The Program on Coupled Human and Earth Systems (PCHES) is a transdisciplinary research consortium of nine leading universities. Funded under the U.S. Department of Energy's MultiSector Dynamics (MSD) program, the PCHES team focuses on driving innovations in modeling and analysis of multisector, multiscale land, energy, water, and infrastructure systems to advance understanding of complex risk and response behaviors.
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Publication image for A coupled hydrologic-agroeconomic modeling framework to evaluate adaptive irrigation strategies under groundwater withdrawal restrictions

A coupled hydrologic-agroeconomic modeling framework to evaluate adaptive irrigation strategies under groundwater withdrawal restrictions

Femeena, PV, K Daenzer, S Frolking, D Grogan, J Nucciarone, K Calvin, RB Lammers and K Fisher-Vanden

Agric. Water Manag.

May 2026

Publication image for Wildfire risk and home prices: The case of California building codes

Wildfire risk and home prices: The case of California building codes

Wrenn, DH

J. Hous. Econ.

April 2026

Publication image for Identification of pressure points in modern power systems using transfer entropy

Identification of pressure points in modern power systems using transfer entropy

Tang, K, MV Liu, CL Anderson and V Srikrishnan

Cell Rep. Sustain.

March 2026

Publication image for How does drought affect residential water demand and price elasticity?

How does drought affect residential water demand and price elasticity?

Celebi, H and S Olmstead

J. Water Econ.

January 2026

Publication image for Do households adapt? Repeated hurricane exposure and the purchasing of bottled water

Do households adapt? Repeated hurricane exposure and the purchasing of bottled water

Mensah, ER, DH Wrenn and EC Jaenicke

J. Agric. Appl. Econ.

October 2025

Publication image for Combined meteorological and hydrologic uncertainties shape projections of future soil moisture in the Eastern United States

Combined meteorological and hydrologic uncertainties shape projections of future soil moisture in the Eastern United States

Lafferty, DC, DS Grogan, S Zuidema, I Haqiqi, A Alipour, K Keller and RL Sriver

Earth's Future

August 2025

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