The Terrestrial Ecosystem Science SFA supports research to understand and predict the interaction of Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems and climate, and to assess vulnerability of terrestrial ecosystems to projected environmental change. The research focuses on how terrestrial ecosystems affect atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases (e.g., CH4) and how the responsible ecosystem processes interact with climate and with anthropogenic forcing factors. 
The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.