Climate Science

Faculty research in climate science involves studying regional climate dynamics and change using observations and climate models, and investigating how those changes impact our water and ecological resources.

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Geobiology

Faculty research in geobiology combines field research in extreme environments (hot marine vents, continental deeply-sourced spring environments, caustic groundwaters, deep dark subsurface rocks accessed through scientific drilling).

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Hydrology and Water Resources

Faculty research in hydrology and water resources covers a range of topics in the general areas of environmental hydrogeology, aquatic geochemistry, and modeling.

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Solid Earth

We study plate tectonics and the internal structure of the Earth to understand large and small scale processes that can lead to natural disasters. Research areas include volcanology, seismology, fluid dynamics, and more.

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