FEBRUARY 21, 2022 Research Highlight A Global Soil Erosion and Sediment Flux Model Developing a model for global soil erosion and sediment flux to advance understanding of land, river, and ocean geomorphology and biogeochemistry. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 17, 2022 Research Highlight How Does Soil Water Make Eddies and Clouds Larger? Researchers are developing an understanding of how either wet or dry soil patches change the sizes of atmospheric eddies and cloud clusters. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 11, 2022 Research Highlight Regional Hydroclimate Changes Shape Spatial Pattern of Future Lake Evaporation Increases The overlooked impact of regional hydroclimate changes on lake evaporation implies more robust regional lake volume changes around the globe. ( Read More )
JANUARY 10, 2022 Research Highlight What Factors Contribute to Recent Rapid Wintertime Arctic Warming? Changes in the downward flow of infrared energy in clear skies are a key factor influencing recent rapid wintertime Arctic warming. ( Read More )
JANUARY 5, 2022 Research Highlight Identifying the Necessary Ensemble Size for Accurately Estimating Changes in Extremes Ensembles of 20–25 members, notably smaller than traditional large ensembles, can accurately represent changes in extremes of temperature and precipitation. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 21, 2021 Research Highlight Building a Theoretical Model for Thunderstorms over the Central United States Researchers developed a new model to understand the initiation of summer-time mesoscale convective systems over the central United States. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 21, 2021 Research Highlight More Accurately Representing Topography Impacts in Modeled Land Surface Processes Implementing and evaluating a new radiative transfer scheme that accounts for various topographic effects on solar radiation in an Earth system model. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 13, 2021 Research Highlight New Cloud Microphysics Improves the Simulation of Mesoscale Convective Systems Better representing cloud microphysics can Reduce model bias in simulating mesoscale convective system precipitation. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 6, 2021 Research Highlight Understanding the Oceanic Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Tropical Cyclones New analysis demonstrates that the Madden-Julian Oscillation can influence tropical cyclones in the Pacific through both the atmosphere and the ocean. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 18, 2020 Research Highlight Driving Down Carbon Capture Costs to $50.6 per Tonne PNNL researchers have developed a new class of chemistry focused on carbon capture technology and made incremental strides in driving down costs. ( Read More )
AUGUST 13, 2020 Research Highlight Study Shows Coastal Wetlands Aid in Carbon Sequestration Pacific Northwest marsh carbon stocks are twice the global average. Long-term sea-level rise impacts will likely decrease ecosystem carbon stocks. ( Read More )