Beginning in 2021, PNNL chemical physicist Bruce Kay begins a three-year term as an AVS trustee, part of a six-member committee responsible for overseeing the administration of student scholarships and major society awards.

A special issue of the Marine Technology Society Journal, titled “Utilizing Offshore Resources for Renewable Energy Development,” focuses on research and development efforts including those at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).

Summer internship opportunity at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory leads to new 3-D visualizations of cloud formation.

Tools for advancing effective large-scale ecosystem restoration outcomes to maximize both ecological and economic benefits.

A research team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed an apparatus that evaluates the performance of high-temperature fluids in hydraulic fracturing for enhanced geothermal systems.

PNNL researchers investigate the environmental conditions, from soil moisture to surface temperature, that lead to wildfire.

The effects of too much CO2 can cause clouds covering the oceans to dissipate and be unable to reform.

New biogeochemical modeling uses high-resolution mass spectrometry data to reveal how organic matter thermodynamics affect ecosystems across scales.

Hector, a reduced complexity climate model, can be calibrated to emulate 30 different complex, computationally expensive Earth System Models.

The map fills in a portion of the study site missing from sampling studies and enables a better understanding of hydrological dynamics in a complex river corridor.

Two PNNL researchers, one a world-leading authority on microorganisms, the other an expert on coastal ecosystem restoration, have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Clarivate Analytics recently unveiled its 2020 list of Highly Cited Researchers. The list named 17 PNNL scientists for their influential and oft-referenced work.

PNNL researchers say that offshore wind energy can add value to the electric grid, beyond just the power it can produce, if locations and strategies are optimized.

This committee represents the country’s soil science community in the International Union of Soil Sciences, advises The National Academies, and communicates with professional societies and organizations.

New experiments show organic aerosol can be lost from the atmosphere faster than most models predict.

Researchers created an open database to centralize measurements of gas exchange between the soil and the atmosphere.

PNNL’s longstanding grid and buildings capabilities are driving two projects that test transactive energy concepts on a grand scale and lay the groundwork for a more efficient U.S. energy system.

Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world started decades ago and are likely to continue.

Two structurally different models agree that population change will have a greater impact on future building electricity consumption than climate change.

Historical weather data informs projections of global yields of economically important crops.