Researchers in the IDREAM Energy Frontier Research Center unearth new defects during gibbsite crystallization using a multi-instrument approach.

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.

Soil pores are reorganized when newly thawed permafrost soils experience freeze-thaw cycling.

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.

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.

Newly determined energy transfer mechanisms help identify how water releases from and damages irradiated interfaces.

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

A multisectoral analysis that combines land use data with hydrological simulations reveals wide disparities in potential source water contamination.

Study reveals importance of accounting for micrometer scale distribution of substrates to predict carbon emissions from soil.

Developing an understanding of how water breaks apart after radiation exposure.

Developing a model for global soil erosion and sediment flux to advance understanding of land, river, and ocean geomorphology and biogeochemistry.

Researchers are developing an understanding of how either wet or dry soil patches change the sizes of atmospheric eddies and cloud clusters.

Moving toward a deeper understanding of the influence of large marine biogenic particles on cloud ice formation by combining modeling and observational data.

COVID-19 had multiple impacts on the electric sector and the nature of those impacts varied on the scale analyzed.

The overlooked impact of regional hydroclimate changes on lake evaporation implies more robust regional lake volume changes around the globe.

Improving predictability of water quality and nutrient cycling in large river systems.

Developing conceptual models for microbial-environmental–ecosystem interactions is key to enhancing the ability of models to predict future ecosystem function.