Peak Water: Do We Have Enough Groundwater to Meet Future Need?
A new study suggests accessing groundwater in key regions could become prohibitively expensive as lower-cost stores are used up.
Beyond Higher Temperatures: Preparing for National Security Risks Posed by Climate Change
Beyond melting ice and higher temperatures: On Earth Day, scientists consider how climate change will affect national security.
PNNL Engineer Samrat Acharya and Team Receive Best Paper Award
PNNL electrical engineer Samrat Acharya led a team that earned the 2024 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Best Paper Award.
Coastal Hurricanes Around the World are Intensifying Faster
New work finds hurricanes are intensifying faster close to the coast—a trend that’s likely to ramp up in a warmer world.
Representing Hydropower Reservoir Operations in Global Hydrological Models Improves Freshwater Projections
A PNNL study developed a water management module for Xanthos that distinguishes between the operational characteristics of hydropower, irrigation, and flood control reservoirs.
Inaugural Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling Awarded to Multi-Institutional National Laboratory Team
A 19-person, multi-institutional national laboratory team received the inaugural Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling from the Association for Computing Machinery for their work on more accurately modeling deep convective clouds.
A Diagnostics Package to Evaluate Earth System Model Aerosol–Cloud Interactions with Field Campaign Measurements
The Earth System Model Aerosol–Cloud Diagnostics package version 2 uses aircraft, ship, ground, and satellite measurements to evaluate detailed physical processes in aerosols, clouds, and aerosol–cloud interactions.
Machine Learning Assesses Climate Variability, Reconciles Arctic Amplification Discrepancy
National Academies Names Two from PNNL to New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Two PNNL professionals have been selected to join the 2024-26 New Voices cohort at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
PNNL Researchers Contribute to UCAR Best Paper
A paper co-authored by four PNNL-affiliated scientists has been awarded the 2023 UCAR Outstanding Accomplishment Award for Publication.