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Laboratories and Facilities

Aerosol Physics Laboratory

ASTER Laboratory

Aquatic Ecology Laboratory

Biogeochemistry Laboratory

CEFA Operations and Forecast Facility

Combustion Chamber

Community Environmental Monitoring Program Laboratory

Curation Facility

Dissolved Organic Carbon 14 Laboratory

DRI Luminescence Laboratory

Dust Entrainment and Characterization Facility

EcoCells

Environmental Analysis Facility

Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

Environmental Engineering Laboratory

Environmental Geomechanics Laboratory

Environmental Microbiology Laboratory

Geomicrobiology Laboratory

Hydrogeophysics Laboratory

Laboratory for Aerosol Science, Spectroscopy, and Optics

Laboratory of Genomic Medicine

Meteorology Calibration Laboratory

Micro Analysis and Visualization Laboratory

Microplastics Laboratory

Molecular Microbial Ecology and Genomics Laboratory

Nevada Desert Research Center

NNSC Archaeology and Paleoecology Laboratory

Organic Analytical Laboratory

Particulate Emissions Measurement Laboratory

SEPHAS Lysimeters

SNSC Archaeology Laboratory

Soil Characterization and Quaternary Pedology Laboratory

Soil Physics and Hydraulics Laboratory

Source Characterization Laboratory

Southern Nevada Archaeological Archive

Spatial Analysis Capabilities

Subsurface Biogeochemical Laboratory

Trace Chemistry/Ice Core Laboratory

X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Mineral Dusts in Aerosols

equipment in the water analysis lab

Water Analysis Laboratory

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More than 400 highly-skilled scientists, engineers, technicians, students, and staff work collaboratively within and across three research divisions, focused on understanding and answering critical science questions about global climate change, water quality and availability, air quality, the sustainability of desert lands, life in extreme environments, education, and more.

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