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.

PNNL contributes to 30 years of data on clouds, radiation, and other climate-making factors as part of field campaigns and analysis conducted by DOE's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement user facility.

Researchers use machine learning to speed up the analysis of aerosol datasets from mass spectrometry.

PNNL scientists have developed a new mass spectrometry method for in-depth analysis of proteins in individual cells.

The climate models best at simulating current precipitation and its drivers show more consensus in projecting future precipitation.

Proteomics revealed molecular mechanisms by which the drug Verapamil could prolong beta cell function in early-onset type 1 diabetes patients.

Examining the vast scientific literature about the urban impact on weather and climate enabled researchers to synthesize current understanding and to inform future work.

Study highlights microbiome’s role in regulating xenobiotic metabolism.

State-of-the-art numerical models can better simulate the convective clouds that produce most of the Amazon’s wet season rainfall.

Researchers used ground-based and remote-sensed datasets to comprehensively validate a tool for simulating land surface processes.

New work developed a methodology to generate building temperature setpoint schedules for use by modelers in large-scale building energy simulations.

Combining aircraft measurements and regional modeling allowed researchers to identify the role of in-plant biochemistry in secondary organic aerosol formation.

Development of a one-meter path length miniature ion mobility spectrometer based on multilevel structures for lossless ion manipulations.

Storage Targets and Release Function Inference Tool uses data to infer the operating policies of large reservoirs on a national scale.

A new hexagonal framework helps more accurately model watersheds at a range of scales.

Using unique laboratory single-particle measurements to understand some of the most uncertain processes affecting secondary organic aerosol formation.