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We provide multidisciplinary Earth science solutions to complex problems in global security, sustainable energy, and climate and environmental change.
Environment News
All NewsEnvironmental Stewardship
Los Alamos National Lab gets a perfect score on hazardous waste management
New Mexico Environment Department’s evaluation results in zero violations
Environmental StewardshipReducing chemical footprint to keep workers, environment safe
Conscientious tracking massively reduces Los Alamos National Lab’s chemical inventory – and saves money
Environmental StewardshipSoftware application keeps public safer from potential airborne radiological releases
Developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory, QUIC-DEPDOSE accurately measures the spread of radiological particles from the kilometer to micron level
Climate and Energy News
All NewsClimate Science
Allison Aiken will lead ARM mobile deployment and atmospheric research campaign
DUSTIEAIM will investigate desert-atmosphere interactions in Phoenix
Climate ScienceNew research shows hydraulic failure in the tropics is expected to increase
Plant trait assemblages and the FATES-HYDRO model are key to understanding fate of many tropical plants
EnergyLaboratory teams with Georgia Institute of Technology for AI energy-grid research
Agreement with AI4OPT will drive research and training on AI problem-solving