Earth Sciences

Objectives
Understand fate and transport processes at multiple scales to allow extrapolation across domains of observation and prediction

• Atmospheric and Aerosol Sciences
• Subsurface Stewardship Science
• Climate Change, Carbon Cycle, and Carbon Sequestration
• Biogeochemistry of Contaminants
• Behavior of Natural and Artificial Nanomaterials
• Field Research Facilities

Major Programs and Projects

• Aerosol Research
• Biogeochemistry of Mercury
• Carbon Sequestration
• Mine land reclamation for carbon sequestration
• Geological carbon sequestration
• Carbon cycling in soils
• Effect of Soil Properties on Decreasing Toxic Metal Bioavailability
• Gas Hydrates
• Modeling and Transport
• Modeling Subsurface Processes
• Subsurface Transport of Metals and Radionuclides
• Fate and Transport of Metals and Radionuclides
• Field Research Center
• Perchlorate Remediation and Environmental Forensics
• Permeable Reactive Barriers
• Water Treatment and Separation Science

Research Staff

Bogle, Mary Anna Brooks, Scott Cheng, Meng-Dawn Gu, Baohua Jardine, Phil Mayes, Melanie

Parker, Jack Spalding, Brian Tsouris, Costas Wang, Wei Watson, David