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The departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Departments of the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Each department is a coherent body of related disciplines, with their courses and the pathways that run through them.

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01At a glance

Departments of the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences at a glance

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Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences: 3 departments and 10 disciplines. 3 disciplines with open courses; primary courses 3 open and 23 in preparation. 01 Department of Water and Food Systems: Water security and hydrology (1 open, 5 in preparation); Food systems and agriculture (1 open, 7 in preparation). 02 Department of Ecology and Land Systems: Biodiversity and ecosystems (1 open, 1 in preparation); Land, forests and soils (0 open, 2 in preparation); Planetary boundaries and Earth system resilience (0 open, 0 in preparation). 03 Department of Climate and Ocean Sciences: Climate science, variability and change (0 open, 4 in preparation); Oceans and coasts (0 open, 4 in preparation); Cryosphere and mountain systems (0 open, 0 in preparation); Earth observation and Earth system data (0 open, 0 in preparation); Atmosphere and air chemistry (0 open, 0 in preparation).
Earth and Environmental Sciences: departments, disciplines and courses
  • Open, 3
  • In preparation, 23
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02Departments

The departments at a glance

Numbered as on the faculty figure above.

03Department

Department of Water and Food Systems

Water security, hydrology and the food systems that depend on water, soils and markets.

04Department of Ecology

Department of Ecology and Land Systems

Biodiversity, ecosystems, forests, soils and land use, and the risks their degradation creates.

05Department of Climate

Department of Climate and Ocean Sciences

The physical climate system, its variability and projected change, and the oceans and coasts it shapes.

06Maps

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07Nexus Standards

Nexus Standards it teaches and relies on

The Nexus Standards the faculty teaches toward, grouped by master standard, with the disciplines that teach each.

08Research hub

Research hub: papers, preprints and datasets

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Search termsEarth and Environmental Sciences; Water and Food Systems; Ecology and Land Systems; Climate and Ocean SciencesDerived from the Risk Academy page on the departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

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