Addressing challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, and the perturbation of global biogeochemical cycles requires an integrated program of Earth system science that advances both the fundamental scientific understanding of our home planet and also the knowledge and perspective needed for regional and planetary environmental stewardship. In order to address these needs, building upon the
quarter-century history of the Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, the Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) was created in 2015 to link the Earth system science disciplines at Rutgers more tightly together. EOAS today is a multidisciplinary, accomplished community of researchers that includes more than 100 faculty and staff across six schools. Our faculty ranks include numerous winners of national and international awards, and many of our researchers engage in policy and assessment processes at state, national, and international levels. EOAS scientists are global leaders in the study of climate and ecological risk, in integrated oceanic and atmospheric observation and prediction, and in polar research. They are pioneers in reconstructing past sea-level change and in piecing together the evolution on the protein nanomachines that power life. The EOAS community hosts a rich array of chemical and magnetic analytical facilities, and an extensive network of oceanographic, ecological, and atmospheric field stations. The community also has a long history of innovative education and outreach, including the country’s first geology museum.
