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Berkeley, CA
ESD was founded in 1977 supporting research in geothermal, nuclear waste and geosciences programs.
Interests: Improved oil recovery,Energy resources,Climate change,Carbon sequestration,Environmental remediation,Nuclear energy and waste disposal
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ESD and Living Ground-Cover Crusts
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ESD’s Ulisses Nunes Da Rocha, Nick Bouskill, and Eoin Brodie are part of a cross-LBNL-divisional team analyzing soil crusts made of long-dormant cyanobacteria that become activated by rainfall, then resume dormancy when the rainfall stops. Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at ESD News and Events
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Janet Jansson Hunts Microbial DNA
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ESD’s Janet Jansson stocks soil samples from around the world in her refrigerator, as part of a plan to build a global “gene atlas,” then to work out how nutrients and waste products migrate through the ecosystem. Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at ESD News and Events
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Biofuels from Versatile Bacteria
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ESD’s Tamas Torok and Hoi-Ying Holman, in collaboration with Michael Cohen of Sonoma State, are studying alkaline-tolerant bacteria that could someday increase efficiency and reduce the cost of biofuel processing. Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at ESD News and Events
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CPR & First Aid Courses Offered June 17
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Margaret Torn and the EHSS training department have scheduled First Aid and CPR training for ESD staff. Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Onsite Massage Program
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To help staff reduce stress, the Lab hosts a weekly massage program on the main site. Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Smokers Reminded to Comply With Lab Policy
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To diminish fire and health hazards, employees who smoke are reminded to adhere to the Lab’s policy on smoking. Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Monitoring Vadose Zone Desiccation with Geophysical Methods
A team of investigators including ESD’s John Peterson and ESD Division Director Susan Hubbard recently tested soil desiccation as a potential vadose zone remediation technology. Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Soil-Moisture Effects on Soil Temperature Responses to Climate Change in Cold Regions
Permafrost-zone soils contain about 1700 Pg C, and recent research has focused on investigating the potential vulnerability of this carbon to mineralization under climate warming At high latitudes, changes in soil moisture could alter soil temperatures independently of air temperature changes. Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Modeling Fault Reactivation and Induced Seismicity
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A group of ESD investigators led by Jonny Rutqvist recently conducted numerical simulation studies to assess the potential for injection-induced fault reactivation and notable seismic events associated with shale-gas hydraulic fracturing operations. Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Engineering of Bacteria for Production of Methyl Ketone Biofuels from CO2
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Ralstonia eutropha is a chemolithoautotrophic bacterium able to grow with organic substrates or H2 and CO2 under aerobic conditions. Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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DSSS: What is the Soil Phenotype?
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ESD welcomes John Crawford, Ph.D. (Univ. of Sydney), who will be presenting "What is the Soil Phenotype?" May 24, 2013, at 10:30am in the Bldg. 66 Auditorium. Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Moridis on Board of Computers & Geosciences
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ESD’s George Moridis was honored by being named to the board of the journal Computers & Geosciences, an Elsevier publication that publishes high impact, original research at the interface between computer sciences and geosciences. Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Emergency Go Kit Contest
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This year’s Emergency Go Kit Contest allows you to show your resourcefulness and win a cash prize of up to $250. Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Early-Stage Iron Oxyhydroxides in Simulated Acid Mine Drainage
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The phases and stability of ferric iron products formed early during neutralization of acid mine drainage waters remain largely unknown. Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Supercritical CO2 Flow Through Layered Silica/Calcite Sand
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ESD ‘s Tim Kneafsey, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, and former ESD scientist Dmitriy Silin recently conducted a core-scale experiment. Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Controlling Effective Kinetic Cr Isotope Fractionation
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Most studies related to the subject propose a variation in Cr(VI) reduction mechanisms as being responsible for the wide range of effective kinetic Cr isotope enrichment factors. Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Propagating Disturbances from Three Fluid Phases
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From the equations governing the deformation of a porous medium containing three fluid phases, ESD’s Don Vasco derives expressions for the phase velocity of the various modes of displacement, expressions that are valid for a medium with smoothly varying heterogeneity. Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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CO2 Storage Plumes and Fault Encounters
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The large storage volume needed for geologic carbon storage to be effective requires injection into pore space saturated with saline water in reservoir strata overlain by cap rock. Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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Self-Aggregation, Cold Pools, and Domain Size
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Convective self-aggregation refers to a phenomenon in cloud-resolving simulations wherein the atmosphere spontaneously develops a circulation with a convecting moist patch and a nonconvecting dry patch. Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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George Pau Wins Early Career Research Award
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ESD Website Teaser: ESD’s George Pau wins a DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program award for his work on “A Multiscale Reduced Order Method for Integrated Earth System Modeling.” Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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More on Good Tobacco: FOLIUM
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As noted in both the L.A. Times and N.Y. Times, ESD’s Christer Jansson hopes to establish tobacco as a platform for production of hydrocarbon fuel that is practically ready to use as a drop-in substitute for petroleum fuels. Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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A Little Climate Change Means a Lot
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ESD’s Charles Koven introduces us to his predictive climate maps, asking us to visualize what will happen by calculating climate analogs (how similar climates are to each other) and how these analogs will shift with global warming. Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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EBI - Call for Preproposals, Deadline 5/31/13
The 2013 call from the Energy Bioscience Institute (EBI) has been posted on EBI's website (http://www.energybiosciencesinstitute.org). The deadline for preproposals is May 31, 2013. Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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LBNL-UCD Predictive Agriculture Workshop
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The First Partnership Workshop of the LBNL/UC-Davis Predictive Agricultural Initiative focused on how to sustainably manage agricultural systems for a growing world population under changing environmental conditions. Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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ESD’s Ice-Breaking Science
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ESD’s Susan Hubbard and her colleagues have trekked to Alaska throughout the past year to follow changes to the permafrost, seeking to understand how climate change will influence the trajectory of the permafrost system. Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at ESD News and Events
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