地理艺术硕士-地球与环境

地球与环境小组将生物物理环境作为一个综合系统进行研究，强调了陆地，水生和大气形式与功能之间的联系和反馈。我们专注于地球表面，土壤，植被和水系统以及大气的结构和组成之间的相互作用，以及那些通过它们主动循环能量和物质的过程。我们认为通过个人和机构的活动，人类社会是地球系统的组成部分。教学和研究侧重于植被/气候相互作用，地球系统中水的分布和动力学，生态系统循环，人类社会在修改地球表面（包括土地使用/土地覆盖变化，气候变化和多变性。
The Earth and Environment group studies the biophysical environment as an integrated system emphasizing the linkages and feedbacks between terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric form and function. We focus on the interactions between the structure and composition of the earth's surface, its soils, vegetation and water systems as well as the atmosphere, with those processes that actively cycle energy and material through them. We consider human society, through the activity of individuals and institutions, to be integral components of the earth system. Teaching and research focus on the roles of vegetation/climate interactions, the distribution and dynamics of water in the earth system, ecosystem cycling, the interactions of human society in modifying the earth's surface, including land use/land cover change, and climate change and variability.