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).
2025 SEES-ISRD Joint Meeting
SEES and ISRD invite you to attend our annual meeting to be held jointly at the University of Chicago on August 11-13, 2025. Keynote speakers will discuss topics in rock and mineral deformation and rheological properties in Earth, and there will be a poster session with a broad scientific focus. All SEES and ISRD researchers are welcome and encouraged to attend. Click here to learn more.
Recent Publications
Belowground plant carbon and nitrogen exchange: plant-derived carbon inputs and pore structure formation
Jin Ho Lee, Tayler C. Ulbrich, Maxwell Oerther, Yakov Kuzyakov, Andrey K. Guber, Alexandra N. Kravchenko, Belowground plant carbon and nitrogen exchange: plant-derived carbon inputs and pore structure formation, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Volume 207, 2025, 109833, ISSN 0038-0717, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109833.
Superconducting dome and structural changes in LaRu3Si2 under pressure
Li, Zhuoqi, Shuyuan Huyan, Elizabeth C. Thompson, Tyler J. Slade, Dongzhou Zhang, Young J. Ryu, Wenli Bi, Sergey L. Bud’ko, and Paul C. Canfield. “Superconducting dome and structural changes in LaRu. Phys. Rev B, 111, 144505 (2025), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.111.144505
Equilibrium Silicon Isotope Fractionation in Eclogites and Granites Constrained by Single Crystal X‐Ray Diffraction and the Force Constants Approach
Zhang, Dongzhou, Jingui Xu, Przemyslaw K. Dera, Bin Chen, and Ming Chen. “Equilibrium silicon isotope fractionation in eclogites and granites constrained by single crystal X‐ray diffraction and the force constants approach.” Geophysical Research Letters 52, no. 8 (2025): e2023GL107954.
The role of dissolved sulfide in controlling copper speciation in basaltic melts
Antonio Lanzirotti, Michelle Muth, Elisabet Head, Matthew Newville, Molly McCanta, Paul J. Wallace, Zoltan Zajacz, The role of dissolved sulfide in controlling copper speciation in basaltic melts, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 395, 2025, Pages 181-194, ISSN 0016-7037, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.02.037.
Characterisation of mineral forms of arsenic in garden soils from a historic gold mining region
Sean McHale, Heather E. Jamieson, Michael J. Palmer, Iris Koch, Characterisation of mineral forms of arsenic in garden soils from a historic gold mining region, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 975, 2025, 179275, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179275.
Unusual sulfide-rich magmatic apatite crystals from >2.7 Ga Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada
Meng, Xuyang, David R. Mole, Adam C. Simon, Jingwen Mao, Daniel J. Kontak, Pedro J. Jugo, and Jackie M. Kleinsasser. “Unusual sulfide-rich magmatic apatite crystals from > 2.7 Ga Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada.” American Mineralogist 110, no. 4 (2025): 622-629.
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