Trevor Keenan, pictured right below, and Charlie Koven, at left, have been named among the world’s most cited researchers. 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 frequently cited by their peers during the last decade. Seventy…
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The director of Berkeley Lab’s Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Bill Collins, has been named a 2020 American Geophysical Union 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, honorees represent no more than 0.1 percent…
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About 40 million residents in the Western U.S. from Denver to Los Angeles rely on the Colorado River Basin (CRB) for water. Scientists and policy makers routinely use regional or global-scale models with resolutions ranging from 200 km to 25 km to predict the impact of climate change on future stream flows. An EESA…
Read MoreThis news article originated on the website of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). A team of national laboratories, led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) with support from the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory, is collaborating in a multi-scale modeling project that resulted in…
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Martin Lesueur, a postdoc fellow in the Energy Geosciences Division, is the recipient of a 2020 section award from AGU: the Mineral and Rock Physics Graduate Research Award. Lesueur, whose research is focused on linking micro-scale digital rock physics to field-scale reservoir engineering, is one of seven postdocs and students from across the world…
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A research team led by scientists within the Energy Geosciences Division has received funding through Berkeley Lab’s Strategic Planning Support Activities and Laboratory Directed Research Development programs to work towards establishing a Lithium Resource Research and Innovation Center (LiRRIC). In partnership with researchers from the Energy Technologies and Energy Sciences Areas at Berkeley Lab, EGD…
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A recent paper by Jinyun Tang and Bill Riley that analyzed how soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition is affected by temperature was highlighted in the October issue of Nature Climate Change. CO2 released from soil is one of the largest actively cycling components of the global carbon cycle and strongly affects predicted 21st century climate…
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Two EESA scientists, Charuleka Varadharajan and Carl Steefel, have been selected to receive Director’s Awards in 2020. In addition, a team that includes Peter Fiske and Carol Valladao of EESA, are being honored for playing an essential role in Berkeley Lab’s award of the $100M DOE Water-Energy Hub, NAWI. The Director’s Awards program recognizes…
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Susan Hubbard, the associate laboratory director for the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area at Berkeley Lab, was introduced into the National Academy of Engineering Class of 2020 on October 4. Dr. Hubbard is one of 87 members and 18 international members who were formally inducted into the 2020 class at a virtual ceremony during…
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Berkeley Lab’s experts contributed to developing seven technologies that were recognized with R&D100 awards this week. One R&D100 award, announced Wednesday by parent company WTWH Media LLC, is for a simulator co-developed by EESA researchers: Amanzi-ATS. For more than 50 years, the annual R&D 100 Awards have recognized 100 technologies of the past year deemed…
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