Relaxing the simplifying assumptions in model energy budgets can affect their simulated regional water cycles.

Eight Office of Science Graduate Student Research join PNNL.

The size and concentration of ions influences the aggregation behavior of solutions of boehmite.

New research quantifies the discrepancies between ground measurements of soil respiration and satellite estimates of photosynthesis.

PNNL scientists have proposed an "adaptive site management" cleanup strategy for the Hanford Site's Central Plateau that incorporates a structured, flexible approach to environmental remediation.

PNNL researchers design an artificial intelligence-guided electron microscope in a Laboratory Directed Research and Development study.

Researchers at PNNL are developing a better model of the soil, better representing the atmosphere, and identifying sources of record high rainfall within a model of the Earth system.

An improved model captures the interactions between the U.S. economy, energy, water, and land systems with increased spatial and temporal detail.

Recalibrating both cloud and subgrid representations improves model projections of the base climate, aerosol-cloud interactions, and cloud feedbacks.

A climate change study co-authored by PNNL scientist Hailong Wang inspired an artist to create an exhibit based on the research.

A newly developed tool helps researchers analyze process-level relationships within atmospheric models.

A novel database of tracked deep convective storms reveals how environmental factors affect storm formation and growth in South America.

Scientists from PNNL and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Services’ Pacific Northwest Research Station have partnered to evaluate potential climate and wildfire adaptation scenarios and resulting benefits from restoration forestry.

The size of the alkali metal within the material influences the crystallization pathway.

Investigating cloud condensation nuclei activities in various airmasses enabled linking activity variations with organic oxidation levels and volatility

New study investigates how to use a non-toxic condensation particle counter for airborne atmospheric research

A global warming-induced poleward shift of the westerly jet affects the hydroclimate of the U.S. Midwest differently in the spring and summer.

A new capability facilitates source apportionment of organic aerosols in real time.

The COVID-19 pandemic massively disrupted human activities, which caused additional turmoil through regional record rainfall and floods.

Measuring the ice nucleation activity of particles in the ambient atmosphere can help develop better representations for use in climate models.