Categories for Arctic Science & Security

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Sandia cloud-resolving climate model meets world’s fastest supercomputer

April 13, 2023 8:00 am

Focused on the accuracy of climate predictions, a computational team led by Sandia National Laboratories recently achieved a major milestone... View Article

Two researchers peer through an artistic representation of the chemical structure of a kind of clay

Can clay capture carbon dioxide?

March 23, 2023 8:00 am

The atmospheric level of carbon dioxide — a gas that is great at trapping heat, contributing to climate change —... View Article

Alaska’s salmon hub and DOE explore hydropower’s potential to meet the region’s energy and resiliency needs

January 31, 2023 9:19 am

Sandia National Laboratories collaborated with the National Renewable Energy and Pacific Northwest National laboratories through the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership... View Article

Two researchers stand in the desert. Power transformers are on the horizon in the background.

A fresh look at restoring power to the grid

January 31, 2023 8:50 am

Climate change can alter extreme weather events, and these events have the potential to strain, disrupt or damage the nation’s grid.... View Article

The Arctic Ocean near Barrow, officially known as Utqiaġvik, in late June 2012. Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility.

Sandia collaborating with UNM-led team on sea ice model

December 12, 2022 8:00 am

This fall, the Department of Energy announced funding for several projects aimed at improving their Energy Exascale Earth System Model... View Article

Sandra Begay, center, talks with interns about how a photovoltaic panel works to generate electricity. The DOE has offered the internship program through Sandia since 2002. Picture taken at the Mission San Esteban Rey in the Pueblo of Acoma. Photo credit: Randy Montoya

Webinar: Partnerships for clean energy demonstrations

November 30, 2022 8:00 am

Dec. 13 webinar will focus on Sandia’s capabilities and expertise available for clean energy demonstration projects in rural, remote, island,... View Article

Sandia National Laboratories technologist Jenna Schambach working with a sample of Alaska lakebed soil. By studying the microbes in the soil, and the gases they emit, Schambach and project lead Chuck Smallwood hope to improve our understanding of the rapidly melting Arctic permafrost and improve computer models of climate change. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

Burping bacteria: Identifying Arctic microbes that produce greenhouse gases

October 17, 2022 8:21 am

As greenhouse gases bubble up across the rapidly thawing Arctic, Sandia National Laboratories researchers are trying to identify other trace gases... View Article

Explore ARM’s quarter century of Arctic data

September 7, 2022 8:00 am

A remote atmospheric observatory in Alaska delivers continuous measurements from a critical locale in the fast-warming, fragile Arctic Among atmospheric... View Article

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Sandia soil scientist studies climate change impacts

September 6, 2022 8:00 am

Creating new knowledge in the field of soil carbon storage and dynamics is Umakant Mishra’s life work, his calling, his passion — and it’s also his career.

Arctic Road Rally supported by Sandia

August 12, 2022 8:01 am

The northernmost stretch of road in the US is about to become accessible for the first time to electric vehicles.... View Article

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