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Our goal is to understand, predict, and respond to human-caused and natural environmental change at local to global scales. To take on this challenge, we strive to investigate the complexity of the global system, including the interactions, synergies, and feedbacks that link the oceans, atmosphere, land surfaces, and freshwater systems. Through the graduate and undergraduate programs, we will train a new generation of scientists that comprehend the multiple facets of environmental processes.
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Mumbai, Miami on list for big weather disasters
"We mostly experience weather and climate through the extreme," said one of the report's top editors, Chris Field, an ecologist with the Carnegie Institution of Washington [and professor, Department of Environmental Earth System Science, School of Earth Sciences]. "That's where we have the losses. That's where we have the insurance payments. That's where things have the potential to fall apart.
Steve Gorelick elected to National Academy of Engineering, one of 66 new members announced today.
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including significant contributions to the engineering literature" and to the "pioneering of new and developing technologies."
Noah Diffenbaugh among those participating in Climate Science Day
The second annual Climate Science Day provided a non-partisan opportunity for scientists of many disciplines to build relationships and provide members of Congress access to the best possible climate science information.
Extreme heat hurts wheat yields as world warms: study (Lobell)
Reuters and David Lobell on Lobell-led study recently published in the journal of Nature Climate Change.
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The Stanford Challenge
Learn how fellowship funds from The Stanford Challenge have supported the innovative research of EESS graduate student Zach Brown ('13) and alumnus Samantha Ying ('11).
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