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DSSS: Uranium Groundwater Transport

DSSS: Uranium Groundwater Transport

Jim Davis (USGS) will present on 'Processes Controlling Uranium Transport in Groundwater at Three Contaminated DOE Sites' Friday, Nov. 20^th at 10:30am in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium.
New Biosafety Committee Chair Appointed

New Biosafety Committee Chair Appointed

The Earth Sciences Division’s Terry Hazen (right) has been appointed the Chair of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).... He replaces the Life Sciences Division’s Tamas Torok (left)....
International ties forged on CCS research

International ties forged on CCS research

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and China’s Peking University agreed on Nov. 12 to jointly pursue the development of safe and effective carbon capture and storage techniques.
Ben Gilbert wins prestigious MSA award

Ben Gilbert wins prestigious MSA award

On November 11, 2009, Earth Sciences Division’s own Benjamin Gilbert was chosen by the Mineralogical Society of America as 2010’s Young Investigator Award winner.
$7M awarded for EGS research

$7M awarded for EGS research

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been awarded $7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for four projects that seek to advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).
Isotope Geochemistry: Earth's Notebook

Isotope Geochemistry: Earth's Notebook

Under the direction of Donald DePaolo,... researchers at the Center for Isotope Geochemistry have studied everything from tectonic plate drift, to comings and goings of Ice Ages, to volcanic activity.
Susan Hubbard Receives Award

Susan Hubbard Receives Award

Susan Hubbard, a staff scientist in the Earth Sciences Division and leader of its Environmental Remediation and Water Resources Program, has been honored with the Frank Frischknecht Award for 2009.
US-China CCS Workshop Announced

US-China CCS Workshop Announced

The U.S.-China Workshop on Carbon Capture & Storage will take place November 11-12, 2009 at Peking University in Beijing, China. Click here to visit the website for more information.
Weathering Discrepancy Resolved?

Weathering Discrepancy Resolved?

Using software developed by ESD scientist Carl Steefel, geoscientists long mystified by lab- and field-determined weathering-rate differences find a possible explanation.
Statewide ‘ShakeOut’ Drill 10/15

Statewide ‘ShakeOut’ Drill 10/15

The Great California ShakeOut will take place across the state October 15th, and Berkeley Lab will be participating through a Drop, Cover, Hold and Evacuation drill scheduled at 10:15 a.m.

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ESD Health & Safety Program

Latest News & Events

This month's events

DSSS: Uranium Groundwater Transport

Jim Davis (USGS) will present on 'Processes Controlling Uranium Transport in Groundwater at Three Contaminated DOE Sites' Friday, Nov. 20^th at 10:30am in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium.

New Biosafety Committee Chair Appointed

The Earth Sciences Division’s Terry Hazen (right) has been appointed the Chair of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).... He replaces the Life Sciences Division’s Tamas Torok (left)....

International ties forged on CCS research

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and China’s Peking University agreed on Nov. 12 to jointly pursue the development of safe and effective carbon capture and storage techniques.

Ben Gilbert wins prestigious MSA award

On November 11, 2009, Earth Sciences Division’s own Benjamin Gilbert was chosen by the Mineralogical Society of America as 2010’s Young Investigator Award winner.

$7M awarded for EGS research

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been awarded $7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for four projects that seek to advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).

Isotope Geochemistry: Earth's Notebook

Under the direction of Donald DePaolo,... researchers at the Center for Isotope Geochemistry have studied everything from tectonic plate drift, to comings and goings of Ice Ages, to volcanic activity.

Susan Hubbard Receives Award

Susan Hubbard, a staff scientist in the Earth Sciences Division and leader of its Environmental Remediation and Water Resources Program, has been honored with the Frank Frischknecht Award for 2009.

US-China CCS Workshop Announced

The U.S.-China Workshop on Carbon Capture & Storage will take place November 11-12, 2009 at Peking University in Beijing, China. Click here to visit the website for more information.

Weathering Discrepancy Resolved?

Using software developed by ESD scientist Carl Steefel, geoscientists long mystified by lab- and field-determined weathering-rate differences find a possible explanation.

Statewide ‘ShakeOut’ Drill 10/15

The Great California ShakeOut will take place across the state October 15th, and Berkeley Lab will be participating through a Drop, Cover, Hold and Evacuation drill scheduled at 10:15 a.m.

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