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| School of Earth & Environmental Sciences Search search search searchSchool of Earth & Environmental Sciences home home closesearch Main navigation Home EarthWeek Home School of Earth & Environmental Sciences Welcome to SEES! The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences is a federation of units that produces knowledge about earth and environmental processes and human-environment interactions at all geographic and temporal scales. SEES faculty and researchers provide the scientific basis for environmental and climate policy, train the next generation of scientists, and disseminate knowledge and solutions for the benefit of society.Earth Week 2024 Mission and Scope SEES produces new knowledge about earth and environmental processes and human-environment interactions at all geographic and temporal scales, provides the scientific basis for environmental and climate policy, trains the next generation of earth and environmental scientists, and disseminates knowledge and solutions for the benefit of students and society. The combination of field, instrumental, computational, and modeling approaches in the earth and environmental sciences within one unit is a major strength. SEES facilitates interdisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach/extension activities across the six departments and laboratories. The numbers - 86 faculty, 210 graduate students, 230 undergraduate majors, 26,000 student credit hours and more than $17 million in external funding. We are ranked #2 nationally in funding from NSF’s Division of Earth Sciences....