Field campaigns, publications, system milestones, partnerships, and research updates from BRI.
Earlier this month, BRI tested its cutting-edge in-house technology, SISTER2, for its ability to detect abandoned oil wells in a coastal Los Angeles town. This scoping investigation was…
Review recordAbandoned oil wells pose a long-term threat to climate and human health (when located in urban settings), yet emissions from abandoned and idled wells are largely unknown. This…
Review recordA new study from BRI and the Aerospace Corporation researching air quality at The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is now in press. Follow our Twitter…
Review recordThe study “Long-Term Atmospheric Emissions for the Coal Oil Point Natural Marine Hydrocarbon Seep Field, Offshore California” by Ira Leifer, Christopher Melton, and Donald R. Blake was recently…
Review recordBRI has conducted mobile air quality laboratory surveys since 2014. These surveys have been to estimate emissions from a variety of sources including oil & gas, husbandry, landfill,…
Review recordThe 2020 fire season was brutal, blanketing cities from San Diego to Seattle in wildfire smoke, creating red skies and shockingly poor air quality that impacted lives statewide…
Review recordThe BRI team headed down to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles (hereafter referred to as “The Ports”) April 9th to survey air quality while Mako,…
Review recordLast week, our team spotted a massive disturbance on the horizon heading towards their small vessel while collecting natural seep oil for laboratory experiments*. As the disturbance approached…
Review recordBRI’s CEO Ira Leifer presents a talk for the 2020 AGU Fall Meeting on air pollution trends seen at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles during…
Review recordAfter the stay-at-home order was implemented, BRI conducted several air quality surveys of the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles (hereafter referred to as “the Ports”) and…
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