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Our goal is to understand, predict, and respond to human-caused and natural environmental change at local to global scales.

September 1, 2017

New Faculty Position

Department of Earth System Science

Earth System Science and the Woods Institute for the Environment invite applications for a new tenure-track faculty appointment in the area of Environmental Risk and Adaptation. The expertise focus will be on risks from global environmental change to people and the planet, and adapting to, planning for, and reducing such risks.

Research Areas

Pacific climate pattern

Climate System Dynamics

Mother and child at water pump

Contaminant and Nutrient Cycling

Geobiology

Family in a corn field

Human Environment Interactions

Satellite imagery of fields

Land Use Change

Ice flow

Ocean & Ecosystem Response

Field rows

Sustainable Food and Water

News

people use boat to navigate flooded streets

What Climate Scientists Want You to See in the Floodwaters

The New York Times

photo of a Jordan reservoir

Jordan faces likelihood of more frequent and severe droughts

Stanford New Service

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Climate Lessons from California

The New York Times

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