Measurements of forest after an anomalous seawater exposure event reveals carbon starvation as dominant process underlying deaths.

Tim Johnson has been selected for an open-ended term as associate editor of the Groundwater journal.

Soil pores are reorganized when newly thawed permafrost soils experience freeze-thaw cycling.

Recognizing how innovation and clean technologies at the very edge of the grid can work together to transition the electricity system, PNNL takes a multidisciplinary approach to advancing and integrating renewable energy solutions.

Members of a geothermal energy collaboration go deep—real deep—to install a first-of-its kind system for evaluating interactions among water and rock.

PNNL chief chemical engineer Carlos Fernandez is a guest editor for a set of collection papers in Scientific Reports focusing on natural fibers.

Improving predictability of water quality and nutrient cycling in large river systems.

Developing conceptual models for microbial-environmental–ecosystem interactions is key to enhancing the ability of models to predict future ecosystem function.

COMPASS points to understanding nature’s transition zones—areas that can be dry land at times and under water at others.

Research from the PNNL-led WHONDRS consortium reveals chemistry and spatial gradients of metabolomes from river water and sediments around the globe.

From water purification, to better batteries and tools to foil a cyberattack—a look back at how PNNL helped to invent a brighter and better future over the last year.

A team led by researchers at PNNL demonstrated a new way to monitor deep subsurface fractures.

The newly created ICON Science Cooperative is a resource enabling an innovative approach to science to generate transferable knowledge and increase equity.

PNNL is rock solid on carbon storage, building on successful demonstration in eastern Washington.

Soil moisture influences both the activity of soil DNA viruses, as well as the composition and abundance of RNA viruses.

A new microbial community model reveals previous exposure to hydrologic variation influences a species’ specialized biogeochemical functions.

Detailed characterization of molecules in, under, and along the Columbia River reveal potential mechanisms for biogeochemical cycling.

Integrating hydrogeology and biogeochemistry are required to model the dynamics of geochemical processes occurring in river corridor zones where groundwater and surface water mix.

Theoretical analysis reveals flow variations that happen over longer time periods affect a plume’s spread and center of mass.

Knowing which bacteria in a community are involved with carbon cycling could help scientists predict how microbial carbon storage and release could influence future climate dynamics.