Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Author at MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

May 10, 2024

Though vast stores of groundwater persist below Earth’s surface, the climbing cost of accessing it is on track to significantly...

PNNL: Adding snow to estimates of spring flooding

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Planning and management

July 11, 2023

A PNNL scheme to improve small-scale hydrologic infrastructure helps pinpoint local flood risks By Corydon Ireland, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...

PNNL: Wettest winter storms in the western U.S. growing wetter

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Climate change

January 19, 2023

As Western U.S. winter storms grow wetter and change shape, threats to infrastructure like roads and bridges grow in tandem...

PNNL: Western wildfires spark stronger storms in downwind states

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

October 18, 2022

When wildfires burn in the west, their heat and airborne particles inflict stronger rain and larger hail upon central states...

PNNL: In the face of drought, hydropower still delivers electricity

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Planning and management

September 21, 2022

Drought-strained hydropower sustains 80 percent average power generation capacity By Elsie Puig-Santana In 2022, a quick internet search for Lake...

PNNL: Studying water in the mountain air

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Colorado River Hydrology Science

April 26, 2022

PNNL scientists participate in project to collect climate data in Colorado mountains By Allan Brettman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory An...

PNNL: Why we need hydropower for a resilient grid

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Water project operations

January 31, 2022

When other types of power plants go dark, hydropower provides a fast, crucial response in seconds By Kelsey Adkisson, Pacific...

PNNL: Climate cycles create California precipitation uncertainty

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Climate change Science

December 10, 2021

Natural variability dominates modeled uncertainty in California precipitation By Beth Mundy, PNNL Over the past 40 years, winters in California...

PNNL: Ultra-sensitive radiation detectors provide deeper dive into groundwater

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Groundwater News Science

June 26, 2021

Scientists tap PNNL’s rare ability to measure argon-39 for new insights into groundwater Stacie Jones, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Scientists...

PNNL: Hydropower in an evolving era

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Policy and regulation

May 5, 2021

PNNL leads investigation into hydropower’s evolving value to the grid and energy storage By Genoa Blankenship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Across the...

PNNL: Error correction means California’s future wetter winters may never come

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Climate change Science

December 15, 2020

Correcting for the double-ITCZ bias, a persistent error in many climate models, reveals that future U.S. Southwest winters will be...

PNNL: Atmosphere outpaces ocean in driving extreme winter weather on West Coast

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Science

October 1, 2018

Researchers found that sea surface temperature, the more predictable element of the climate system, accounts for only 20 percent of...

PNNL: Wetter winters could be in store for Western U.S.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Science

April 23, 2018

Scientists discovered stronger and longer atmospheric rivers that lead to increasing precipitation extremes over the region By Pacific Northwest National...