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June 3, 2025
5 MIN READ
Biological monitoring program marks 40 years of stewarding DOE lands
ORNL’s Biological Monitoring and Abatement Program, or BMAP, is marking 40 years of helping steward the DOE’s 33,476 acres of land on which some of the nation’s most powerful science and technology missions are carried out.
May 1, 2024
5 MIN READ
Researchers offer US roadmap to close the carbon cycle
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and six other Department of Energy national laboratories have developed a United States-based perspective for achieving net-zero carbon emissions.
March 15, 2024
5 MIN READ
Sustainable biomass production capacity could triple US bioeconomy, report finds
The United States could triple its current bioeconomy by producing more than 1 billion tons per year of plant-based biomass for renewable fuels, while meeting projected demands for food, feed, fiber, conventional forest products and exports, according to the DOE’s latest Billion-Ton Report led by ORNL.
November 17, 2023
13 MIN READ
ORNL scientists contribute Earth system expertise to Fifth National Climate Assessment
Scientists at ORNL used their knowledge of complex ecosystem processes, energy systems, human dynamics, computational science and Earth-scale modeling to inform the nation’s latest National Climate Assessment, which draws attention to vulnerabilities and resilience opportunities in every region of the country.
January 13, 2017
3 MIN READ
New Billion-Ton report analyzes the potential environmental effects of increasing biomass production
A new report jointly released by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office and Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides a pioneering scientific analysis of the potential environmental effects of producing biomass for bioenergy in the near- and long-term. The 2016 Billion-Ton Rep...