Climate Solutions
Human activities are changing the Earth’s climate, thereby threatening human health and safety; the security of our food, energy, and water systems; and long-term societal goals of prosperity, justice, and peace. Researchers in ESS are tackling many of these challenges, assessing opportunities to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from energy and food systems, use natural resources sustainably, and support adaptations for more resilient and equitable futures.
Mapping and valuing of ecosystem services to understanding the economic consequences of land degradation on human well-being
Bridge between the disciplines of hydrology, climatology, and remote sensing to address critical global water resource issues
How terrestrial ecosystems work, with an emphasis on what controls the exchanges of gases and energy between land surfaces and the atmosphere
Combines field observation with geochemical analyses to understand how climate and anthropogenic activities impact carbon cycling and storage in (Arctic) land ecosystems, air pollution, and the global carbon cycle.
The fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of the global ocean, its role in coupled Earth System dynamics, and its implications for climate solutions (mitigation and adaptation).
The GeoHazards & Environmental Resilience Lab (GERLab) investigates the processes that shape the stability and resilience of Earth’s surface in an era of accelerating environmental change. Our research seeks to understand how human and natural systems interact across scales from site-specific infrastructure vulnerabilities, watershed dynamics to regional and global compound coastal hazards.
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