Science & Technology
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Smoke Sense Adds Spanish-Speaking Version to Reach Those Impacted by Wildfire Smoke
Citizen scientists can participate in the research using a mobile application—the Smoke Sense App. This year, a Spanish version has been added to encourage participation by Spanish-speaking people who may be impacted by smoke from fires.
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List of Publications and Resources
This page includes facts sheets and presentations on the regional monitoring networks.
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GLNPO’s Quality Assurance Resources Site for Grantees Supporting the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Quality Assurance information for people doing projects funded through GLNPO.
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Net Zero Past Projects
Net Zero projects in process or completed, NZ/NP projects help communities and military installations become more sustainable and resilient with an emphasis on taking a systems approach.
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Net Zero
The Net Zero Strategy is about consuming only as much energy as produced, achieving a sustainable balance between water supply and demand, and eliminating solid waste.
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Net Zero Projects
Net Zero projects in process or completed, NZ/NP projects help communities and military installations become more sustainable and resilient with an emphasis on taking a systems approach.
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Partnering with States and Local Communities on Water Reuse
EPA is working with partners to look at the risks of reusing water.
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Preparing for Potential Attacks
EPA researchers and partners are working together to prepare for and respond to attacks.
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Study Shows Some Household Materials Burned in Wildfires Can be More Toxic Than Others
Researchers at EPA want to know how smoke toxicity from these urban fires compares to smoke from fires fueled solely by trees and other vegetation.
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EPA Researchers Explore Technology to Destroy PFAS
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS, are a large group of human-made organic compounds with properties that make many of them toxic and persistent in the environment.
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EPA Researchers Working to Improve Life-Cycle Assessment Capabilities for Communities
EPA researchers developed a family of models to help government agencies, businesses, and other groups make choices that support sustainable materials management in the most cost-effective way.
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Meet EPA Environmental Engineer Joseph Wood
Joseph works in EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center. His research focuses primarily on developing and testing decontamination techniques to inactivate spores of Bacillus anthracis, the cause of anthrax disease.
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Training and Demonstrations of Competency
Field Branches Quality System and Technical Procedures
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HexSim Modeling Simulator Tool (HexSim)
HexSim is a spatially-explicit, individual-based computer model designed for simulating terrestrial wildlife population dynamics and interactions.
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EPA Research Partner Support Story: Contaminated site due to PFAS
Contaminated site due to PFAS issues at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
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Emergency Response Research Milestones
Timeline of milestones.
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Safer Chemicals Research Milestones
Timeline of milestones.
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Practical Methods to Analyze and Treat Emerging Contaminants (PFAS) in Solid Waste, Landfills, Wastewater/Leachates, Soils, and Groundwater to Protect Human Health and the Environment
s a companion to the recent national priority research Request for Applications (RFA) titled, “National Priorities: Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances".
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EPA Research in Virginia
EPA researchers are working hard to protect communities across the nation. Learn about some of the work EPA researchers are doing in Virginia.
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EPA Research in New York
EPA researchers are working hard to protect communities across the nation. Learn about some of the work EPA researchers are doing in New York.