A high-resolution dataset captures a more complete view of the global distribution and characteristics of strong storms called mesoscale convective systems.

Rising greenhouse gases and declining aerosols have triggered an approximate four-day delay in rainfall over tropical land and the Sahel.

PNNL combines AI and cloud computing with damage assessment tool to predict path of wildfires and quickly evaluate the impact of natural disasters, giving first responders an upper hand.

Grid Forward, an industry association dedicated to promoting and accelerating innovation in the regional electric system, honored PNNL's Carl Imhoff with the 2021 Grid Innovator Award.

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

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

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

Scientists have created a cybersecurity technology that stops hackers from doing damage by feeding them illusory tidbits of success.

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

A new report finds small modular reactors could provide competitively priced electricity in Washington state's future electricity market.

Electrical engineer Tom McDermott has been named the winner of a power distribution engineering award.

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.

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.

A simple sensor system developed at PNNL can prevent dangerous battery fires.

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

Adding an advanced atmospheric aerosol treatment to a climate model enables assessments of the radiative effects of nitrate aerosols.

PNNL has released the first version of ExaGO, an open-source grid modeling software that can take advantage of emerging heterogeneous computing architecture to help grid operators plan ahead for extreme events.

A recently developed laboratory-based technique allows researchers to quantify aerosol absorption from field campaign samples.

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