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New study details the searing future of extreme heat
Heat waves that typically strike once every 20 years could become yearly events across 60 percent of Earth's land surface by 2075, if greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked.
If stringent emissions-reductions measures are put in place, however, these extreme heat events could be reduced significantly. These are among the findings of a new study from Berkeley Lab and NCAR. Read More »
Updated Workflows for New LHC ERA
To deal with the new data deluge from a recently upgraded Large Hadron Collider (LHC), researchers working on one of the facility's largest experiments—ATLAS—are relying on updated workflow management tools developed primarily by a group of researchers at the Berkeley Lab. Read More »
Xiaoye "Sherry" Li to Lead CRD Scalable Solvers Group
Sherry Li has been selected to lead the Scalable Solvers Group in Berkeley Lab’s Computational Research Division (CRD). Her appointment was effective on February 12, 2016. Read More »
Assessing the Impact of Human-Induced Climate Change
Berkeley Lab and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research scientists develop and apply new method to determine whether specific climate impacts can be traced to human-caused emissions. Read More »
ESnet, CENIC Announce Joint Cybersecurity Initiative
CRD's Sean Peisert will be director of the new CENIC/ESnet initiative to jointly develop cybersecurity strategies and research projects. Peisert, who was also recently named as the chief cybersecurity strategist for CENIC, has worked extensively in computer security research and development. Read More »