PNNL’s contributions over the last year span scientific discovery, sustainable energy and national security.

The world's current climate pledges won't limit global warming to 1.5 °C. We will overshoot. A new study shows that more ambitious climate pledges could minimize the overshoot.

A new study shows for the first time that wildfires burning in West Coast states can, despite great distance, strengthen storms in downwind states.

Climate change sets the stage for hurricanes to rapidly intensify faster, bringing wetter storms to the U.S. Atlantic Coast and other coastlines.

Soil and its microbial inhabitants from Washington state are heading for the International Space Station today.

Recognizing how innovation and clean technologies at the very edge of the grid can work together to transition the electricity system, PNNL takes a multidisciplinary approach to advancing and integrating renewable energy solutions.

COMPASS points to understanding nature’s transition zones—areas that can be dry land at times and under water at others.

From water purification, to better batteries and tools to foil a cyberattack—a look back at how PNNL helped to invent a brighter and better future over the last year.

PNNL researchers uncover the mechanics behind dwindling Arctic sea ice and its influence on wildfire weather in the western United States.

City living translates to an extra two to six hours of uncomfortable weather per day in the summer for people in much of the United States.

PNNL is rock solid on carbon storage, building on successful demonstration in eastern Washington.

New climate pledges issued ahead of COP26 boost the chances of limiting global warming to 2 degrees, according to a new study in Science.

A new model offers more accurate predictions of how intensely hurricanes may strike.

Extreme sea levels will become 100 times more frequent by the end of the century around the world, according to a new study.

Tomorrow’s scientific leaders gain real-world experience contributing to PNNL’s research and development.

A new study shows that, when starved, some trees turn to self-digestion before dialing down energy storage.

A new research partnership between PNNL and the University of Nevada, Reno aims to tackle critical challenges such as climate change, infrastructure resilience and cybersecurity.

Rising greenhouse gases and declining aerosols have triggered an approximate four-day delay in rainfall over tropical land and the Sahel.

Scientists at PNNL and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation identify acres of spawning habitat in the Upper Columbia River.

Understanding the Earth as a complex, dynamic system includes investigating what happens on, above and below its surface.