Research
We have six core areas of research that frame our objectives in advancing environmental science, technology, and policy:
Earth and Aquatic Sciences
Create and apply new knowledge across multiple scales to aid decision-makers on the stewardship of air, water, and land resources
- Atmospheric and Aerosol Sciences
- Ecological Assessment
- Environmental Chemistry & Technology
- Field- Scale Research
- Subsurface Science
- Sustainability & Technology Deployment
Ecosystem Science
Understanding mechanisms of organism-to-community responses to environmental changes at multiple scales to project the fate and function of ecosystems
- Ecosystem Simulation Science
- Experimental Terrestrial Ecology
- Nutrient Biogeochemistry
- Terrestrial Water-Carbon Cycles
Environmental Data Science & Systems
Provide data management and analysis for large, integrated environmental databases to the nation’s research community and policymakers
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) Archive
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- NASA Distributed Active Archive Center
- National Phenology Network
- National Biological Information Infrastructure
Energy and Environmental Systems Science
Develop methods and models; conduct analyses; and produce tools that address key issues at the intersection of science, technology, society, and policy
- BioEnergy Resource & Engineering Systems
- Energy Analysis
- Landscape Ecology & Regional Analysis
- Multi-Scale Energy-Environmental Systems
- Society-Technology Interactions
Human Health Risk & Environmental Analysis
Conduct analyses for decision-makers to assess (1) emerging technologies and products and (2) methods for identifying and managing the hazards of energy and national security projects, as well as the disposition of their related wastes
- Environmental Analysis
- Risk and Regulatory Analysis
- Toxicology and Hazard Assessment
Plant Systems Biology
Harnessing molecular tools to understand functional interactions at genomic, physiological, organism, and community levels
- Climatic Change, Carbon Cycle, and Carbon
- Sequestration
- Bio-based Energy and Products