Our researchers are transforming the nation's ability to predict climate change and its impacts. Combining a global field observational system with advanced modeling and laboratory research, PNNL scientists improve scientific understanding of how atmospheric processes and energy technology choices affect greenhouse gas emissions and their consequences. The result: new insights that help leaders manage risks and cope with climate impacts while meeting society's energy demands.
Jerome Fast Appointed NCAR Affiliate Scientist
Congratulations to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Dr. Jerome Fast on his appointment as an affiliate scientist for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.
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Not Your Father's Biology
Your high school science experiments were fun, smelly, and perhaps even offered a peek into the impossible possibilities of science, but they couldn't have prepared you for the direction science is taking. A new biology—one that integrates the expertise of chemists, physicists, computer scientists, engineers, and mathematicians—is being called for to help solve some of the thorniest energy, environmental, and climate challenges facing the United States today.
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China Shows Promise in Carbon Capture and Storage
China's rapid industrial growth has come at a price—the country now ranks as the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide, the chief culprit in global warming. But new research points to a cost-effective, promising option to dramatically reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions while meeting China's growing energy demands.
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PNNL Researchers Honored by Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
Congratulations to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Robert Dahowski, Jim Dooley, and Casie Davidson, with their Chinese and U.S. collaborators, for receiving a recognition award from the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum.
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L. Ruby Leung elected AMS Fellow
Congratulations to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Dr. L. Ruby Leung on her election as Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. The Society awards the distinction of Fellow to only two-tenths of one percent of its membership each year. Leung was cited for her outstanding individual contributions and leadership in the development and application of regional climate models.
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Check Out the Fundamental & Computational Sciences Achievements for 2009
Industry relies on propylene oxide to make insulation, gaskets, adhesives, and other plastic parts, yet production processes for the chemical are expensive and often generate hazardous waste. Inordinately small particles, as tiny as a few atoms, may reduce hazardous waste, lower cost, and vastly increase efficiency, according to Dr. Stefan Vajda, internationally known chemist at Argonne National Laboratory.
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