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Burping bacteria: Identifying Arctic microbes that produce greenhouse gases
News Article, October 17, 2022 •  As greenhouse gases bubble up across the rapidly thawing Arctic, Sandia National Laboratories researchers are trying to identify other trace gases from soil microbes that could shed some light on what is occurring biologically in melting permafrost in the Arctic. Sandia bioengineer Chuck Smallwood and his team recently spent five days...
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)

Chasing the light: Sandia study finds new clues about warming in the Arctic
News Article, March 12, 2024 • The Arctic, Earth’s icy crown, is experiencing a climate crisis like no other. It’s heating up at a furious pace — four times faster than the rest of our planet. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are pulling back the curtain on the reduction of sunlight reflectivity, or albedo, which is...
A sunset reflects on snow in the arctic

Join Sandia at the AGU 2019 Fall Meeting
News Article, December 9, 2019 • Coastal erosion on the Arctic shore. As the Arctic ice sheet melts and the permafrost thaws, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories continue to carefully monitor conditions there. On Monday, Dec. 9th, Sandia’s Arctic researchers will present talks and posters. Low-frequency sound, known as infrasound. The formation of planets. These topics...

Sandia to participate in panel on role of emerging technologies for Arctic energy justice
News Article, January 25, 2022 • Renewable energy technologies’ program manager Abraham Ellis will represent Sandia as a panelist in an upcoming ArcticX virtual event on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 12:00-2:00 p.m. MST. The panel will focus on the role of emerging technologies to address energy justice in the Arctic. Ellis will discuss Sandia’s experience with...