The Delaware River Basin is projected to experience a regional increase in flood severity under future climate scenarios.

To gain a mechanistic understanding of the physical processes responsible for the enhanced hurricane cold wakes near the Southeast United States, investigators used ocean reanalysis datasets.

New transmission lines and renewable energy projects would bring economic and climate change benefits to the Western United States’s electricity grid.

Three PNNL researchers will receive five continuous years of funding for projects through highly competitive DOE Early Career Research Program awards.

Cloud and its radiative effect are among the determining processes for the energy balance of the global climate; they are also the most challenging processes for the climate models to simulate.

Researchers develop a diagnostic framework to identify the sources of global monsoon simulation biases from an energy transport perspective.

Bylaska and team will aim to make computational design of functional materials more targeted, impactful, and user friendly through this award.

Three PNNL technologies have been named 2024 R&D 100 Award winners.

The results of this study reveal that the degree of Arctic amplification, despite being controlled by complicated interactions among multiple factors, can be analytically understood.

The Grid Storage Launchpad dedication event was attended by leaders in grid and transportation energy storage, battery innovation, and industry stakeholders working to transform America’s energy system.

Although climate change may bring increased precipitation to many parts of the United States, some areas may face drier conditions and lower streamflow, resulting in decreased hydropower generation.

PNNL will engage with transmission planners and other regional partners through technical assistance and listening sessions with the goal of exploring opportunities to integrate equity into transmission planning.

Researchers are planning for an electric grid that deploys machine learning to think ahead, plan for the worst, anticipate demand, and meet consumer needs safely and securely.

Researchers found that in a future where the Great Plains are 4 to 6 degrees Celsius (°C) warmer as projected in a high-emission scenario, these storms could bring three times more intense rainfall.

Researchers develop comprehensive framework for the Energy Exascale Earth System Model, incorporating advanced river and ocean models that improve how such interactions are simulated

The Grid Storage Launchpad will enable researchers to accelerate and validate new battery materials and systems.

New findings document fewer ship tracks, reduced cloud cover, and boosted warming after ship emissions regulations took effect in 2020.

Researchers use observations and numerical models to examine changes in tropical cyclone intensification rates and their environment in global coastal regions

Scientists develop a water tracer tool in an advanced hydrologic model to understand the importance of modeling lateral flow in hydrologic simulations.

Researchers develop new, weakly coupled land data assimilation system to make better climate predictions and projections.