Research shows that previous drought and flooding conditions strongly influence soil respiration and carbon composition.

PNNL’s Framework for Assessment of Complex Environmental Tradeoffs helps navigate and evaluate competing environmental, economic, and social impacts.

Research shows that erosional nutrient fluxes linked to extreme rains may complicate efforts to reduce nutrient enrichment in the Gulf of Mexico.

New research aids the design of more efficient water purification technologies.

A research project that brings together mathematicians and atmospheric scientists has developed into a deep collaboration for improving atmospheric models.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm virtually visits PNNL, one of several national lab visits she is conducting.

New research shows that a warmer ocean strengthens the North Pacific westerly jet stream, steering more storms toward California.

Spectroscopic experiments reveal significant variations in the electronic structures of actinide tetrafluorides despite their nearly identical crystal structures.

Researchers found that using deep neural networks can significantly enhance the resolution of observations from weather radars.

The DOE Early Career Research Program supports exceptional researchers during the crucial early years of their careers and helps advance scientific discovery in fundamental sciences

A compound used in candles offers promise for a modern energy challenge—storing massive amounts of energy to be fed into the electric grid as the need arises.

Principles derived from coastal wetlands to describe wetland channel cross-sections were applicable to the Columbia River estuary, but not the tidal river.

Field campaign data shows that biologically-derived emissions largely control the formation of organic aerosol in the Southern Great Plains.

Researchers found that warmer local sea surfaces increase the winter snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains, but reduce snowpack in the Cascade range.

Analytical chemist shares passion for STEM, innovation and nuclear fuel

Eleven scientists with PNNL affiliations named as top climate scientists on a Reuters list.

Researchers developed a novel database of global mesoscale convective systems to reveal storm characteristics and rainfall contributions.

Spent nuclear fuel is being recycled to make new fuel through rapid separation and tight control of uranium and plutonium.

PNNL Earth scientist appointed to a committee assembled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Computational results clarify the role water plays in the reactivity of a widely used class of porous oxide catalysts.