CLIMES

The CoLaborative for Intersectoral Modeling of the Earth System

CLIMES is an interdisciplinary, collaborative space for regional, intersectoral modeling of Earth’s systems. The lab provides quantitative, computational projections of regionally relevant human and Earth system futures for Wyoming and beyond.  We produce innovative research with practical applications, aiming to make a real difference in how we understand and respond to environmental change.

Goals

Interdisciplinary Collaboration
The lab aims to foster collaboration convergence between differentacross sectors and university departments such as atmospheric science and, ecology, economics and, social science, fire science and hydrology, as well as computer computing science, and data science. This interdisciplinary approach allows for a comprehensive understanding of the Earth’s systems.
Advanced Modeling
The lab will use advanced computational models, including those that incorporate artificial intelligence, to simulate and predict environmental changes on a regional scale. Our modeling efforts focus on providing data that will help address various challenges due to changes in climate and human activity.
Regionally Relevant Projections
The lab focuses on providing projections information that aisre relevant to specific across local-to-regional-to-continental scales areas, depending on need. This means considering the unique social and environmental factors and challenges that face a given region.  These factors include climate, vegetation, water, wildfire, human systems, and more.
Informative Decision-Making
The lab aims to help decision-makers plan for the future and build mitigate the impacts of environmental change more resilient communities. We do this by providing through creating interactive web tools based on rigorous projections of human and Earth system dynamics based on enabled by integrated and interactive process-based Earth system models.
Open Science
The lab believes in the principles of open science. This means making their data, methods, and findings accessible to the public, promoting transparency, and encouraging collaboration within the scientific community.
Education and Outreach
The lab is also committed to education and outreach including teaching and training students in advanced modeling techniques, engaging with land managers and policy makers to target high-priority research needs, and outreach with the public to communicate what projected changes might mean for our future.