Research at PNNL and the University of Texas at El Paso are addressing computational challenges of thinking beyond the list and developing bioagent-agnostic signatures to assess threats.

A new study suggests accessing groundwater in key regions could become prohibitively expensive as lower-cost stores are used up.

Five PNNL scientists participated in an invitation-only Department of Energy-sponsored workshop on coastal systems. 

New work finds hurricanes are intensifying faster close to the coast—a trend that’s likely to ramp up in a warmer world.

Study explores Exploration of Coastal Hydrobiogeochemistry Across a Network of Gradients and Experiments, a consortium of scientists interested in the exchange between water and land in coastal systems.

With Earth system models running at higher resolutions, researchers evaluated the sensitivity of aerosol properties to horizontal grid spacing.

This study demonstrates a new model that integrates complex organic matter (OM) chemistry and multiple electron acceptors to predict kinetic rates of OM oxidation.

Study reviews the loss of carbon dioxide from soils and explores most compelling challenges and opportunities for the future.

PNNL scientist Gokul Iyer was co-lead author of an award-winning paper that assessed the impact of pledges of more than 100 nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Beyond melting ice and higher temperatures: On Earth Day, scientists consider how climate change will affect national security.

A set of papers combines surface science measurements on tiny particles with uncrewed aerial systems to better understand and model aerosols.

Study demonstrates that choosing more accurate numerical process coupling helps improve simulation of dust aerosol life cycle in a global climate model.

Study introduces a mathematically rigorous analysis framework that provides insight into the features and implications of coupling method choices.

A new model accounts for co-occurring environmental parameters to improve predictions of a hurricane’s intensification.

PNNL researchers have used field campaign data to better understand clouds, aerosols, and the interactions between humans and the atmosphere.

Researchers seek to bring down costs, address potential environmental risks and maximize the benefits of harnessing wind energy above the deep waters of the Pacific.

Research indicates shifts in two climate oscillations drive spatial differences in Arctic atmospheric river trends over the past four decades.

Researchers show that small-scale turbulent fluctuations lead to larger concentrations of cloud droplets than would be possible in conventional models of atmospheric clouds

PNNL is supporting the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's Chemical Security Analysis Center in improving capabilities to enhance detection and analysis of chemical threats.

Published in Nature Communications, Increased Asian Aerosols Drive a Slowdown of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, identifies the role aerosols over Asia is having on the AMOC, a complex system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean.