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Mission Statement

The Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science serves as an agent to enhance and facilitate collaborative, interdisciplinary research, with a focus on research themes that draw on expertise available within the CRESS membership. These are: Astronomy and astrophysics, atmospheric dynamics, chemical physics, geodynamics, geomatics, remote sensing, the space environment and robotics.



Goals

  1. Actively to encourage, promote and facilitate thematic studies in the fields of Earth and Space Science by means of cooperative and interdisciplinary research both within and beyond York University

  2. To enhance the graduate program in Earth and Space Science by coordinating access to equipment, laboratories and facilities in support of graduate research in Earth and Space Science

  3. To project an awareness of CRESS activities