Earth, energy + environment
Research in this area will increase understanding of the various dimensions and impacts of climate change on human and natural systems, developing new technologies and mitigation strategies with an ultimate goal of sustaining the life of the planet and its inhabitants.
Select KU research in this area
$1.9M grant will support KU research on boosting drought tolerance in crops
With the human population projected to grow for the next 50 to 60 years and the amount of arable land shrinking, building drought tolerance is a major strategy for increasing food production. It would reduce the need for irrigation and help protect water supplies.
With new Department of Energy award, KU-Fermilab team builds next-generation detectors for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
A University of Kansas project to design and build two cutting-edge particle detectors for the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has been approved for funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or DOE EPSCoR.
Four years later, KU researchers continue their work strengthening American dams
Nearly four years after launching a federally funded research initiative to strengthen American dams and levees, University of Kansas engineers are demonstrating how that work is delivering measurable benefits to Kansas infrastructure, workforce development and public safety.
Airborne electromagnetic survey of Ogallala aquifer conditions planned in southwest Kansas
The Kansas Geological Survey is helping conserve the Ogallala aquifer, which is the principal water resource for agricultural, industrial and municipal use in Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District 3.
KU's strengths in this area
- Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
- Center for Genomics
- Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science
- Department of Geology
- Environmental Studies Program
- Institute for Policy & Social Research
- Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research
- Kansas Geological Survey
- School of Engineering
- School of Law