ESS is engaged in a variety of research projects, which take place around the globe. Fieldwork occurs in the oceans, mountains, deserts, forests, and polar regions. ESS research facilities include state-of-the-art laboratories, technological tools, and advanced instrumentation. Our faculty, research staff and students include chemists, biologists, ecologists, physicists, hydrologists, geologists, meteorologists, engineers, applied mathematicians and oceanographers.

ESS research is focused on global issues involving biogeochemistry, global climate, and atmospheric chemistry.

Atmospheric Chemistry More information...	Biogeochemical Cycles More information...	Physical Climate More information...
ESS Faculty Michael Prather Eric Saltzman Charlie Zender Affiliated & Emeritus Faculty Donald Blake Ralph Cicerone F. Sherwood Rowland Jasper Vrugt	ESS Faculty Claudia Czimczik Ellen Druffel Mike Goulden Adam Martiny Keith Moore Diane Pataki Francois Primeau Jim Randerson Eric Saltzman John Southon Sue Trumbore Affiliated & Emeritus Faculty Steve Allison Bill Reeburgh Kathleen Treseder	ESS Faculty Todd Dupont Jay Famiglietti Kathleen Johnson Gudrun Magnusdottir Francois Primeau Eric Rignot Isabella Velicogna Jin Yi Yu Charlie Zender Affiliated & Emeritus Faculty Soroosh Sorooshian Jasper Vrugt
The study of the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere using environmental chemistry, physics, meteorology, computer modeling and oceanography	The study of biological processes in ecosystem, regional, and global carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles, and how this role is changing due to human activities	The study of Earth's climate system involving interactions between the ocean, land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and hydrosphere

Selected Recent Publications

ESS faculty routinely publish scientific papers in a variety of journals. The publications can include research findings, methodologies, and discussion of the science of the Earth as a system.