Grand Challenges for Biological and Environmental Research: Progress and Future Vision. A Report from the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
The Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science supports research focusing on the interconnections between energy production and the living environment. This fundamental research, conducted at universities, DOE national laboratories, and research institutions across the country, explores organisms and ecosystems that can influence the U.S. energy system and advances understanding of the relationships between energy and environment from local to global scales. Research within BER can be categorized into biological systems and Earth and environmental systems. Biological systems research seeks to characterize and predictively understand microbial and plant systems using genomic science, computational analyses, and experimental approaches. Foundational knowledge of the structure and function of these systems underpins the ability to leverage natural processes for energy production, including the sustainable development of biofuels and other bioproducts. Earth and environmental systems research seeks to characterize and predictively understand feedbacks between Earth and energy systems and includes studies on atmospheric physics and chemistry, ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, and development and validation of Earth system models extending from regional to global scales. To promote world-class research in these areas, BER supports user facilities that enable observation and measurement of atmospheric, biological, and biogeochemical processes using the latest technologies.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Washington, D.C. (United States). Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI ID:
- 1471712
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SC-0190
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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