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Nature Climate Change highlights EESA research on soil organic matter decomposition temperature sensitivity

October 9, 2020

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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EESA members honored with 2020 Director’s awards

October 5, 2020

  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 Introduced into National Academy of Engineering Class of 2020

October 5, 2020

Susan Hubbard

  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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With R&D100 Award win, EESA researchers recognized for modeling coupled processes

October 2, 2020

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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EESA Postdoc Places at Lab’s 2020 SLAM Competition

October 2, 2020

Headshot photo of Sara Gushgari-Doyle

The 2% of microbes on Earth that we can grow in the lab have led to groundbreaking discoveries, such as the vaccine for malaria, but can you imagine what the other 98% could give us? Sara Gushgari-Doyle’s approach to cultivating difficult-to-culture microorganisms tied her for second place in the Sept. 17 finals of Berkeley Lab’s…

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AGU Sharing Science Community puts EESA postdoc Barbara Bomfim in the spotlight

October 2, 2020

Barbara Bomfim, an EESA postdoctoral fellow, shared her experiences as an adventure racer and discussed breaking into the environmental sciences in Brazil with AGU’s Sharing Science Community. Learn more about Bomfim and her perspective on navigating the sciences as an early-career scientist here. Bomfim works on the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Tropics project, focusing on quantifying…

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EESA Researchers To Receive FY21 LDRD Funding

September 28, 2020

Berkeley Lab’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development program has informed recipients across the laboratory of new and renewed funding for their projects beginning in October. In EESA, Dan Feldman, Charlie Koven, Sebastien Uhlemann, and Curt Oldenburg will be receiving funding for new projects. Mengsu Hu, Romy Chakraborty, Ben Gilbert, and Pouya Vahmani will receive renewal…

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Berkeley Lab Takes Part in a New Biology Integration Institute Funded by NSF

September 1, 2020

Berkeley Lab is one of 14 organizations from around the world that have collectively been awarded $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new Biology Integration Institute (BII), called EMERGE and led by Ohio State University. The Institute aims to improve understanding of ecosystem-climate interactions, focusing on permafrost systems. Bill Riley…

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Two EESA Early-Career Scientists to Compete in Research SLAM

August 25, 2020

Twelve early career scientists will go head-to-head in the third annual Berkeley Lab SLAM on Sept. 17, competing for a grand prize of $3,000. From EESA, James Dennedy-Frank and Sara Gushgari-Doyle are among the finalists. The event takes place virtually from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will be live-streamed. The virtual audience will get…

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Berkeley Lab study finds warmer California temperatures by mid-century will be too hot for some crops, just right for others

August 25, 2020

  Record drought and heat have some farmers worried about where and when crops can be grown in the future, even in California where unprecedented microclimate diversity creates ideal growing conditions for many of the most popular items in America’s grocery stores. A third of the vegetables and two-thirds of fruits and nuts consumed by Americans…

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