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Environmental health research at the Nicholas School focuses on the impacts of the natural and built environment on both human and ecological health. It encompasses fields including ecotoxicology, exposure science, environmental chemistry, environmental exposomics, environmental epidemiology, water quality, climate change and natural resource management.

Food systems research at the Nicholas School encompasses faculty expertise in a broad range of fields, including ecology, sustainable agriculture, fisheries management, resource economics, community-based ecosystem management, ethics, environmental justice, soil science and eco-labeling.

Forestry research at the Nicholas School encompasses a broad range of fields, including ecology, climate change, forest management, forestry policy, watershed management, wildfire management, invasive species, silviculture, hydrology, soil science, and natural resource economics and finance.

Geoscience research at the Nicholas School encompasses many fields, including geochemistry, geobiology, geoengineering, physical oceanography, geoinformatics, geophysics, hydrology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, geography, sedimentology, seismology, soil science and stratigraphy.

Marine and coastal research at the Nicholas School encompasses many fields, including biological oceanography, marine biology, ecology and conservation, sustainability, sociology, geospatial and remote sensing technology, economics, policy and governance, bioacoustics, molecular biology, fisheries and resource management, and ocean energy.

Sustainability research at the Nicholas School spans many fields, including biodiversity, food systems, conservation, clean energy, climate change, agriculture, ecosystem science, green economics, restoration ecology, soils, sustainable forestry and ecotourism.

Nicholas School faculty develop and use innovative technologies to study air quality, water quality, endangered species and habitats, carbon capture and storage, ecological and human health, energy efficiency, green chemistry, renewable energy, sustainable design and numerous other fields.

Toxicology research at the Nicholas School encompasses many fields, including aquatic toxicology, ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental health, environmental chemistry, exposure science, forensic toxicology and risk assessment.