Climate & Earth Systems
A sustainable future requires understanding and ensuring that the Earth system supports both stationary and transportation energy systems while mitigating the impact these energy systems have on the Earth. Sandia is focused on three primary R&D areas that are aligned with the DOE’s emerging crosscutting program initiatives:
Climate Measurement & Modeling
Climate models can inform national and state policy development and may be used to dynamically manage the mitigation of climate change, climate engineering and adaptation of infrastructure and management of basic environmental resources.
Water/Energy Nexus
Water and energy availability are interdependent in the infrastructure that currently supports and sustains our society.
Climate Measurement & Modeling
Accelerated Climate Modeling for Energy (ACME) project
ACME is an unprecedented collaboration among eight national laboratories and six partner institutions to develop and apply the most complete, leading-edge climate and Earth system models to challenging and demanding climate-change research imperatives.
Energy/Water Nexus
Water and energy availability are interdependent in the infrastructure that currently supports and sustains our society. It is essential that the nation understands and reduces the interdependence while ensuring sufficient energy or water is available for development of the other resource.
Research Spotlight
The Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES) is pursuing scientific understanding of multiscale, multiphysics processes to ensure safe and economically feasible storage of carbon dioxide and other byproducts of energy production without harming the environment.
TEDxABQ Video: Mankind can bet on global warming — and win
Mark Boslough is a physicist, member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories, adjunct professor at University of New Mexico, and a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Asteroid 73520 Boslough was named after him.
Accelerated Climate Modeling for Energy
ACME is an unprecedented collaboration among seven National Laboratories, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, four academic institutions and one private-sector company to develop and apply the most complete leading-edge climate and Earth system models to the most challenging and demanding climate change research imperatives.
- Impact of Future Climate Variability on ERCOT Thermoelectric Power Generation (995 downloads)
- Spatial and Temporal Impacts on Water Consumption in Texas from Shale Gas Development and Use (1042 downloads)
- Oklahoma Water Availability- June 2014 (946 downloads)
- Water Availability Metric- June 2014 (975 downloads)
- Scene Setting and Global Trends in Food, Water, and Energy (1011 downloads)
- PV Performance Modeling Workshop May 1, 2013
- Transformational Solutions for Water in the West Workshop September 5, 2013
- National Innovation Summit & Showcase June 14, 2015
Sandia to present at 2016 AGU Fall Meeting
Sandia leads the nation in addressing the complex intersection between the Earth and engineered environments, providing technical solutions to ensure our nation's strength and security. This week Sandia scientists will be the 2016 AGU [...]
Understanding Hazardous Combustion Byproducts Reduces Factors Impacting Climate Change
By Micheal Padilla Researchers at Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility are developing the understanding necessary to build cleaner combustion technologies that will in turn reduce climate impact. Their work focuses on understanding the oxidation chemistry of [...]
Subsurface Technology & Engineering Research (SubTER) Internship Opportunities
Sandia National Laboratories will offer a Subsurface Technology & Engineering Research (SubTER) oriented summer internship mid-May through early August 2016 and focus on subjects including geophysical data processing, tomographic imaging, automatic picking, and ambient seismic [...]
Visit us at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Booth#1211 | Dec 14-18th
The AGU Fall Meeting is the largest Earth and space science meeting in the world. Now in its 48th year, AGU Fall Meeting is the best place to present your research; hear about the latest [...]