[1] Her research areas have included sea-level rise, climate change, and tectonics.
[1] Evans became interested in geology during a visit to Yellowstone National Park during the summer after her first year at Occidental College.
[3][5] Evans began work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the 1980s, conducting research on Earth's geology using including in the Radar Sciences Group, including the SIR-C radar project, which was used to explore dry river beds and dangerous volcanoes.
[3][6][7] In addition to its primary geological mission, SIR-C supported archaeological imaging from space, including the discovery of long-buried portions of the Great Wall of China.
[1] Under her direction, JPL has conducted research on climate change in coordination with Britains Met [Meteorology] Office,[4] and is studying Earth's carbon cycle with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 mission and its predecessors.