Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) is an autonomous research centre to promote and establish scientific and technological research and development studies in the earth sciences. CESS pursues multidisciplinary approach in problems related to land, sea and atmosphere. It was instituted by the government of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, in 1978, in Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. Now it is an R&D centre under Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment

Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment

Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment is an autonomous body constituted by the Government of Kerala in November 2002 to encourage and promote science and technology-related activities in Kerala State...

.

CESS carries out studies in river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 basin evaluation, ground water management, coastal erosion

Erosion

Erosion is when materials are removed from the surface and changed into something else. It only works by hydraulic actions and transport of solids in the natural environment, and leads to the deposition of these materials elsewhere...

, and other special problems.
CESS does research in earth

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

 system, micro-level watershed planning, natural hazards management, chemical analysis, CRZ mapping, and studies of air, water, land, noise pollution

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...

, etc.
CESS also does environmental impact assessment, coastal and estuarine management, terrain

Terrain

Terrain, or land relief, is the vertical and horizontal dimension of land surface. When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used...

analysis, natural resources management, laser applications, river sand mining, and microlevel planning. CESS organise and conduct research courses leading to doctoral degree.

Divisions

• Geosciences Division
• Marine Sciences Division
• Atmospheric Sciences Division
• Environmental Sciences Division
• Resource Analysis Division
• Chemical Sciences Division
• Training and Extension Division

Facilities

• X-Ray Flourescense Spectrometer
• X-Ray Defractometer
• Petrology and Crustal Evolution Studies
• Seismology
• Palaeomagnetism
• Fluid Inclusion
• Thin Sectioning Laboratory
• Sedimentology
• Placer laboratory
• Gas Chromatograph
• Photo Interpretation
• Geoinformatics laboratory
• Library