Combining Simulations and Observations Reveals the Complexity of Shallow Clouds
Current representations of shallow clouds in climate models have biases that lead to inaccuracies in models.
A New Lens for Examining Storms in Climate Models
A new process-oriented diagnostic approach provides new insights into simulated storms and their environments.
Hofmockel Appointed as Liaison to U.S. National Committee on Soil Sciences
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.
Explicit Representation of Complex Organic Matter Chemistry in Biogeochemical Modeling
New biogeochemical modeling uses high-resolution mass spectrometry data to reveal how organic matter thermodynamics affect ecosystems across scales.
From Graphs to Videos in a Single Summer: a SULI Intern Gets to Work
Summer internship opportunity at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory leads to new 3-D visualizations of cloud formation.
Wildfire Risk Rising as Scientists Determine Which Conditions Beget Blazes
PNNL researchers investigate the environmental conditions, from soil moisture to surface temperature, that lead to wildfire.
Warmer Sea Surfaces Intensify Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers
Atmospheric rivers that make landfall on the U.S. West Coast show broad increases in size and intensity with warmer local sea surfaces.
The Intensity of Rainfall Changes How It Affects Land
Differences in the rainfall intensity of mesoscale convective systems and other types of warm—season rainfall in the central United States lead to differences in their impacts over land.