A new decomposition method allows scientists to unravel the atmosphere-ice-ocean interactions that drive Arctic sea ice changes under increasing carbon dioxide levels.

The persistent double-ITCZ bias in Earth system models influences projections of future precipitation in regions that are already under severe water stress.

Easy-to-use web-based version of the “hector” global climate model emulator now available for researchers and Earth science educators.

Scientists devised a new energetic framework that enables them to decipher the patterns of Asian summer rainfall.

A new high-spatiotemporal resolution dataset of convective systems allows researchers to better study warm season storms in the U.S.

She leads a research team focused on interfacial chemistry in complex environments. IDREAM is one of DOE’s 41 Energy Frontier Research Centers.

Merging long-term records of aerosol loading to create a high-quality, useful dataset for a continental site.

Three unused, 48,000-pound stainless steel canisters arrived at PNNL, bringing the chance to deepen research in spent nuclear fuel storage and transportation.

The urbanization of Kansas City changed the path, intensified, and increased large hail production in a studied severe convective storm.

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

PNNL's Brenda Wiesner creates one-of-a-kind artwork using peeling paint and rusty scraps from decommissioned RPM shells.

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.

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.

PNNL radiochemist and research manager Patricia Paviet named National Technical Director for the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) Program by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy.

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

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.