Dendrochronology Laboratory
Tree-ring research is done by the DendroLab, headed up by Dr. Franco Biondi. Although the primary focus is on reconstruction of Great Basin hydroclimatic patterns, the lab also maintains a high-altitude study site in Colima, Mexico, along with several archaeological dating projects. Recent lab products include a 2300-year precipitation reconstruction in the Walker River basin, an on-line GIS-based query interface for the 4km PRISM dataset in the Great Basin, and DendroClim2002, a free software package that performs statistical analysis between tree-rings and climate records. Ongoing projects include completing a network of moisture-sensitive tree-ring chronologies around the Great Basin, based mostly on samples obtained from Piñon pine.

Geospatial Laboratory (G-Lab)
The Geospatial Lab at UNR conducts applied research in the application of GIS technologies and spatial statistics to ecosystems pattern and processes and their affected biotic and abiotic components.

The G-Lab is the research laboratory of Dr. Jill S. Heaton. The lab was established in 2004 following Dr. Heaton's appointment to the faculty of the Department of Geography. The G-Lab supports Dr. Heaton's research and that of her graduate and undergraduate students. Visit their research page for current research projects.

Nevada State Climatologist
The State Climate Office conducts research as well as collects, archives, and disseminates climate and weather information for the state of Nevada. The NSCO also provides online data services (www.climate.unr.edu), weather and climate analysis products, educational outreach, student internships, and media information services.

Palynology Laboratory
The UNR Department of Geography palynology laboratory is equiped for a variety of paleoecological work, including pollen analysis, macroscopic charcoal analysis, woodrat midden analysis, and pollen separation for AMS radiocarbon dating. Facilities include a walk in cold storage unit for sediment cores. We have a full set of field equipment for collecting sediment cores, and maintain an extensive pollen reference collection for the Intermountain West in conjunction with the Desert Research Institute.