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Our multi-disciplinary division is connected by a shared commitment to deliver through innovation and collaboration. We solve complex problems in the dynamic Earth system. Our staff steward a breadth of capabilities, including earth/energy systems, infrastructure analysis, and engineering; decision science and analysis; and earth, environmental, and atmospheric science. Earth Systems Science Projects and Tools Initiative GODEEEP Open GODEEEP is an internal PNNL Agile investment that addresses U.S. priorities related to clean energy and environmental and energy equity. (Composite image: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Center for the Remediation of Complex Sites Open Image: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Environmental Justice Open PNNL’s approach to Environmental Justice assessments includes desktop surveys—researching the local area using tools like Google Earth, academic research, the Census, and stakeholder data. This is followed by "dashboard surveys," where a team visits the site and drives around the wider area to make field observations related to the desktop survey. The team then interviews stakeholders, including local officials and organizations serving the community’s underserved populations. (Photo by melissamn | shutterstock.com) Program INSITE: Revolutionizing How the Subsurface is Interrogated and Understood Open INSITE is a revolutionary subsurface monitoring and assessment platform centered on highly sophisticated autonomous and continuous electrical sensing. Jeff London | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory UNSAT-H E4D Open E4D uses electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) measurements to reconstruct time-lapse images of the electrical conductivity of the soil. SOCRATES Open SOCRATES web-based visualization tools target a wide variety of subsurface applications. (Illustration by Delphine Appriou | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Geologic Carbon Storage Open The X-ray diffractometer (XRD) is capable of examining materials under extreme conditions. Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Program Water Quality HydroWIRES Open The Hydropower and Water Innovation for a Resilient Electricity System ( HydroWIRES ) initiative is designed to clarify hydropower’s role in the modern grid infrastructure and to explore oppoortunities for optimizing grid operations. Donald Jorgensen/PNNL EARTH - Environmental...