Environment & Sustainability

Developing solutions for a more sustainable world

Areas of expertise

Biodiversity
Climate change
Coastal environments
Ecology
Electric vehicles
Environmental contamination
Energy storage and batteries
Geochemistry
Geology

Green construction
Ocean transport
Paleontology
Photovoltaics
Sea-level rise
Sustainable materials and processes
Urban planning
Waste management
Wastewater treatment

Colleges and schools

Centers and institutes

Research news

NASA asteroid study

Harold Connolly leads NASA asteroid research, hoping to unravel the mysteries of the solar system.

Identifying new species

Among the world’s leading experts on the predatory insects tiger beetles, Daniel Duran has devised a new way to discover previously unknown species—and the technique is not limited to bugs.

Salt marsh studies

Charles Schutte has been named a National Academies Early Career Research Fellow for work studying coastal wetlands and their ability to capture and contain carbon dioxide.