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• DSSS: Professor John Crawford
  

  DSSS: Professor John Crawford

  ESD welcomes John Crawford, Ph.D. (University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre), presenting "What is the Soil Phenotype?" May 24 at 10:30am in the Bldg. 66 Auditorium.

• Moridis on Journal Board
  

  Moridis on Board of Computers & Geosciences

  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.

• Early Career Research Award: George Pau
  

  George Pau Wins Early Career Research Award

  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.”

• More on Good Tobacco: FOLIUM
  

  More on Good Tobacco: FOLIUM

  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.

• A Little Climate Change Means a Lot
  

  A Little Climate Change Means a Lot

  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.

• LBNL-UCD Predictive Agriculture Workshop
  

  LBNL-UCD Predictive Agriculture Workshop

  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.

• ESD’s Ice-Breaking Science
  

  ESD’s Ice-Breaking Science

  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.

• ESD Stars in Science at the Theater
  

  ESD Stars in Science at the Theater

  On April 22, 7 p.m. at Berkeley Rep, as part of the LBNL’s Science at the Theater event entitled “How Hot Will It Get,” ESD’s Margaret Torn, Jeff Chambers, and Bill Collins will discuss the Earth’s changing climate. Watch Now!

• A Wealth of Earth Day-Week Activities
  

  A Wealth of Earth Day-Week Activities

  LBNL Deputy Director Horst Simon, in a message to the Lab, announces a wealth of Lab activities related to Earth Day and Earth Week, and invites all Lab employees to learn how they can make a positive impact.

• Collins, Earth Day, and the Planet To Be
  

  Collins, Earth Day, and the Planet To Be

  At noon on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, Bldng 50 Auditorium, ESD’s Bill Collins will explore the latest evidence from across the scientific community documenting the warming and thawing taking place around the globe.