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The Environmental System Science program, within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research, examines complex ecological and hydro-biogeochemical processes within terrestrial and coastal systems to understand inherent and emergent properties of changes to Earth and environmental systems.

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Apr 23, 2021 - Arctic Tundra Shrubification: A Review of Mechanisms and Impacts on Ecosystem Carbon Balance
Apr 9, 2021 - Predicting Methane Dynamics during Drought Recovery
Apr 7, 2021 - Metabolic Capabilities Mute Positive Response to Direct and Indirect Impacts of Warming Throughout the Soil Profile

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News

Oct 26, 2021 - DOE’s Office of Science Accepting Applications for Summer 2022 Undergraduate Internships
Oct 15, 2021 - Funding Opportunity: Environmental System Science
Sep 30, 2021 - Meet BER ESS AAAS Fellow Aaron Grade

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Recent Publications

2021 ESS PI Meeting Abstract Book

FACE Results, Lessons, and Legacy

Open Watershed Science by Design

Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report

Disturbance and Vegetation Dynamics in Earth System Models Workshop

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