Focus Areas

CESD scientists are leveraging our understanding of the atmosphere by developing new methods and models that can inform how atmospheric processes can affect Earth’s climate.

Our experts are using advanced computational abilities to better understand, model, and predict weather extremes.

CESD scientists are uncovering the ecosystem and human health impacts from wildfires at local to global scales using advanced observation methods and computational abilities.

Our experts are developing methods to more accurately measure and model how changes in Earth and environmental systems affect the carbon cycle, and vice versa.

CESD scientists are leveraging our understanding of soils by investigating how they respond to environmental changes and developing new technologies to revolutionize the way we study them.

Our researchers are leveraging the power of nature to mitigate changes in Earth and environmental systems by studying how forests, rocks, and ecosystem restoration can be used to decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Our scientists are working to quantify greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide using the measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification process (MMRV). Their approach is strengthened by innovations in AI and data sensing, and can go a long way towards supporting environmental resilience.

We are applying cutting-edge tools to better understand microbial functioning and traits, and scaling-up this understanding to inform how changes in Earth and environmental systems can affect processes governed by microbes.

CESD experts are using the power of microbes to develop innovative methods to remediate contaminated water and establish a water-secure future.

Our scientists are revolutionizing our understanding of plant-soil-microbe interactions by using advanced technology to improve how the interactions and their implications are represented in climate models.

CESD scientists are leveraging methods to understand ecosystem functioning and processes by developing advanced sensing technologies that can be used and applied on scales ranging from microbes to entire systems.

CESD researchers are exploring how to enhance the resilience of urban environments and communities using advanced modeling and underground resources.

Our scientists are enhancing the sustainability of agroecosystems by using new methods to investigate interactions between climate, plants, and soils in addition to developing advanced technology to study the quality of agricultural soil.

CESD scientists are advancing understanding of element and nutrient cycling in combination with hydrological processes to reverse environmental contamination.

CESD scientists are studying how to produce water-related science in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that research and data is accessible, usable, and actionable to inform water management.

We are leading an effort to revolutionize water treatment and transition to a circular water economy to establish a water-secure future.

From fieldwork to computational models, our experts are using advanced methods to characterize watersheds to inform the future of water resources.