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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,…

Using Machine Learning to Estimate COVID-19’s Seasonal Cycle

May 20, 2020

One of the many unanswered scientific questions about COVID-19 is whether it is seasonal like the flu – waning in warm summer months then resurging in the fall and winter. Now scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are launching a project to apply machine-learning methods to a plethora of health and environmental datasets, combined…

Study Suggests Substantial Carbon Dioxide Release with Permafrost Thaw

May 11, 2020

Scientists who study Arctic ecosystems have forewarned a “sleeping giant” hidden within permafrost soils–trillions of tons of planet-warming greenhouse gases that will be released when rapid thaw awakens microbes, activating soil decomposition. Improving what is known about microbial community makeup and behavior in these fragile ecosystems could help determine how consequential rapid permafrost thaw will…

EESA Faculty Affiliate Dan Stolper Awarded F.W. Clarke Award

May 8, 2020

EESA Faculty Affiliate Dan Stolper has received this year’s honor of the Geochemical Society’s F.W. Clarke Award, named for Frank Wigglesworth Clarke who has been called the father of geochemistry. The award honors a single outstanding contribution to geochemistry or cosmochemistry by an early-career scientist, published as a single paper or a series of papers…

Berkeley Lab Hosts 2020 Research SLAM Prep Workshop

May 6, 2020

Berkeley Lab hosted last week’s 2020 Research SLAM prep workshop on April 29 for Lab employees interested in enhancing their science communication skills. The annual event challenging competitors to engage non-specialists in audience-appropriate presentations of their research takes place in September. Organized by Meg Rodriguez and the Career Pathways Office, the workshop featured the following…