EAS Strategic Plan

Global Change

Nature has always produced global environmental changes, and today human activities influence global and regional change. Our task is to understand the earth system well enough that we can predict global change, and wisely choose how to respond to current and potential future changes.

Natural Resources and Hazards

The chemical and physical conditions of Earth and life on Earth have evolved together, each linked to the other. To understand the processes and history over long time scales, we must understand how the deep earth exchanges with Earth's surface.

Co-Evolution of Earth and Life

The chemical and physical conditions of Earth and life on Earth have evolved together, each linked to the other. To understand the processes and history over long time scales, we must understand how the deep earth exchanges with Earth's surface.