Scientific Opportunities: Geo & Environmental Sciences

Overview | Earth and Planetary Science | Environmental Science

Overview

Studies of the Earth's geology and its environment have yielded invaluable information about how Earth formed and how contaminants are distributed via chemical, physical, and environmental processes. Through NSLS-II, geologists and environmental scientists will gain the tools they need to continue to study our planet and learn how to protect it.

At right: A series of micro x-ray fluoresence images of lead (Pb) distribution in tobacco roots and stems, with and without EDTA (a complex organic molecule that increases plants' ability to absorb metals) added to a contaminated soil. This reserach on how to remediate contaminated areas will greatly benefit from NSLS-II.

Last Modified: March 4, 2008
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One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE’s Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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