{"id":18,"date":"2019-08-23T13:23:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T17:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/about\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T12:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T16:28:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth &#038; Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boston University - Changing The World: A Day In My Life\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/340077627?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We seek to understand our changing Earth and its relationships with humankind and to develop strategies for a sustainable future. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our central, overarching theme in Earth &amp; Environment is <em>climate science<\/em>: the defining and unifying earth and environmental science issue of the 21st century. Our research investigates the coupled physical, social, and political dimensions of change change.<\/p>\n<p>We create climate reconstructions from marine and terrestrial archives; we predict regional climate variability from the analysis of historical data and modeling; we uncover climate change impacts on nutrient cycling, plant communities, and urban ecosystems; we project consequences of climate change mitigation and adaptation on energy markets; we assess climate change risks for agriculture and regional food security. We research these, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Students in Earth &amp; Environment have the ability to pursue research and coursework in carbon and nutrient cycling; surface processes; hydrology; active tectonics and crustal evolution; sustainable food, water, and energy; land use\/land cover change; environmental analysis and policy; climate dynamics; paleoclimate and earth history; and coastal, marine, and ecosystem response to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Earth &amp; Environment faculty participate in interdepartmental programs focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/academics\/graduate\/ma-in-global-policy-mgp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">global development policy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bio-geo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>biogeoscience<\/span><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>urban biogeoscience and environmental health<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/academics\/undergraduate\/\">undergraduate program<\/a> includes courses spanning the breadth of interests in the Department. Students can major in Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences, Environmental Analysis &amp; Policy, Archaeological &amp; Environmental Sciences, and Marine Science. Our MS degrees (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/academics\/ms-energy-environment\/\">Energy &amp; Environment<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/academics\/ms-remote-sensing-geospatial-sciences\/\">Remote Sensing &amp; Geospatial Sciences<\/a>), MA program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/academics\/ma-earth-environment\/\">Earth &amp; Environment<\/a>), and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/academics\/phd-earth-environment\/\">Ph.D. in Earth &amp; Environment<\/a> are also available and highly competitive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In all programs, we emphasize the integration of teaching and research, not only in classes but also by encouraging undergraduates to participate in research, including field work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Join us to build solutions.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We seek to understand our changing Earth and its relationships with humankind and to develop strategies for a sustainable future. 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