Tackling the climate crisis and achieving an equitable clean energy future are among the biggest challenges of our time. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the largest Department of Energy science and energy laboratory in the country, is deeply invested in the big science capabilities and expertise needed to address the climate challenge on multiple fronts.
The stakes are high, and it will take an unprecedented level of collaboration, investment and bold innovation to tackle these national and global challenges. Hear from some of ORNL’s world-renowned scientists about how they are leveraging the lab’s resources to develop solutions for a better world.
Click on the links below to learn more about these scientists and what motivates their research. Click here for the full feature article.
Christa Brelsford: Cities as concentrators of climate change
Colleen Iversen: Climate impacts on the natural world
David Sholl: Science and technology solutions for decarbonization
Deeksha Rastogi: Climate and extreme events
Melanie Mayes: Understanding soil carbon
Jerry Tuskan: Sustainable fuels and bioproducts
Heidi Hanson: Climate change health impacts
Radu Custelcean: Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
John Field: Harvesting climate change mitigation with agriculture
Samarthya Bhagia: 3D printing with biomass-based materials