Earth is currently faced with a range of environmental issues involving both physical and natural systems and ranging from local to global scales. Issues such as climate change, exotic species invasions, land use and land cover change, and natural hazards are examples of some of these complex environmental problems, many of which involve interactions between human institutions and natural/physical systems. For decades, geographers have addressed many of these issues in their research. At WVU, environmental geographers continue this tradition by devoting their careers to understanding a diversity of environmental problems. We are currently engaged in research projects involving fire, climate, and forest history in Mongolia, hydroclimate reconstructions of the Potomac River Basin using tree rings, land use/land cover change in southern Africa, remote sensing of Ailanthus altissima, characterization of forest function types, and much more. Faculty are also involved with projects such as West Virginia View, a consortium of local organizations with an interest in remote sensing, and the Earth Imaging Consortium, a program for the exchange of students between the US and the European Union.