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12/26/12 1 Advisory Commi,ee for Environmental Research and Educa8on at NSF 2003 2009 2005 Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles GenomeEnabled Environmental Science and Engineering Instrumenta8on Development for Environmental Ac8vi8es Materials Use: Science, Engineering, & Society Assembling the Tree of Life Ecology of Infec8ous Disease Biocomplexity Priority Area 2000 2006 Climate Research Ini;a;ve 2009 Science, Engineering and Educa;on for Sustainability 2010+ A shiTing conceptual focus to Integrated Environmental Science Dynamics of Coupled Natural AND Human Systems You can only ignore one word in the ;tle! This project asks: How will climate change, together with changing market and policy environments, affect land use pa9erns at various scales in the central U.S.? How will this change the geography of agricultural produc?on? Will climate change expand or diminish the agricultural produc?on and ecosystem service genera?on capaci?es of mesoscale watersheds representa?ve of Farm Resource Regions? Climate Change, Hydrology, and Landscapes of America’s Heartland: A Mul8scale NaturalHuman System Christopher Lant, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Science, Engineering and Educa;on for Sustainability www.nsf.gov/sees Currently at 14 Solicita;ons & 3 more working groups established Arc;c SEES Dimensions of Biodiversity Sustainable Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials (SusChEM) Climate Change Educa;on Partnerships Ocean Acidifca;on Sustainable Energy Pathways (SEP) Coastal SEES Partnerships for Interna;onal Research & Educa;on (PIRE) Sustainability Research Networks (SRN) Decadal & Regional Climate Predic;on Using Earth System Models (EaSM) Research Coordina;on Networks (RCN) Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) Dynamics of Coupled Natural & Human Systems(CNH) SEES Fellows

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Advisory  Commi,ee  for  Environmental  Research  and  Educa8on  at  NSF  

2003  

2009  

2005  

Ø Dynamics  of  Coupled  Natural  and  Human  Systems  Ø Coupled  Biogeochemical  Cycles  Ø Genome-­‐Enabled  Environmental  Science  and  Engineering  Ø Instrumenta8on  Development  for  Environmental  Ac8vi8es  Ø Materials  Use:  Science,  Engineering,  &  Society  Ø Assembling  the  Tree  of  Life  Ø Ecology  of  Infec8ous  Disease    

Biocomplexity  Priority  Area  

2000-­‐      2006  

Climate  Research  Ini;a;ve  2009  

Science,  Engineering  and  Educa;on  for  Sustainability  2010+  

A  shiTing  conceptual  focus  to  Integrated  Environmental  Science  

Dynamics  of  Coupled  Natural  AND  Human  Systems  You  can  only  ignore  one  word  in  the  ;tle!  

This  project  asks:    How  will  climate  change,  together  with  changing  market  and  policy  environments,  affect  land  use  pa9erns  at  various  scales  in  the  central  U.S.?    How  will  this  change  the  geography  of  agricultural  produc?on?      Will  climate  change  expand  or  diminish  the  agricultural  produc?on  and  ecosystem  service  genera?on  capaci?es  of  mesoscale  watersheds  representa?ve  of  Farm  Resource  Regions?  

Climate  Change,  Hydrology,  and  Landscapes  of  America’s  Heartland:  A  Mul8-­‐scale  Natural-­‐Human  System  

 Christopher  Lant,  Southern  Illinois  University  at  Carbondale    

Science,  Engineering  and  Educa;on  for  Sustainability    www.nsf.gov/sees    

Currently  at  14  Solicita;ons  &  3  more  working  groups  established  

Arc;c  SEES   Dimensions  of  Biodiversity    

Sustainable  Chemistry,  Engineering,  and  Materials  (SusChEM)  

Climate  Change  Educa;on  Partnerships    

Ocean  Acidifca;on     Sustainable  Energy  Pathways  (SEP)  

Coastal  SEES   Partnerships  for  Interna;onal  Research  &  Educa;on  (PIRE)  

Sustainability  Research  Networks  (SRN)  

Decadal  &  Regional  Climate  Predic;on  Using  Earth  System  Models  (EaSM)    

Research  Coordina;on  Networks  (RCN)  

Water  Sustainability  and  Climate  (WSC)  

Dynamics  of  Coupled  Natural  &  Human  Systems(CNH)    

 SEES  Fellows