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Welcome to the Department of Environmental Sciences (ENVS)
ENVS Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and BelongingReal World Connections: How a degree in ENVS has real-world impacts!
Equipping students to address the most important challenges of our world: climate change, disease ecology, food and water security, vector-borne disease, human impacts on the environment - a degree in ENVS offers students opportunities to tackle the most pressing issues of our times.
Find out more about the ENVS degree and the specialization tracks on our Majors page.
Professor Tom Gillespie with BBC World News: Saving species and preventing pandemics.
I am an Emory Researcher - Eri Saikawa
Virtual Planet at Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University
ENVS Faculty in the News
Emory Developing New Approach to Control Dangerous Urban Mosquito in Ethiopia
Drs. Prokopec, Huang & Ajibade - April 2025
The promise and pitfalls of ‘climatopias’ for building resilience in coastal communities
Professor Jola Ajibade - September 2024
Large theropods thrived near South Pole, Australian tracks show
Professor Tony Martin - September 2024
Explore research as early as your first year
Undergraduate students in ENVS are encouraged to engage in research with faculty.
Research Options