Website: snri.ucmerced.edu
The mission of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI) is to discover and disseminate new knowledge that contributes to sustaining natural resources and promoting social health and well-being in the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of California and related regions worldwide. We achieve this mission through integrated research in the natural, social, and engineering sciences. SNRI faculty and affiliates conduct environmental research in key areas, including sustainable water and land management, climate change and ecosystem health, drought, wildfires, contaminant transformations in soils and aquatic systems, hydrologic processes, nutrient cycling in agricultural and natural systems, water and air quality in the Central Valley basin and Sierra Nevada Range, environmental sensing, ecology and biodiversity, and more.
SNRI supports research and other initiatives that tackle complex socioenvironmental problems by:
- Building capacity and funding support for collaborative, transdisciplinary, fundamental, applied, and community-engaged research
- Maintaining strong interactions with related research units within the UC system and close collaborative relations with scientists and managers at national laboratories and local, state, and federal agencies, including the National Park Service
- Connecting objective, science-based data and information with policymakers and public and private stakeholders
- Hosting symposia, meetings, workshops, and other opportunities for members and students to communicate scientific advances and findings
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