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The Environmental System Science program, within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Biological and Environmental Research Program, 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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Mar 17, 2022 - Decades of DOE-Supported Research Advance Water and Energy Security
Mar 15, 2022 - Modeling Tropical Tree Volume to Estimate Crown Damage
Feb 6, 2022 - Drones Reveal Patterns of Tropical Forest Canopy Disturbance

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News

Aug 8, 2022 - Funding Opportunity: DOE SBIR/STTR Programs FY 2023 Phase I Release 1
Aug 2, 2022 - DOE Awards $10 Million for Research in Environmental System Science
Jul 1, 2022 - Biological and Environmental Research Leadership Transition

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Recent Publications

2022 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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