Earth’s climate results from an array of interacting processes. We study the atmospheric circulation, chemistry, and water cycle; the physics, biology, and reservoirs of heat and carbon in the world’s oceans; and how the oceans and atmosphere interact with the frozen, icy parts of the earth and other planets. We use models, observations, and many other tools to investigate fundamental processes and interactions among these systems on timescales from seconds to geological. Through this work, we develop new understanding of how these systems vary naturally on Earth and other planets, and predict how they will change in the future through human activities.
Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
Oceans, Ice and Atmospheres
Examining change and variability of the oceans, ice, and atmospheres on Earth and across the solar system.
Oceans, Ice and Atmospheres
Examining change and variability of the oceans, ice, and atmospheres on Earth and across the solar system.
Faculty
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Karianne Bergen
Assistant Professor -
Steven Clemens
Professor (Research) -
Kim Cobb
Director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Professor -
Emanuele Di Lorenzo
Professor -
Baylor Fox-Kemper
Professor -
Mara Freilich
Assistant Professor -
Meredith Hastings
Professor -
Tim Herbert
Professor -
Christopher Horvat
Visiting Assistant Professor (Research) -
Yongsong Huang
Professor -
Daniel Ibarra
Manning Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences and Environment and Society -
Harriet Lau
Assistant Professor -
Jung-Eun Lee
Associate Professor -
Amanda Lynch
Sloan Lindemann and George Lindemann, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies -
John Mustard
Professor -
James Russell
Senior Associate Dean of Dean of the Faculty, Professor -
Laurence C. Smith
John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environmental Studies in the Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) and the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) -
Victor Tsai
Associate Professor
Research Facilities & Resources
Oceans, Ice, and Atmospheres News
DEEPS Professor Baylor Fox-Kemper and EEOB Professor Stephen Porder have co-authored a piece in TIME about the Earth's rising temperatures. "As earth system scientists, we've learned it's sometimes more helpful to look at Earth as, well, a system. In this case, the system of the air and the oceans. Understanding how they interact is the key to understanding what is, and what isn’t, unusual about this very hot year."
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Providence’s sewer systems are not prepared for the amount of rain falling on the city this year, according to Mayor Brett Smiley. And all that extra water is wreaking havoc and endangering lives. Professor Baylor Fox-Kemper commented saying it’s good that the city is taking action on upgrading its sewer infrastructure, given that we can only expect more rainfall and flooding as the climate continues to warm.
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As part of an annual excursion geared toward incoming graduate students in Brown’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, about 20 students joined Brown faculty on a Save the Bay tour.
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