The mission of SEES (Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science) is to advance research and education in synchrotron-based Earth and environmental science to better understand our planet from the atmosphere to the core, to address societally relevant problems, and to train the next generation of scientists. SEES is responsible for the management, operation, and development of multiple user facilities hosted at four DOE-operated US synchrotrons: Advanced Photon Source (APS), Advanced Light Source (ALS), National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).
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Recent Publications
High-Pressure Synthesis of Antimony Nitride Sb3N5 and Polynitride Sb2N8 Featuring Single-Bonded N810− Chains
Brüning, Lukas, Nityasagar Jena, Elena Bykova, Konstantin Glazyrin, Ievgeniia Iermak, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Igor A. Abrikosov, and...
X-ray-diffraction and electrical-transport imaging of superconducting superhydride (La,Y)H10
Manayil Marathamkottil, A.H., Wang, K., Salke, N.P. et al. X-ray-diffraction and electrical-transport imaging of superconducting superhydride...
Integrated and managed grasses shape soil pore networks and carbon processes in tropical agroecosystems: Insights from synchrotron X-ray tomography
Ricardo O. Bordonal, Maoz Dor, Andrey K. Guber, Maurício R. Cherubin, Alexandre F. Nascimento, Sarah Tenelli, Newton La Scala, Carlos E.P. Cerri,...
Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire
Kang, K., Whelan, E. M., Bone, S., Rowley, M. C., Marcus, M. A., & Peña, J. (2025). Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation,...
Pressure-temperature stability and equation of state of staurolite: Implications for the water transport during cold slab subduction
Shijie Huang, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Shanrong Zhang, Yufeng Liu, Yikui Liang, Zimo Li, Wenge Zhou, Dawei Fan, “Pressure-temperature stability...
Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions
Chen, Sibo, Siheng Wang, Xintong Qi, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, and Baosheng Li. “Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity...
Science Highlights
Pressure-temperature stability and equation of state of staurolite: Implications for the water transport during cold slab subduction
Shijie Huang, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Shanrong Zhang, Yufeng Liu, Yikui Liang, Zimo Li, Wenge Zhou, Dawei Fan, “Pressure-temperature...
Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions
Chen, Sibo, Siheng Wang, Xintong Qi, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, and Baosheng Li. “Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite...
Viscosity of Dry and Hydrous Diopside Melts at High Pressures: Implications for Upper Mantle Magma Dynamics
Chen, Q., Zhao, B., Yu, T., Ashley, A. W., & Wang, Y. (2025). Viscosity of dry and hydrous diopside melts at high pressures:...
Elasticity of davemaoite as a primary contributor to lower-mantle heterogeneities
Zhou, Wen-Yi, Ming Hao, Wenhao Su, Taehyun Kim, Sibo Chen, Sang-Heon Shim, Dongzhou Zhang, Phuong QH Nguyen, Katherine Armstrong, and Jin...
Effect of multiple calcination cycles on CO2 capture efficiency during carbonation of MgO in a mineral looping process
Tajuelo Rodriguez, E., Anovitz, L.M., Adapa, S., Yuan, Ke, Hensley, D., Chung, D-Y., Boebinger, M.G., Stack, A.G., Weber, J. Effect of...
In situ deformation of antigorite-olivine two-phase mixtures: Implications for dynamics and seismic anisotropy in the mantle wedge
Hurlow, Rose, Wenhao Su, Wen-Yi Zhou, Feng Lin, Lowell Miyagi, Timothy Officer, Tony Yu et al. “In situ deformation of antigorite-olivine...
Building wet planets through high-pressure magma–hydrogen reactions
Horn, H.W., Vazan, A., Chariton, S. Prakapenka, V., Shim, S-H., Building wet planets through high-pressure magma–hydrogen...
Workshops
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Latest Happenings
Conversations at GSA Connects 2025
The SEES team had a great time talking to geoscientists at the Geological Society of America...
Connecting at the 8th SES Symposium
Photo provided by Stony Brook University SEES staff and executive committee members were...
Science for Everyone: SEES joins the South Side Science Festival
SEES joined the largest-ever South Side Science Festival on October 4, welcoming over 4,300...