Stories with the tag: Subsurface Science
The vast reservoir of carbon stored beneath our feet is entering Earth's atmosphere at an increasing rate, according to a new study in the journal Nature. Release Date: 8/1/2018
Partnership to initially focus on energy system reliability, aquatic monitoring, underwater technologies, maritime security. Release Date: 5/30/2018
Organic matter found in vast quantities in oxygen-starved floodplains would yield only minimal energy for hungry microorganisms, which spurn the meal, researchers show in a study in Nature Geoscience. Release Date: 5/4/2017
PNNL scientists recently gave a crash course on soil to young children at a local elementary school, dishing up the dirt on soil. Release Date: 3/16/2017
New approach to monitoring sequestered carbon dioxide movement to be presented at AGU. Release Date: 12/14/2016
PNNL is supporting today's announcement by the White House about efforts related to soil sustainability by sponsoring research projects through two research initiatives. Release Date: 12/5/2016
Carbon dioxide sequestered in ancient basalts react and are converted into a rock very quickly in field test. Release Date: 11/18/2016
PNNL tools that track underground contaminants and speed carbon capture technology development are among R&D Magazine's 100 most innovative scientific breakthroughs of the year. Release Date: 11/4/2016
Microbes have a remarkable ability to adapt to the extreme conditions in fracking wells, even consuming some of the chemical ingredients commonly used in the fracking process. Release Date: 10/24/2016
PNNL scientists untangled a soil metagenome – all the genetic material recovered from a sample of soil – more fully than ever before, reconstructing portions of the genomes of 129 species of microbes. Release Date: 7/29/2016
