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1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey

The US President’s proposed USD 1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012 emphasizes cost-containment and program savings while investing in research and development programs to restore and protect the nation’s lands and waters for future generations. To address the President’s priority on fiscal responsibility, the USGS 2012 budget makes vital investments in ...

Feb. 16, 2011

DOE selects projects to monitor and evaluate geologic CO2 storage

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in geologic formations. The projects' total value is approximately $35.8 million over four years, with $27.6 million of DOE funding and $8.2 million of non-Federal cost sharing. The work will be managed by ...

Aug. 24, 2009

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

British Geological Survey quantifies nitrate storage in unsaturated zone

To estimate nitrate stored in the unsaturated zone on a global scale between 1900 and 2000, the British Geological Survey (BGS) linked mathematical models of nitrate leaching from the base of the soil zone with estimates of groundwater recharge, unsaturated-zone porosity, and the depth to groundwater. Its modeling showed substantial continuous increase in nitrate stored in the unsaturated zone ...

Nov. 21, 2017

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

Projects Selected for Safe and Permanent Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects to develop technologies and methodologies for geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon capture and storage (CCS) research is focused on developing technologies to capture industrially generated CO2, and safely and permanently store it in underground geologic formations, in order to reduce the amount of CO2 being ...

Aug. 6, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Questions and Answers on the proposal for a directive on the geological storage of carbon dioxide

1) What is carbon capture and storage? Carbon capture and storage is a suite of technological processes which involve capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the gases discarded by industry and transporting and injecting it into geological formations. The major application for carbon capture and storage (CCS) is to reduce CO2 emissions from power generation from fossil fuels, principally ...

Jan. 23, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

Landmark US Geological Survey study demonstrates how methylmercury, known to contaminate seafood, originates in the ocean

A new landmark study published today documents for the first time the process in which increased mercury emissions from human sources across the globe, and in particular from Asia, make their way into the North Pacific Ocean and as a result contaminate tuna and other seafood. Because much of the mercury that enters the North Pacific comes from the atmosphere, scientists have predicted an ...

May 4, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Alabama injection project aimed at enhanced oil recovery, testing important geologic CO2 storage

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection — an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology — is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of oil yields ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By US Department of Energy

Alabama injection project aimed at enhanced oil recovery, testing important geologic CO2 storage

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection — an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology — is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

New Discoveries Improve Climate Models

New discoveries on how underwater ridges impact the ocean's circulation system will help improve climate projections. An underwater ridge can trap the flow of cold, dense water at the bottom of the ocean. Without the ridge, deepwater can flow freely and speed up the ocean circulation pattern, which generally increases the flow of warm surface water. Warm water on the ocean's ...

Feb. 17, 2011

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Modeling underground sequestration of carbon dioxide

When it comes to predicting the fate of captured carbon dioxide (CO2) stored underground, 2008 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer Michael Celia, Ph.D., and his colleagues have invented a better mousetrap for decision-makers trying to mitigate the effects of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Celia wrapped up his year as the National Ground Water Research and Educational's Foundation Darcy ...

Dec. 17, 2008

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

Scientists develop improved groundwater forecasting model

Scientists in India have developed a more efficient computing model to predict monthly changes in groundwater, which is depleted in many areas of developing countries because of damaged soils and poor irrigation practices. A team of scientists based in India's four southern states used the concept of an 'artificial neural network' (ANN), a computing technique that mimics the way millions of ...

Apr. 30, 2009

By SciDev.Net

NOAA launches improved national streamflow forecast model

In direct response to a call by the Obama administration for innovations in the conservation of domestic waterways earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners on Aug. 16 unveiled a comprehensive forecasting model to ...

Aug. 30, 2016

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

New model simulates US groundwater and surface water interactions

A new model to simulate groundwater and surface water interactions has been released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The groundwater and surface water FLOW (GSFLOW) model simultaneously accounts for climatic conditions, runoff across the land surface, subsurface flow and storage, and the connections among terrestrial systems, streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground water. 'GSFLOW can be used ...

Apr. 9, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

VIY3-070 GPR: New model of VI3 Ground Penetrating Radar

A new model of GPR was added to our product line: VIY3-070 GPR. This model has the lowest central frequency in our GPR product range - 70 MHz. Product specification: Antenna frequency: 70 MHz Receiver-to-Transmitter offfset: 1500 mm Analogue-to-Digital Converter range: 18 bit Dynamic range: not less than 135 dB Data acquisition rate: up to 30 ...

Aug. 2, 2017

By Transient Technologies LLC

USGS Groundwater Model: New Tool for Communities in Northern and Central Arizona

A new groundwater model of the interconnected aquifers in central and northern Arizona was released today by the U.S. Geological Survey, following a multi-year development effort that involved the Arizona Department of Water Resources and regional cooperators. The computer model, known as the “Northern Arizona Regional Groundwater-Flow Model,” simulates how recharge from ...

Nov. 30, 2016

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

State-of-groundwater-modeling papers published by NGWA advisory panel

Each written to improve groundwater modeling and its application to professionals, five white papers recently produced by the NGWA Groundwater Modeling Advisory Panel have been approved by the NGWA Board of Directors and are now posted on the Association’s website. The papers are: Applications of Groundwater Modeling for ...

Nov. 2, 2017

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

Small-scale carbon sequestration field test yields significant lessons learned

The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, one of seven regional partnerships created by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance carbon capture and storage technologies, has completed a preliminary geologic characterization and sequestration field test at FirstEnergy’s R. E. Burger Plant near Shadyside, Ohio. The project provided significant geologic understanding and 'lessons ...

May 20, 2009

By US Department of Energy

New science gauges potential to store CO2

A new method to assess the US's potential for storing carbon dioxide could lead to techniques for lessening the impacts of climate change, according to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, who praised a U.S. Geological Survey report in an energy teleconference today. The USGS released the report to describe its methodology to assess the nation's potential for carbon sequestration--the ...

Mar. 17, 2009

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Battelle, Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Release Phase II Reports

The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), led by Battelle, has completed its Phase II projects to evaluate storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in its nine-state region. In addition to the Phase II Final Report, which summarizes more than five years of research activities, 16 other detailed reports on geologic sequestration field tests, terrestrial sequestration field tests and ...

Nov. 15, 2011

By Battelle Memorial Institute

Going global to gauge greenhouse gas behaviour

The research scientist with CSIRO's Petroleum Resources, who is working within the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC), is one of six young Victorian scientists to win the prestigious award, which was presented by Victorian Governor Professor David de Kretser, at special ceremony at Government House last night (Tuesday July 28). The annual Victorian Fellowships ...

Jul. 30, 2009

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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