Fire and Ice: How Arctic Sea Ice Influences Western U.S. Wildfires

Simulations run at NERSC have helped to confirm a global climate ‘teleconnection’ between Arctic Ice and wildfires in the western United States. » Read More

Perlmutter-Powered Deep-Learning Model Speeds Extreme Weather Predictions

Researchers from Berkeley Lab, Caltech, and NVIDIA trained the Fourier Neural Operator deep-learning model to emulate atmospheric dynamics and provide high-fidelity extreme weather predictions across the globe a full five days in advance. » Read More

Berkeley Lab Deploys Next-Gen Supercomputer, Perlmutter, Bolstering U.S. Scientific Research

NERSC formally unveiled the first phase of its next-generation supercomputer, Perlmutter, at a virtual event that included government officials, industry leaders, and Dr. Perlmutter himself. » Read More

Urbanization + Pollution = More Storm Activity Around Cities

Simulations run at NERSC have revealed that urban land use and anthropogenic aerosols work together to increase storm development, strength, and precipitation intensity around cities. » Read More

Limit Global Warming to 1.5 C and Halve the Contribution of Land Ice to Sea Rise

A new study predicts that sea-level rise could be halved this century (from today to 2100) if we meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. » Read More

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NERSC Supports COVID-19 Research

Model of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
NERSC is participating in the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium. This unique private-public effort brings together federal government, industry, and academic leaders to volunteer free compute time and resources on their world-class machines. NERSC has initially set aside up to 1.25 million node hours on its Cori supercomputer in support of this effort. In addition, NERSC's HPC experts are available to assist research teams. Scientists are invited to submit COVID-19 related research proposals, from which an expert panel of top scientists and computing researchers will select projects based on public health benefits, with an emphasis on rapid results.

Learn more about projects using NERSC that are involved in COVID-19 related research.

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A small sample of jobs running on NERSC supercomputers right now.

Project	System	Nodes
Quantum Chromodynamics with four flavors of dynamical quarks High Energy Physics PI: Doug Toussaint, University of Arizona	Cori	1,152
Simulation and Analysis of Reacting Flows Advanced Scientific Computing Research PI: John B. Bell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Cori	128
Climate Change Simulations with CESM: Moderate and High Resolution Studies Biological & Environmental Research PI: Gerald Meehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)	Cori	125
Evaluation and improvement of convective parameterizations in e3sm model Biological & Environmental Research PI: Wuyin Lin, Brookhaven National Lab	Cori	101
First-Principles Catalyst Design for Environmentally Benign Energy Production Basic Energy Sciences PI: Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin - Madison	Cori	94
Magnetic Reconnection, Instabilities, and Turbulence in Laboratory and Space Plasmas Fusion Energy Sciences PI: Amitava Bhattacharjee, Princeton University	Cori	86