Researchers developed a strategy for quantifying the numerical errors in global simulations of atmospheric clouds and attributing them to components in the computational model.

By improving the detail in representations of turbulence, researchers can more accurately simulate agricultural soil emissions in the atmosphere.

With quantum chemistry, researchers led by PNNL computational scientist Simone Raugei are discovering how enzymes such as nitrogenase serve as natural catalysts that efficiently break apart molecular bonds to control energy and matter.

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.

Johnson is among the PNNL scientists preparing to move into the Energy Sciences Center, the new $90 million, 140,000-square-foot facility that is expected to open in late 2021.

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

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

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

Characterizing the electron redistribution that allows the binding of molecular nitrogen to the catalytic core of nitrogenase.

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

Wendy Shaw, director of the Physical Sciences Division at PNNL, was selected to guest edit a special issue on (photo)electrocatalysis featured in January 2021 edition of the scientific journal ChemComm.

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.

A demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours continuously without losing effectiveness.

German Catalysis Society gives top award to Battelle Fellow, director of PNNL Institute for Integrated Catalysis.

PNNL teamed with academia and industry to develop a novel zero-emission methane pyrolysis process that produces both hydrogen and high-value carbon solids suitable for an array of manufacturing applications.

A new approach uses CO₂ to favorably co-produce methanol and glycols in a simple one-pot reaction.