Leung Named an Inspiring Woman in Climate Action
Battelle Fellow Ruby Leung has been featured by the U.S. Department of Energy as an inspiring climate modeler in an article celebrating Women's History Month.
Successfully Combining Two Decades of Aerosol Data
Merging long-term records of aerosol loading to create a high-quality, useful dataset for a continental site.
A New Route to Studying How Aerosols Form Ice Crystals
A new type of ice chamber allows researchers to understand how ice forms on atmospheric aerosol particles.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Discovery in Action
Discovery in action. These words describe what we do at PNNL. For more than 50 years, we have advanced the frontiers of science and engineering in the service of our nation and the the world.
A New Framework for Evaluating Model-Based Energy Scenarios
A new framework facilitates scenario evaluation of models with high regional detail—a key component for credible analysis.
A Novel Dataset for Better Understanding Different Convective Systems
A new high-spatiotemporal resolution dataset of convective systems allows researchers to better study warm season storms in the U.S.
Corrected Models Project Drier Winters for Mediterranean Climate Regions
The persistent double-ITCZ bias in Earth system models influences projections of future precipitation in regions that are already under severe water stress.
Kansas City Urbanization Altered a Severe Hailstorm
The urbanization of Kansas City changed the path, intensified, and increased large hail production in a studied severe convective storm.
Coupling Between Oceanic and Atmospheric Oscillations Produces Southern Hemisphere Predictability
A newly proposed selective interference mechanism explains the periodic behavior in the leading oscillation mode in the Southern Hemisphere storm activity.
Regional Science Bowl Tests Knowledge and Adaptability
High school students from across Washington State competed in the Pacific Northwest Regional Science Bowl, hosted online by PNNL, for a chance to advance to the national competition in May.