Many of our projects focus on environmental change as the key factor for understanding how we help manage and conserve our precious global environment worldwide. Environmental changes stemming from natural disasters, human activity, or ecological processes can shape the availability of natural resources, the abundance and distribution of the islands’ flora and fauna, and the interaction between humans and their environment. The Galapagos provides an ideal laboratory for understanding these issues in other settings around the world.

Our projects include topics in: Natural Hazards, One Health, Hydrology and Water Management, and Earth Systems Modeling, Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation.