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We're excited to announce another one of our 2024 G.A. Harris Fellowship recipients, Charlie Chen, grad student in hydrologic science at UC Davis. Proposal Title: Investigating the influence of cover cropping on soil water budget in young pistachio orchards What makes you most excited about your upcoming research project? "I'm most excited about this upcoming research project because it has the potential to improve the accuracy of soil moisture data collection with the neutron probe. Accurate soil moisture data is essential for adopting sustainable water management practices. A known challenge with the neutron probe is its tendency to give inaccurate readings near the soil surface. That's where the TEROS 54 comes in—it will play a critical role in verifying the accuracy of the neutron probe's data. I'm eager to collect and compare the data for the upcoming growing season." Charlie on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/grScpFTt UC Davis on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gRMKWMjs

2023 #AOBPostdoc Alexander Hurben: "As National Postdoc Appreciation Week approaches, I’ve been reflecting on how much I appreciate the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation's role in advancing postdoctoral training. It has been a truly great mechanism to support both the research I am conducting and me personally!" Hurben’s Beckman-funded research involves “democratizing environmental monitoring with accessible activity-based sensing platforms.” #NPAW2024

If you want to learn more about insect synthetic biology or engineering animals for bioremediation, then you don't want to miss out on this!

Submit an abstract for this @EuroGeosciences session: Advancing Critical Zone Science through Synthesis and Collaboration Convener: Jeffrey Munroe @CZCNet https://lnkd.in/dcR34sy4

Our Postgraduate Series would not be complete without highlighting students. In Episode 5, Nataki Kerr, Brand & Student Recruitment Manager, speaks with Mr. Renoir J. Auguste, MSc., PhD Environmental Biology student, about his career aspirations and how the practical experience he got along with his postgraduate studies is preparing him for careers in both research and education. Tune in to learn more!

🔔 Join our webinar on Tuesday, 7 May! 👉 https://lnkd.in/evYh4Yze 🎙️Our 2nd speaker will be Emilio Laíño Rebollido, a PhD student at University College Cork, one of our project partners. After presenting a systematic review of existing literature, Emilion will talk about identification and characterisation of key climate-related hazards, the development of indicators of exposure and vulnerability, and high-level characterisation of risks in different coastal cities.   Register today!   #coastalcities #climateimpacts #Webinar

🌍🚀 Exciting times for the #TwinSubDyn project! Our team member, Slaven Tenodi, has started a 6-month secondment at Forschungszentrum Jülich under the guidance of PD Dr. Lutz Weihermüller. 🧑🔬 Slaven will be working on managing and modeling data collected from long-term lysimeter experiments conducted at UNS PMF. The goal? To deepen our understanding of water balance and dynamics in poor sandy soils, improved with various amendments. 🌱💧 Stay tuned for updates on this important research! #ScienceInAction #SoilHealth #WaterManagement #twinsubdyn #science #europeancommission #resources #Eufunded Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Grant agreement No. 101059546

Working up the petrography and fluid inclusions of cemented vugs and fractures in Tarim Basin Ordovician Carbonate reservoirs remains one of the most fascinating projects I've had the pleasure to work on. 🔬 💎 🪨 We've reached 700 reads! Our study challenged previous assumptions about the formation of large cavities in these deeply buried, highly productive oil and gas reservoirs. Through detailed analysis of 227 samples from 16 cores, we demonstrated that the high porosity-permeability in the reservoir is primarily due to deep (mesogenetic) dissolution associated with fractures, rather than near-surface karst processes. This work has significant implications for understanding and exploring carbonate reservoirs in the oil and gas industry. We highlight the relationship between microscopic diagenetic processes and larger-scale tectonic events, demonstrating how these interactions control reservoir quality. I'm grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with my co-authors on this impactful research. As I look towards post-graduate opportunities in the geosciences, I'm excited to apply these skills and insights to future projects in natural resource management. If your organization is focused on reservoir characterization, fluid flow dynamics and maximizing reservoir output, let's connect and discuss how I can contribute! 🛢️ 📊 #Geology #Diagenesis #Petrography #FluidInclusions #OilandGas #CarbonateReservoirs #ResearchHighlight

Want to be involved in peer review? From collaborating with The Royal Society of Canada | La Société royale du Canada, the APECS - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists and the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences, to launching programs for early-career researchers, we’re building a community dedicated to advancing research. Read our latest blog to learn more about our ongoing initiatives! 🔬 ▶️ https://lnkd.in/g4vZmGDP #PeerReviewWeek

Hey everyone, I’m conducting a quick survey on Carbon Capture and Storage (#CCS) and legacy wellbores in the North Sea and would love your insights! CCS will likely play a role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change during global efforts to reach NetZero. Offshore storage of CO2 presents a promising solution for long-term storage; however, it is crucial to assess, manage, and mitigate the risks associated with the loss of containment at offshore CO2 storage facilities. Your feedback will help us explore ways to evaluate legacy wellbores in the North Sea with respect to the potential risks to the containment of CO2, and their role in the deployment of CCS in the Scottish offshore environment. Survey Details: 🔎Topic: CCS and legacy wellbores 🎯Purpose: Help us manage the safe and timely deployment of CCS in the Scottish North Sea ⏰Time: Only 10 minutes needed 🗓️Deadline: Survey ongoing As part of a research project sponsored by Crown Estates Scotland and led by Heriot-Watt University, this is a component of the PhD research being conducted by myself. Your participation is key! Click the link below to take the survey and feel free to share with others who might be interested. https://lnkd.in/eWeVE7kk Thanks for your help! 🙌