Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Sciences

Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Sciences

Research Work Unit NRS-06

The Climate, Fire and Carbon Cycle Sciences staff develops a sound scientific basis and appropriate tools for making local to international resource management, human health/safety, and policy decisions in response to climate change, fire, air pollution, and other threats to people, forests, and watersheds. By connecting climate change and fire research to societal values, we foster innovative management solutions to sustain forests and forest-based values, and improve our quality of life. 

Science focus areas

• Carbon, Water, and Energy Exchange
• Climate and Air Pollution Impacts
• Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
• Effects of Land Management on Climate
• Fire, Fuel, and Atmosphere Interactions
• Soil Processes and Environmental Change

Research Facilities

• Silas Little Experimental Forest; New Jersey 
• Howland Research Forest; Maine 
• Long-term Ecological Research Site; Baltimore, Maryland 
• High-performance supercomputing laboratory; East Lansing, Michigan 
• Rhizotron experimental facility; Houghton, Michigan 
• Mesocosm experimental facility; Houghton, Michigan 

Key associated programs

• USDA Regional Climate Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change
  • Northeast Hub
  • Northern Forests Sub Hub
• Northern Global Change Research
• Eastern Area Modeling Consortium
• North American Carbon Program
• Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science

Last Modified: 09/28/2010

For further details log on website :
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/units/climate/