EVS is developing an AI-enabled camera system that continuously collects bird activity data to understand potential impacts of solar energy facilities on bird populations.
The EVS Applied Geosciences and Environmental Management (AGEM) program improves methods for characterizing and restoring environmental sites contaminated with carbon tetrachloride.
EVS is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate the risks that aquatic nuisance species, such as Asian carp, will move between the two basins through aquatic pathways.
Argonne’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) uses the ATMOS 60-meter tower for decision making in severe weather events, potential flooding events and safety of Argonne employees.
EVS is using X-ray techniques and climate models to investigate the key mechanisms that control the solubility and bioavailability of iron in atmospheric dust, a major iron source for the marine ecosystem.
The Box Digital Display Platform is an information kiosk that provides nonlinear interactive content from a stand-alone computer, and is used to inform the public about cultural resources.
As a task within the SMART 2.0 Consortium, the Transportation and Power Systems division is conducting work to provide detailed Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) sensor performance under a variety of environmental and real-world usage conditions.
EVS is helping with assessment, remedial action, and closure activities for nine U.S. sites where radiological and chemical contamination remains from early atomic energy and weapons programs.
EVS leverages commercial and open-source standards and software to develop rich, interactive web-based portals to geospatial datasets and accompanying models.
Glen Canyon Dam, a 1,300-MW water-storage and hydroelectric facility is located on the Colorado River upstream of the Grand Canyon. EVS is evaluating the effects of dam operations on the Colorado River.
The heterogeneity project aims to create a conceptual framework and a testbed for understanding the best way to capture heterogeneity (or diverse elements) in soil moisture.
EVS used ecological models and high-resolution regional climate data to predict how climate change may influence the future geographic distributions of invasive species.
For over 40 years, Argonne has supported the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in evaluating applications for the licensing of nuclear power plants and fuel cycle facilities.
EVS developed an ephemeral stream mapping algorithm that could help to develop cost-effective monitoring strategies for managing water resources in arid environments.
EVS ecosystem services models inform planning for sustainable solar energy developments in the Midwest, and to address needs for food production and biodiversity protection.
EVS is demonstrating the feasibility of integrating perennial biomass crops into agricultural landscapes to produce bioenergy feedstock and commodity crops while providing multiple ecosystem services.
EVS supports sustainable approaches to manage and regulate petroleum industry wastes that contain elevated concentrations of NORM by evaluating the potential risks and costs associated with these wastes.
For over 25 years, EVS has used geospatial databases and technologies for environmental analysis of energy technologies and programs, with a focus on renewable energy.
The RESRAD family of computer codes is a regulatory tool for evaluating radiologically contaminated sites, specifically designed to help determine the allowable RESidual RADioactivity in site cleanup.
EVS supports federal agencies in evaluation and remediation of sites that could pose unacceptable ecological risks from chemical and/or radiological contaminants, as well as in policy and guidance development and in training.
Potential visual effects of utility-scale energy facilities on the nation’s scenic, cultural, and historic resources have become a factor in slowing or halting energy and electric transmission projects.
5G is designed to operate on higher bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, while adding more software programmability and better data transmission in the architecture.
Argonne, along with NOAA and several other DOE laboratories, industry and university partners have been a part of the DOE sponsored Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP) since 2011.
