Garrett’s career has focused on how climate change will impact us and what we can do about it. He has studied sea-level rise; water quality, and pollution in South Carolina; grassroots climate change adaptations in the UK; Just Transition and wildlife policies in Colorado; and impacts of climate change on ocean and forest ecosystems throughout the Earth’s history. He currently works at Cornell University on carbon dioxide removal and agricultural responses to climate change, and serves on the ecosystems working group for the New York State Climate Impacts Assessment.