clear why Earth is described as the "water planet"…. With summer just around the corner, there's no better time to learn more about ocean and water. ESD scientists Inez Fung and Jim Bishop are…
Read MoreMay 27, 2009
Source: Environmental Health Perspectives By: Melissa Lee Phillips ESD's molecular microbial ecology group is using a variety of "omics" approaches (i.e., integrating a number of molecular disciplines) to gain a better understanding of complex microbial communities in the environment and in our own bodies. This recent review highlights some of the studies done by Janet…
Read MoreMay 8, 2009
Source: Science Magazine/Science Now/AAAS ESD's Hydrogeology Department faculty member Michael Manga and colleagues suggest that energy released by massive collisions upset the heat flow in Mars’ iron core that produced the magnetic field. Read more »
Read MoreMay 8, 2009
Source: Science Magazine/Science Now/AAAS ESD's Hydrogeology Department faculty member Michael Manga and colleagues suggest that energy released by massive collisions upset the heat flow in Mars’ iron core that produced the magnetic field. Read more »
Read MoreMay 7, 2009
Source: Berkeley Lab's News Center By: Paul Pruess ESD scientists Jim Bishop and Todd Wood analyzed the data and found that most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms, whether artificially fertilized or natural, never reaches the deep ocean. Read more »
Read MoreMay 1, 2009
The 2009 Conference follows in the footsteps of the events, maintaining the objectives to: Focus on carbon capture, separation and sequestration technologies that are being or could be deployed in the U.S. and North America; Provide a forum for the exchange of experience among U.S. and international scientific and engineering communities working on such technologies…
Read MoreMay 1, 2009
The 2009 Conference follows in the footsteps of the events, maintaining the objectives to: Focus on carbon capture, separation and sequestration technologies that are being or could be deployed in the U.S. and North America; Provide a forum for the exchange of experience among U.S. and international scientific and engineering communities working on such technologies…
Read MoreApril 28, 2009
“This new award will give our team of investigators an opportunity to probe the fundamental chemical, physical, and biological processes that control the movement of carbon dioxide fluids in the earth,” said DePaolo, who is also a professor of earth and planetary science at the University of California at Berkeley. Read more »
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