[5] For the past 18 years,[6] ESC monitored and studied Hawksbill turtle nesting sites in Qatar.

The clusters are: The first of its kind in the Arabian Gulf region, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have announced the establishment of the UNESCO Chair in marine sciences at QU's Environmental Science Center.

[15] The ESC labs have been granted ISO/IEC 17025 by American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), affirming their status as world-class facilities operating to best practice.

[29][30][31] JANAN is a 42.80 m. multipurpose Research Vessel[28] and was named after the island located in the western coast of the Qatari peninsula.

JANAN is used extensively in studying the state of marine environment in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the State of Qatar[32][33][34][35] and to advance critical marine environmental studies and research in Qatar and the wider Gulf.