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Oversight Unit

Earth Systems and Resources Program Area

Addresses connections between people, place, and the Earth system – land surface and deep Earth, atmosphere, cryosphere, water, and oceans – with a focus on resources, hazards, conservation, and basic and applied science.

Moss sporangia with morning dew (close-up)

In progress

Moss sporangia with morning dew (close-up)

Projects

The Future of Drought in the United States

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Circularity and Plastics--A Workshop

Workshop

Impacts on Shipping and Commercial, Tribal, and Recreational Fisheries from Development of Renewable Energy on the West Coast

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Higher Education’s Path to Sustainability and Resilience: A Workshop

Workshop

Harnessing Social Science to Achieve Timely, Durable, Equitable and Resilient Energy Transition

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Phase 2: Assessing the Distribution of Permits and Quotas in Fisheries Management

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Meeting of Experts: Discussion of Potential Impacts of the Camp Edwards Multipurpose Machine Gun Range Project on the Cape Cod Aquifer

Meeting of Experts

Completed

Microplastics Webinar Series: Exploring exposure and related health effects

Workshop

Leveraging the National Climate Assessment to Empower Communities - A Workshop

Workshop

Enabling DOE Regional Energy-Water Technology Pilots

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Functions and Criteria for a New Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Clinical Follow-Up and Care for Those Impacted by the JP-5 Releases at Red Hill

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and their Impacts

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change

Roundtable/Forum

In Progress

Exploring Key Research and Monitoring Topics for U.S. Engagement in the Fifth International Polar Year--A Workshop

Workshop

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