Extreme winter storms are growing wetter and changing shape in the Western United States—such changes could compromise infrastructure designed to withstand only so much water.

Abigail Snyder named to international team focused on designing and scoping models for use in large intercomparison project.

PNNL scientists Daniel Gaspar and Wei Wang were among nine scientists featured in journal article recognizing 2021-2022 ACS award honorees.

The American Geophysical Union will honor Andrew Gettelman at their Fall Meeting as a new Fellow.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognized radioactive material transportation expert Matt Feldman with its 2022 Dedicated Service Award.

Steven Smith joins an international team that will evaluate current data and identify what should be included for future climate modeling.

The world's current climate pledges won't limit global warming to 1.5 °C. We will overshoot. A new study shows that more ambitious climate pledges could minimize the overshoot.

David Senor has been selected for the Department of Energy’s Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.

A new study shows for the first time that wildfires burning in West Coast states can, despite great distance, strengthen storms in downwind states.

Climate change sets the stage for hurricanes to rapidly intensify faster, bringing wetter storms to the U.S. Atlantic Coast and other coastlines.

A PNNL research team has been recognized by the American Chemical Society with its Award for Affordable Green Chemistry.

Jiwen Fan honored for improving fundamental atmospheric science and modeling capabilities by being named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.

The American Chemical Society Richland Section has been recognized by its national organization with the Best Overall Section Minority Affairs award for 2022.

Qiu Yang begins a one-year term as an associate editor of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

Tim C. Johnson was awarded the Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award this spring at the 34th Symposium on the Application of Geophysics of Engineering and Environmental Problems held in Denver, Colorado. 

Dalei Hao joined the editorial board of the journal Earth System Science Data, covering land and ice.

Plastic upcycling efficiently converts plastics to valuable commodity chemicals while using less of the precious metal ruthenium. The method could recycle waste plastic pollution into useful products, helping keep it out of landfills.

PNNL Senior Scientist Jamie Holladay has been named a Distinguished Inventor of Battelle.

PNNL chief research engineer Rob Dagle has been named 2021 PNNL Inventor of the Year.

A paper from PNNL and Southern California Edison describing new methodologies for assessing electric vehicle impacts to the grid was selected as a best paper by IEEE.