The author of more than 200 scientific publications, Field's research emphasizes impacts of climate change, from the molecular to the global scale.
Field's work has allowed to quantify the global climate impact of deforestation, agriculture and other changes in vegetation cover.
[8] Field currently serves as a co-chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's "Working Group II, impacts, adaptation, vulnerability.
[10] Chris Field's lab at Carnegie Science focuses on ecological research from the ecosystem- to the global scale.
[11] Much of the work emphasizes understanding drivers and impacts of global environmental change on various ecosystems, including grasslands and oceans.