Growing up in Los Angeles, Viviana Vela grew accustomed to feeling–and thinking about–earthquakes. She even brought that awareness to choosing her field of study: structural engineering, which she pursued first as an undergraduate student at UC San Diego and later at UC Berkeley’s College of Civil and Environmental Engineering where she received her Master’s Degree…
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This summer, Alaska has experienced record high temperatures and devastating wildfires. If such events become more frequent, how might that impact our northernmost forests? A team of researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) projected that the combination of climate change and increased wildfires will cause the iconic evergreen conifer…
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Aerial view of white roofed homes and streets forming circular patterns; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (Credit: Shutterstock) This summer alone, intense heat waves have been to blame for at least 11 deaths in Japan, a record-breaking 45.9-degree Celsius temperature in France, and a heat advisory affecting 147 million people on the U.S. East Coast. Conjectured…
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Agriculture, forestry, and other types of land use account for 23% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, yet at the same time natural land processes absorb the equivalent of almost a third of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry, according to the International Panel on Climate Change, which issued the first-ever comprehensive report on land and…
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Susan Hubbard, Associate Laboratory Director for Earth and Environmental Sciences at Berkeley Lab, has been awarded the Robert G. Wetzel Award for Water Quality from the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH). AIH, founded in 1981, is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that certifies the competence and ethical conduct of professionals in the field of…
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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,…
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By Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ph.D. (@DrAlkaTrip) The Mw 7.1 earthquake on July 5, 2019, was the largest quake California has seen in 20 years. Part of the so-called Ridgecrest earthquake sequence, the Mw 7.1 event served as a reminder of the seismic hazard associated with living on the West Coast of the United States. Although…
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EESA research scientist Charuleka Varadharajan has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science to receive significant funding for research through its Early Career Research Program. The program, now in its tenth year, is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early career…
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George Moridis was honored by the Society of Petroleum Engineers with the John Franklin Carll Award, which recognizes distinguished contributions in the application of engineering principles to petroleum development and recovery. Learn more.
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Don DePaolo has been honored with the Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award from the Geochemical Society. The award is given for major achievements in geochemistry or cosmochemistry, consisting of either a single outstanding contribution, or a series of publications that have had great influence on the field. The award will be presented to Don DePaolo next…
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