In the late 2000s, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists Carl Steefel and David Trebotich had a computational dream. They wanted… Read More
This research team wants to make literal earthshaking discoveries every day. “Earthquakes are a tremendous societal problem,” says David McCallen,… Read More
The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) headquarters where Christine Goulet works sits atop the belly of the beast. Its University… Read More
Early on a Sunday in June 1992, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake near the San Andreas fault shook Southern California. It… Read More
Jeroen Tromp’s geophysics group at Princeton University is using of one of science’s most powerful supercomputers to map underground plate… Read More
Fluids flowing underground are fundamental to water and energy security. These flows are important for a variety of applications –… Read More
Over millions of years, Earth’s continental plates have slammed against each other to form mountain ranges and have slid under… Read More
Using tailor-made software running on top-tier supercomputers, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory team is creating microscopic pore-scale simulations that complement… Read More
What scientists don’t know about huge earthquakes can make them tremble. Despite impressive advances in earthquake monitoring, no one knows… Read More
Divining just how contaminants such as radioactive particles behave as they move from soils to groundwater in complex subterranean worlds… Read More