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Read about all the latest news from CRD, ESnet and NERSC in the June 2009 issue of CS News Learn more

ESnet rolls out IPv6 network management system
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Operating systems support for advanced programming languages
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Visualizing the future of scientific discovery
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NERSC builds gateways for science sharing
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Projecting the Impacts
of Climate Change

The southwest U.S. faces a hotter, drier climate in 50 years

projected changes in precipitation by season

CRD climate researcher Michael Wehner developed projections of future climate change for a report from the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The precipitation map shown is one of the projections developed by Wehner. It shows, among other things, a substantial reduction in springtime rains in California, and summertime rains in the Pacific Northwest.

“Even in areas where precipitation is projected to increase, higher temperatures will cause greater evaporation leading to a future where drought conditions are the normal state. In the southwest United States, water resource issues will become a major issue,” says Wehner. Learn more

NERSC Helps Discover Cosmic Transients
Caltech and NERSC join forces to find supernovae, gamma ray bursts


An innovative new sky survey, called the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF), will utilize the unique tools and services offered by NERSC to expose relatively rare and fleeting cosmic events, like supernovae and gamma ray bursts. In fact, during the commissioning phase alone, the survey has already uncovered more than 40 supernovae, stellar explosions, and astronomers expect to discover thousands more each year.

This survey combines the power of a wide-field telescope, a high-resolution camera, and high-performance network and computing, as well as the ability to conduct rapid follow-up observations with telescopes around the globe for the first time. Learn more

 


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The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center is the flagship supercomputer facility for the Office of Science in the U. S. Department of Energy. It carries out unclassified research in many disciplines. Find out more about science at NERSC. Learn more.

 

ESnet

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ESnet (Energy Sciences Network) is a high-speed network serving scientists and their collaborators supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Learn more.

 

 

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The Computational Research Division (CRD) creates computational tools and techniques that enable scientific breakthroughs by conducting applied research and development in computer science, computational science and applied mathematics. Learn more.