The Environmental Science program offers a wide range of integrated courses that address the scientific aspect of a variety of key environmental problems at the intersection of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and the Geosciences. With related courses in Engineering and in Environmental Policy, students appreciate the complexity of environmental solutions in the modern world. There are several focal areas of the program and the faculty.
1) The Ecology of Natural Systems including wetlands, forests, and grasslands. This group of faculty is focused on understanding the biological complexity of natural ecosystems, and the forces that make these systems function. This group has active research on California grasslands, forests of the Northeast, and aquatic systems in New York and New England.
2) The impact of Climate Change and Environmental Change as recorded in watersheds and lakes of sensitive ecological areas. This group studies sediment records in rivers, streams, and lakes, with a focus on understanding how changes in temperature, precipitation, surface processes, and human impacts affect sediment transport and organic productivity. Active research by faculty and students in this group is in watersheds in Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, the temperate Northeast, and the Tropical Andes.
3) The Fate and transport of environmental contaminants in natural systems. These studies include understanding how contaminants are picked up by sediments, transport mechanisms, and the fate of contaminants in river, streams, lakes, and in groundwater. This is a key area in environmental science that has wonderful employment opportunities.
4) The Evaluation and response to natural hazards. Studies and research include evaluation of the severity and frequency of flooding, volcanic hazards, the effects of seismic shaking, and the effects of catastrophic storms.
1) The Ecology of Natural Systems including wetlands, forests, and grasslands. This group of faculty is focused on understanding the biological complexity of natural ecosystems, and the forces that make these systems function. This group has active research on California grasslands, forests of the Northeast, and aquatic systems in New York and New England.
2) The impact of Climate Change and Environmental Change as recorded in watersheds and lakes of sensitive ecological areas. This group studies sediment records in rivers, streams, and lakes, with a focus on understanding how changes in temperature, precipitation, surface processes, and human impacts affect sediment transport and organic productivity. Active research by faculty and students in this group is in watersheds in Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, the temperate Northeast, and the Tropical Andes.
3) The Fate and transport of environmental contaminants in natural systems. These studies include understanding how contaminants are picked up by sediments, transport mechanisms, and the fate of contaminants in river, streams, lakes, and in groundwater. This is a key area in environmental science that has wonderful employment opportunities.
4) The Evaluation and response to natural hazards. Studies and research include evaluation of the severity and frequency of flooding, volcanic hazards, the effects of seismic shaking, and the effects of catastrophic storms.
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