ESD’s faculty scientist Gary Sposito gave the prestigious Langbein lecture, for the Hydrology Section at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, This lecture is awarded for "lifetime contributions to the basic science of hydrology.”
ESD’s Meet the Scientist program at AGU 2012 will reveal the exceptional minds and diverse expertise of our earth scientists this year.
ESD welcomes Adrian Bejan (Duke University, Durham, NC), presenting "DSSS: Constructal Law of Design and Evolution in Nature" November 16 at 10:30am in the Bldg. 66 Auditorium.
ESD welcomes Lise Ovreas (Department of Biology and Center for Geobiology, University of Bergen), presenting "DSSS: The vanishing North. How will climate change influence on the microbial genetic resources in Arctic?" November 2 at 2:30pm in the Bldg. 66 Auditorium.
John Beyer, Ben Gilbert, and a team from ESD's Ecology Department (under the leadership of Romy Chakraborty and Eoin Brodie) provided education and outreach to a record-setting crowd attending the 2012 LBNL Open House. You can browse photos from the event here.
ESD’s Karsten Pruess was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Development of the TOUGH Codes on Tuesday, September 18th at the 2012 TOUGH Symposium, in LBNL’s Building 50 Auditorium.
This week in LBNL’s Building 50 auditorium, ESD hosts a symposium on the applications of the TOUGH numerical simulator—a suite of computer programs for simulating multiphase fluid and heat flow in porous and fractured rock.
ESD welcomes Dr. Greg Asner (Carnegie Institute, Stanford, CA), presenting "Mapping Ecosystem Carbon, Biodiversity, and Disturbance Regimes" May 11 at 10:30am in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium.
ESD welcomes Dr. James I. Prosser (University of Aberdeen, UK), presenting "Archaeal Ammonia Oxidisers in Soil: So What?" April. 13 at 10:30am in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium.
It'll take some doing, but ESD's Christer Jansson and others hope to create a new recipe for biofuels. Jansson will discuss the project at the Feb. 27-29 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit.