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Climate Modelling

Distilling How Water Turns into Ice
1 year ago

Distilling How Water Turns into Ice

By  •  1 year ago  •  Featured, Science

Among the mysteries of science that continue to elude researchers, one stands apart in its vexing simplicity: ice. Yes, frozen water. Water’s transformation from liquid to solid is …
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Sky’s the Limit for Cumulus-2
1 year ago

Sky’s the Limit for Cumulus-2

By  •  1 year ago  •  Featured, Technology

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has launched a new, much more powerful computer system to support climate data research conducted by the …
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ECP Advances the Science of Atmospheric Convection Modeling
1 year ago

ECP Advances the Science of Atmospheric Convection Modeling

By  •  1 year ago  •  Featured, Science

Researchers supported by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Exascale Computing Project (ECP) have integrated the promising super-parameterization technique for modeling moist convection into the Energy Exascale Earth …
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DOE and NOAA Extend Strategic Partnership
3 years ago

DOE and NOAA Extend Strategic Partnership

By  •  3 years ago  •  Technology

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have formally agreed to renew their strategic partnership to run and manage the National Climate-Computing Research …
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Laying the Groundwork for a New ‘Green Revolution’
3 years ago

Laying the Groundwork for a New ‘Green Revolution’

By  •  3 years ago  •  Featured, People, Science

In 2015, all member states of the United Nations pledged to pursue the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set forth by the UN General Assembly in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable …
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Using the Forest to See the Trees
9 years ago

Using the Forest to See the Trees

By  •  9 years ago  •  Science

Researchers are working to integrate observation and modeling to create a better picture of Earth’s climate as a whole. One researcher committed to this goal is Dali Wang of DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Navigating in a Virtual World
9 years ago

Navigating in a Virtual World

By  •  9 years ago  •  People

James Hack, Director of ORNL’s National Center for Computational Sciences, was the first plenary speaker at at “Living in the Anthropocene: Prospects for Climate, Economics, Health and Security,” a one-day symposium sponsored by Smithsonian’s Grand Challenges Consortia.
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