- Environmental Engineering: The application of engineering principles to solve environmental problems, such as designing systems for water treatment, air pollution control, and waste management.
- Climate Science: Deals with climate patterns, causes and effects of global warming and climate change on environmental components; snow and glacier hydrology; GIS and remote sensing applications in the biotic and abiotic world.
- Environmental Biology/Ecology: The study of the biological aspects of the environment, including ecosystems, biodiversity exploration and utilization, microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycling, conservation biology, and biotic and abiotic interactions.
- Environmental Chemistry: Focused on chemical properties of the environment, environmental toxicity, and risk assessment; food chain contamination; synthesis, characterization, and application of nanomaterials.
- Soil Environment: Focused on physicochemical composition, properties, functions, and ecosystem services of geosphere; challenges to the soil, it’s sustainable management and development; soil and water ecosystems under a changing climate.
- Environmental Policy and Impact Assessment: Deals with laws, regulations, and policies that govern human activities and their impact on the environment.
- Environmental Economics and Sustainability: Focused on the economic aspects of environmental degradation and protection; economic growth and development by protecting and preserving the environment and natural resources.
