Reports and Documents
Reports and documents are arranged by topic area. Recent publications within the past two years are also shown by date.
- 2023 Publications
- 2022 Publications
- Foundational ESS Research and Programmatic Documents
- Terrestrial Ecology
- Watershed Sciences
- Coastal Systems
- Enabling Capabilities
- Additional Research Community Reports
- Project Overview Brochures
- Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC) Reports
- Annual Meeting Research Abstracts
2023

Understanding and Predictability of Integrated Mountain Hydroclimate Workshop Report
April 2023
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Research Summary: Environmental System Science Annual PI Meeting Abstract Book
May 2023
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2022

U.S. Scientific Leadership Addressing Energy, Ecosystems, Climate, and Sustainable Prosperity: Report from the BERAC Subcommittee on International Benchmarking
December 2022
Overview | Print-quality PDF | Report in Brief

Artificial Intelligence for Earth System Predictability (AI4ESP) Workshop Report
September 2022
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Research Summary: Environmental System Science Annual PI Meeting Abstract Book
May 2022
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Foundational ESS Research and Programmatic Documents

Energy and Environmental Systems Sciences Division Strategic Plan 2018
May 2018
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Basic Research Needs for Environmental Management
February 2016
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BER Molecular Science Challenges
April 2015
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DOE Water-Energy Nexus Report
June 2014
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Terrestrial Ecology

Interagency Workshop Report on Integrated Hydro-Terrestrial Modeling
September 2020
A multi-agency report released by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Geological Survey
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U.S. Department of Energy Free-Air CO2 Enrichment Experiments: FACE Results, Lessons, and Legacy
June 2020
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Disturbance and Vegetation Dynamics in Earth System Models Workshop Report
November 2018
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Research Priorities to Incorporate Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces in Earth System Models Workshop Report
June 2017
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Expanding the Use of Plant Trait Observations and Ecological Theory in Earth System Models
May 2016
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Building Virtual Ecosystems: Computational Challenges for Mechanistic Modeling of Terrestrial Environments
February 2015
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Data-Model Needs for Belowground Ecology: A Summary Report from the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Mini-Workshop
May 2014
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Scaling Root Processes: Global Impacts Workshop Summary New Phytologist Virtual Special Issue
November 2013
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Research Priorities for Tropical Ecosystems Under Climate Change
October 2012
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GOAmazon2014 Workshop Report
July 2011
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Ecosystem Experiments: Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystems and Feedbacks to the Physical Climate
June 2008
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Watershed Sciences

Understanding and Predictability of Integrated Mountain Hydroclimate Workshop Report
April 2023
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Open Watershed Science by Design: Leveraging Distributed Research Networks to Understand Watershed Systems
October 2019
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Community Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Integrated Water Cycle
September 2012
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Complex Systems Science for Subsurface Fate and Transport
March 2010
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Coastal Systems

Open Watershed Science by Design: Leveraging Distributed Research Networks to Understand Watershed Systems
October 2019
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Research Priorities to Incorporate Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces in Earth System Models Workshop Report
June 2017
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Enabling Capabilities

Towards a Shared ESS Cyberinfrastructure: Vision and First Steps
October 2016
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Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental System Science: Modeling Frameworks, Data Management, and Scientific Workflows
November 2015
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Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC) Reports

U.S. Scientific Leadership Addressing Energy, Ecosystems, Climate, and Sustainable Prosperity: Report from the BERAC Subcommittee on International Benchmarking
December 2022
Overview | Print-quality PDF | Report in Brief

Scientific User Research Facilities and Biological and Environmental Research: Review and Recommendations
October 2018
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Grand Challenges for Biological and Environmental Research: Progress and Future Vision
November 2017
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BER Virtual Laboratory: Innovative Framework for Biological and Environmental Grand Challenges
February 2013
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Grand Challenges for Biological and Environmental Research: A Long-Term Vision
December 2010
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- More BERAC reports can be found at: https://science.osti.gov/ber/berac/Reports
Additional Research Community Reports

Artificial Intelligence for Earth System Predictability (AI4ESP) Workshop Report
September 2022
Overview | Print-quality PDF

Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2)
Multi-agency report
November 2018
Overview | Print-quality PDF | Report in Brief | Individual Chapters

IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) | 2014
Print-quality PDF | Table of Contents and Full Download Instructions
Project Overview Brochures
Terrestrial Ecology
Belowground Biogeochemistry SFA
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Soil Carbon Dynamics SFA
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Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE)
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NGEE-Arctic
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NGEE-Tropics
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AmeriFlux Network and Network Management
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GOAmazon | 2014
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Watershed Sciences
Wetland Hydro-biogeochemistry SFA
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Watershed Function SFA
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Watershed Dynamics and Evolution SFA
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BioGeoChemistry at Interfaces SFA
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River Corridor and Watershed Hydrobiogeochemistry SFA
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Floodplain Hydro-Biogeochemistry SFA
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Interoperable Design of Extreme-Scale Application Software (IDEAS)
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Coastal Systems
Coastal Observations, Mechanisms, and Predictions Across Systems and Scales—Field, Measurements, and Experiments (COMPASS-FME)
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Annual Meeting Research Abstracts



Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Principal Investigators Meeting
2012

