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On the heels of a storm-saturated spring and summer of record-breaking heat in the Southeastern U.S., a team of environmental scientists from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories will soon set up a suite of sophisticated scientific instruments in Alabama’s William Bankhead National Forest.

A noteworthy member of The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians tribe, Laura Forde epitomizes the blending of cultural heritage and contemporary pursuits. Her upbringing was deeply rooted in the rich tapestry of her tribe’s language, traditions and cultural morality, forming an integral part of her life's narrative.

The Simple Cloud Resolving E3SM

Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM)

The Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) project includes Earth System Models, simulations, and predictions to investigate energy-relevant science using code optimized for DOE's advanced supercomputers.

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Atmosphere Model (SCREAM) team, led by LLNL staff scientist Peter Caldwell and including researchers from Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) and six other Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, took home the prestigious prze at the International Conference for High Performance Computing,

high-performance computing (HPC)

High-performance computing – the most powerful and largest scale computing systems – enables researchers to study systems that would otherwise be impractical, or impossible, to investigate in the real world due to their complexity or the danger they pose

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Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC23) in Denver.

Rising global temperatures are creating an increased demand for cooling as the number of air-conditioning units used worldwide is expected to triple by 2050. However, with 13% of the global population without access to electricity, solutions that can provide cooling without electricity are needed.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and The University of Toledo (UToledo) formalized a collaboration agreement with a signing ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The agreement calls for the institutions to exchange science and technology ideas, to support student opportunities and internships and to pursue research and development in areas like solar energy and other renewable energy

renewable energy

Renewable energy comes from unlimited, naturally replenished resources, such as the sun, tides, and wind. Renewable energy can be used for electricity generation, space and water heating and cooling, and transportation.

Source: U.S Department of Energy Source

technologies, climate and environmental science, biomedical sciences and hydrogen.

For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted several UC Merced students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was brimming with excitement and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry to science communications, their schedules were filled with trainings that they later reported were incredibly valuable to their careers going forward.

This holiday season, staff from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will be busy building and preparing a long-awaited gift for scientists worldwide: the Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory in northwestern Alabama.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is seeking an instrument lead mentor (technical lead) for distributed aerosol

aerosols

Small particles or droplets, such as wildfire smoke, volcanic gases, or salty sea spray, that float in the air. They are emitted by both natural events and human activities.

Source: NASA Global Climate Change Source

size distribution measurements during the upcoming ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) deployment in Baltimore, Maryland, from December 1, 2024, through November 30, 2025.

As summer turned to fall this year, 28 permafrost

permafrost

Any ground that remains completely frozen—32°F (0°C) or colder—for at least two years straight. These permanently frozen grounds are commonly found in regions with high mountains and near the North and South Poles.

Source: USGS Source

modeling experts and associated researchers converged at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The scientists—from 15 organizations and seven countries across North America and Europe—were at the Cape Cod research center September 26-28 for the Warming Permafrost MIP (WrPMIP) - Site-Level Benchmarking Workshop.

Historical changes in climate are principally driven by anthropogenic external forcings, such as aerosol and greenhouse gas emissions, and natural forcings, such as volcanic eruptions. Natural internal variability is superimposed on these “forced” changes in climate and can amplify or suppress regional and global climate trends.

A Brookhaven National Laboratory atmospheric chemist takes on a new role in the American Association for Aerosol Research’s instrumentation working group Regarding aerosols, you might ask: Why do such little particles play such a big role in the atmosphere?

Globally, stratocumulus clouds have a net cooling effect, which makes them important to study. These dense, low, and puffy clouds cover about one-fifth of the Earth’s surface at any given time, mostly over oceans.