The earth as a coupled system of atmosphere, ocean, and land is changing in our lifetimes.  Understanding global environmental problems such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, and air pollution requires cooperation of scientists across many disciplines. The Center for Global Environmental Change Research (CGECR) was founded to provide a link between investigators doing research related to global environmental change at UCI, other UC campuses, and the campus-run Laboratories. The CGECR has three major goals:
(1) promoting fundamental research on the workings of the earth as a coupled and complex system
(2) providing contributions to formal assessments needed by policy makers
(3) educating students and the public about scientific research in global environmental change.