JUNE 2, 2020 Research Highlight Predicting Soil CO2 Emissions from Air Temperature Soil respiration—the flow of CO2 from the soil surface to the atmosphere—is one of the largest carbon fluxes in the terrestrial biosphere. ( Read More )
MAY 20, 2020 Research Highlight Global Methane Emissions From Coal Mining To Continue Growing Even With Declining Production New analysis indicates that emissions from abandoned mines will contribute to higher emissions than previously thought. ( Read More )
MAY 4, 2020 Research Highlight Roadmap for Net-Zero Emissions in California by 2050 Also Brings Health Benefits Early achievement of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in California brings much larger health benefits than economic cost. ( Read More )
APRIL 16, 2020 Feature Rad Revelations from Noble Metals Nuclear Process Science Initiative researchers at PNNL gain insights into the formation and rupture of high-pressure gas bubbles in nuclear fuel. ( Read More )
MARCH 4, 2020 Research Highlight When Urban and Natural Emissions Hang Out at Night Nighttime interaction between Bay Area pollution and biogenic isoprene led to efficient formation of secondary organic aerosols. ( Read More )
JULY 1, 2019 Research Highlight Quantifying Decision Uncertainty in Water Management via a Coupled Agent-Based Model Agent-based models of water resource management can include the interaction between human-engineered systems and natural processes ( Read More )
MARCH 20, 2020 Research Highlight Sensitivity of Sea Ice Albedo Feedback Estimates to the Calculation of Atmospheric Transmissivity A new procedure for estimating sunlight reflection provides insight into feedbacks that affect Arctic warming. ( Read More )
MARCH 16, 2020 Research Highlight Fine-Scale Variability of Surface Albedo on the Southern Great Plains Tower, aircraft, and satellite observations combined to evaluate weather forecast model. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 14, 2020 Research Highlight Soil “Breathes Out” More CO2 During Warmer Temperatures When Near Large Trees Tree presence impacts how soils respond to temperature change in coastal forest. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Research Highlight River Regulation Alleviates Thermoelectric Power Loss Induced by Warming An integrated water model quantifies the impact of water management on thermoelectric power plant generation. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 3, 2020 Research Highlight Improving nuclear waste storage models by studying the chemistry of material interactions ( Read More )
JANUARY 22, 2020 Research Highlight Probabilistic Projections of Sea-Level Rise and Global Mean Temperature using Hector Scientists are exploring ways to derive more accurate predictions that can help with preparations for changing sea levels ( Read More )
DECEMBER 10, 2019 Feature Separations Book Brings Fields Together PNNL’s Nuclear Process Science Initiative (NPSI) has developed a book that examines processes used to separate nuclear materials. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 4, 2019 Feature A More Painless Extraction PNNL and Argonne researchers developed and tested a chemical process that successfully captures radioactive byproducts from used nuclear fuel so they could be sent to advanced reactors for destruction while also producing electrical power. ( Read More )
APRIL 16, 2019 Research Highlight Influence of Groundwater Extraction Costs and Resource Depletion Limits on Simulated Global Nonrenewable Water Withdrawals over the 21st Century ( Read More )
JUNE 6, 2019 Research Highlight Calibrating Building Energy Demand Models to Refine Long-Term Energy Planning ( Read More )
JUNE 11, 2019 Research Highlight A Global Hydrologic Framework to Accelerate Scientific Discovery ( Read More )
