Researchers developed a new model to understand the initiation of summer-time mesoscale convective systems over the central United States.

Using a novel settlement-related dataset produced more accurate population downscaling than using other, more traditional datasets.

Implementing and evaluating a new radiative transfer scheme that accounts for various topographic effects on solar radiation in an Earth system model.

Despite an increase in future electricity demands, virtual water trading in the U.S. electricity sector is expected to decline as renewable energy expands.

PNNL materials scientist Olga Marina has been appointed to the board of the Gen IV International Forum’s Very-High-Temperature Reactor organization.

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.

Additional fire-favorable weather associated with declines in Arctic sea ice during summer can increase autumn wildfires over the western United States.

Better representing cloud microphysics can Reduce model bias in simulating mesoscale convective system precipitation.

What’s at the heart of California’s uncertain future precipitation? New study finds natural cycles are likely cause.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers developed a patented, nearly non-destructive approach, known as liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry, to analyze nuclear samples.

New analysis demonstrates that the Madden-Julian Oscillation can influence tropical cyclones in the Pacific through both the atmosphere and the ocean.

A new study demonstrates how researchers can model human–Earth system feedbacks in a single internally consistent, computationally efficient framework.

Simulations show a strong correlation between the water content and the viscosity of organic aerosol over the Amazon rainforest.

Model results show that uncertainties in farmers’ expectations of market and weather conditions amplify agricultural supply and demand variability under a changing climate.

Investigating the soil moisture–precipitation feedbacks that are associated with mesoscale convective system and non-mesoscale convective system rainfall.

A strengthened softer alloy phase increases the toughness of a tungsten composite material.

Researchers found that increasing restrictions on nonrenewable groundwater use for irrigation shifts agricultural production from western states to the east.

Numerical modeling shows the effects of nonlinear tide–surge–river interactions on three coastal flooding zones within the Delaware Bay Estuary.

The mountains of central Argentina provide an ideal cloud-generating hotspot for field studies of environmental controls on the evolution of clouds.