Environment & Sustainability

Environment & Sustainability

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
  • Paleoclimatology
  • Photovoltaics
  • Sea-level rise
  • Sustainable materials and processes
  • Urban planning
  • Waste management
  • Wastewater treatment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Colleges and schools

 

Centers and institutes

Researcher Qian He poses for a portrait in an outside environment with trees in the background.

Disaster policy

Hurricanes can displace renters even when their homes suffer no damage, according to research led by urban planner Qian He.

Climate metrics

Charles Schutte is developing a method to better measure the effects restored marshes can have on the greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere.

NASA asteroid study

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

Researcher Jennifer Walker stands in tall grass doing field work.

Jennifer Walker

How has sea-level change accelerated over time? Meet Jennifer Walker, coastal scientist.

Rowan researcher Andra Garner stands in front of a map of a hurricane.

Andra Garner

Computer modeling indicates the intensity of hurricanes will continue to increase due to climate change. Meet Andra Garner, climate scientist.

Glacial geology and paleoclimatologist Aaron Barth works with rock samples in the laboratory.

Aaron Barth

Glacial deposits help scientists trace Earth’s climate history. Meet Aaron Barth, glacial geologist and paleoclimatologist.