Terrestrial, Estuarine and Marine Studies

The Terrestrial, Estuarine and Marine Studies (TEMS) specialization is designed for students interested in a wide range of environmental sciences encompassing both basic and applied research. TEMS research emphasizes physical, biological, geochemical and ecological interactions.. TEMS offers opportunities for research in one of the world’s most densely populated areas, including impacts of urbanization, climate change and invasive species on a variety of areas such as Long Island Sound and of the Hudson River Estuary. World-wide, studies include: impacts of changing atmospheric chemistry on forests of the Upper Mid-west; global change and the intensification of Gulf hurricanes; the role of post-glacial climate change and rising sea level in the flooding of Eurasian inland seas; arsenic contamination of South Asian water supplies; and many other topics.