Future CO2 Pipeline Not as Onerous as Some Think
A gigantic and costly network of pipelines carrying carbon dioxide from power plants and other large industrial facilities to deep underground storage sites... More
The Heat is On
A new analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that global warming can be slowed but not stopped... More
Check Out the Fundamental & Computational Sciences Achievements for 2008
In 2008, the staff of the Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate advanced the scientific frontiers to deliver new discoveries and solutions to intractable problems... More
Ruby Leung Elected AAAS Fellow
Congratulations to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Dr. L. Ruby Leung on being named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. The AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publishes the journal Science... More
Tomlinson to Lead National Research Aircraft Committee
Government agencies use research aircraft for everything from hunting hurricanes to measuring Arctic sea ice shrinkage. Since 1997, a national coordinating group has been making it easier to combine and share these resources for greater efficiency and cost savings... More
Seeking and Destroying Algorithm Errors
Two scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have identified and reduced previously unrecognized errors in atmospheric computer models, enabling detailed cloud-model simulations that are much more accurate. The team found the errors in complex mathematical formulas known as advection algorithms, which are important parts of all atmospheric models that analyze aerosol and cloud interactions... More
Phil Rasch joins PNNL as Chief Scientist for Climate Science
Dr. Philip Rasch, an internationally respected scientist in climate modeling and atmospheric chemistry, joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in October 2008 as the Laboratory's first Chief Scientist for Climate Science. Rasch will help guide the science behind one of PNNL's most important areas of research: transforming the Nation's ability to predict climate change and its impacts... More
MOSAIC Adds a Piece to the Air Pollution-Climate Change Puzzle
The worldwide science community now has a better tool for investigating the effects of air pollution on climate change in regional and global models. A team of scientists led by Dr. Rahul Zaveri at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a new atmospheric aerosol chemistry computer model that combines both speed and accuracy—a combination currently unavailable in similar models. In addition to providing more accurate and realistic results, tests show that PNNL's model is more than 100 times faster than a rigorous solver that was used as a benchmark... More
