Research provides overview of the consequences of a new set of future scenarios based on Earth system model simulations.

Quantifying the future energy requirements of agricultural, industrial, and municipal water sector use.

Calculating the multi-region and multisector effects of water scarcity for thousands of possible future socioeconomic, climate, and hydrologic scenarios.

An overview of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model project describing its goals, science drivers, and development and highlighting its key findings.

New facility that will accelerate energy storage innovation and make the nation’s power grid more resilient, secure and flexible has been given the green light to proceed by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Scientists used the strength of land-atmosphere coupling to improve predictions of East Asian summer monsoon rainfall.

A new type of ice chamber allows researchers to understand how ice forms on atmospheric aerosol particles.

Current representations of shallow clouds in climate models have biases that lead to inaccuracies in models.

PNNL formulated a new type of dual-ion cell chemistry that uses a zinc anode and a natural graphite cathode in an aqueous—or “water-in-bisalt”—electrolyte.

A new process-oriented diagnostic approach provides new insights into simulated storms and their environments.

Demonstrating methods for using a portable optical particle spectrometer, a miniaturized and highly sensitive instrument, to measure atmospheric aerosol size distributions.

Satellite observations provide insight into the processes that control the spatial distributions of dust in global climate models.

Scientists discovered that a warming climate delays monsoonal rain, but only over land.

Regional climate models reveal irrigation’s role in strong precipitation and low-level winds across the Central United States.

Comparing large datasets from coordinated aircraft flights provides critical information about data researcher use in a range of analyses.

Urbanization-induced land cover and anthropogenic aerosol changes result in stronger thunderstorms with enhanced precipitation in the Houston area.

Through two U.S. Department of Energy funding calls awarded in 2020, PNNL is partnering with industry and academia to advance battery materials and processes.

Long term power grid planning needs to consider regional dependencies in climate adaption plans.

Despite the challenges, the talented and dedicated staff at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory kept delivering for the nation.

Integrating information on irrigation processes into Earth system models allows for more accurate representation of the global water cycle.