环境科学家从事规划，管理，监测和研究工作。这些角色通常在政府部门和机构，地方议会，咨询公司以及工业和采矿公司中找到，并且您可能在城市，农村或偏远地区工作。毕业生评估资源，执行环境影响计划，分析和解释环境数据并制定应急计划，这些领域包括战略性土地使用规划，废物处置，污染测量和控制，海岸保护，采矿对环境的影响，旅游业和城市发展，复兴和退化土地的重新造林，地下水评估和建模，洪泛区规划，侵蚀控制和海洋科学。<br> <br>我们依靠自然环境维持我们的生活和生活方式。我们不断需要增进对自然环境的理解和管理，以在我们
Environmental scientists have careers in planning, management, monitoring and research. These roles are usually found in government departments and agencies, local councils, consultancies, and industrial and mining companies, and you could be working in urban, rural or remote settings.<br><br>Graduates assess resources, implement environmental impact programs, analyse and interpret environmental data and formulate contingency plans in areas including strategic land-use planning, waste disposal, pollution measurement and control, coastal protection, environmental impact of mining, tourism and urban development, rehabilitation and reforestation of degraded sites, ground water assessment and modelling, flood plain planning, erosion control, and marine science.<br><br>We rely on our natural environment to sustain our lives and our lifestyles. We continually need to improve our understanding and management of the natural environment to balance our development with wise management while minimising impacts and degradation.<br><br>An understanding of the mechanisms controlling environmental systems provides the skills required to undertake a great range of scientific environmental planning and management, and tackle problems such as local water quality and ecosystem impacts, soil erosion, catchment and groundwater use, or adaptation to global climate change. <br><br>You will experience some of the most advanced laboratories and field work opportunities in Australia and be taught by staff who are at the top of their research fields internationally. You will also stay in touch with the real world, as guest lectures, site visits and opportunities for work integrated learning bring a strong industry flavour to the degree.