The Save the Earth Foundation's research endeavors center on the selection and funding of environmentally beneficial programs within institutions of higher education. In order to achieve its objectives the foundation is committed to the continued support of vital research programs including:

• Funding of the postdoctoral research project on the Davidson Seamount in the Pacific Ocean which successfully resulted in the addition of the Seamount to the boundaries of theMonterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. There will now be protection for the ancient corals as well as newly discovered rare species (NOAA has identified 13 species new to science so far).
• Seminars and workshops to coordinate and concentrate the research potential of associated campuses such as those held in 1989 at UC Davis to merge the efforts of all nine University of California campuses and their affiliated national laboratories.
• Research focusing on the consequences of global warmingthrough large-scale modeling like the investigation under way at Duke University in their unique Phytotron Project.
• Efforts to evaluate the current state of our planet's atmosphere, similar to the endeavors of scientists within the Climate Center at Columbia University.
• Studies centering on the psychological ramifications of our deteriorating environment, analogous to the research currently underway atUCLA's Center for the Study of the Environment and Society where their efforts focus on interactions between the environment and social processes.

Contributions

To Date, the Save The Earth Foundation has donated over $500,000 to environmental research programs at universities across the United States.

• UCLA
  • Dr. Richard Berk - The Center For The Study Of The Environment And Society conducts research on public response to environmental concerns.
  • Dr. Arthur Weiner. Environmental Science and Engineering Program addresses urgent issues onpollution and toxic Waste.
  • Dr. Bill Hamner. The Marine Biology Department studies the ocean aboard their ship Sea World.
• University of Washington
  • Dr. Alan Gillespie - The Department of Geological Sciences: project to study and inventory forest resources.
• Texas A&M University
  • Dr. Edward Rykiel, Jr - Center for Biosystems Modeling (Industrial Engineering Dept.) for computer monitoring to ecological problems.
• San Diego State University
  • Dr. Janet Franklin- Dept. of Geography - The "biodiversity crisis,” the loss of species due to habitat (San Diego County).
  • Dr. Lois Lippold - Dept. of Anthropology - study the endangered douc langur monkeys in a race to save them.
• Arizona State University
  • Dr. Robert Grim - Dept. of Geology for the study on control of groundwater flow.
• Stanford University
  • Dr. Stephen H. Schneider - Dept. of Biological Sciences to study global warming strategies for ecosystems.
• University of Arizona
  • Dr. Eric Betterton - The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is studying and monitoring the ozone damage to the giant saguaro cactus.
• UC Berkeley
  • Dr. Terry Speed - Department of Statistics to study the development and evaluation of Chinook salmon.
• UC Davis
  • Dr. David Goldhammer - The Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources: research on ways to better water utilization.
  • Dr. Noreen Dowlin g- Environmental seminars and workshops to merge the efforts of all nine University of California campuses and their affiliated laboratories.
• UC Davis RAPTOR CENTER
  • The center provides home and care for many birds of prey.
• Washington University in St. Louis
  • Dr. Allison Feltzer - For establishment of an environmental dynamics laboratory to study hydrology and environmental geochemistry.
• University of Hawaii
  • Dr. Kirk Smith - Environmental impact analysis of economic development including housing.
• Duke University
  • Phytotron project studying global climate change and the effects of carbon dioxide on plant life.
• Columbia University
  • To the climate center
 
• UC Santa Barbara
  • The environmental studies department
• UC Santa Cruz
  • Dr. Daniel Orange - Department of Earth Sciences for research into ocean floor aquifers and their related aquatic ecosyst