Wildfires emitted a record-breaking amount of carbon dioxide in 2021
UCI scientists found northern-latitude forests to be the highest source
Climate change could cause “disaster” in the world’s oceans
Deep overturning circulation collapses with strong warming
Ensuring equitability of environmental sustainability policies
UCI researchers study how climate mitigation options affect various communities
California’s trees are dying and might not be coming back
Wildfires and climbing temperatures have caused a 6.7 percent decline since 1985
Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes
UCI scientists make the discovery using improved tracking algorithms
Emissions tied to the international trade of agricultural goods are rising
UCI-led study shows the global shift of land-use greenhouse gas emissions
Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis
Eve Darian-Smith, global and international studies, examines role of politics, economic decisions in global warming
Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest
UCI researchers reconsider carbon storage with improved climate models, satellite data
UCI researchers first to sample permafrost CO2 emissions during fall and winter
New tool enables year-round, direct measurements of frozen arctic soils
Investigating the causes of glacier retreat in West Antarctica
Ice-ocean interactions are accelerating melting into Amundsen Sea Embayment
Rapid research response
UCI scientists study the effects of an oil spill on Orange County's coastline
Carbon, nitrogen and plastics
UCI oceanographers study human impacts on California’s coastal watershed
Dealing with droughts
Technologies offer solutions, but attitudes about water must change for long-term resilience
What’s happening with El Niño?
Climate change may be shifting and lengthening an ocean temperature phenomenon that can cause rainy winters in California
Up in the air
Aerosol particles collected at UCI help scientists characterize the atmospheric seasonality of Southern California
Climate change is making it harder to fight climate change
Higher heat will limit ecosystem’s role in removing atmospheric CO2
Greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions are lengthening and intensifying droughts
UCI study shows human-sourced boost to drying in Americas, Africa and Asia
California’s wildfire season has lengthened, and its peak is now earlier in the year
UCI environmental engineers analyzed a century’s worth of the Golden State’s blazes
Breathing room
Industrial zone proximity associated with increased pediatric asthma, UCI study finds
Smoke and grapes
Joint UCI, NCAR project investigates wildfire effects on farmworkers
Promoting environmental justice
New research center will take interdisciplinary, community-based approach to alleviating health inequities
In the aftermath of a wildfire, new threat looms
Interdisciplinary UCI team studies mudslide impacts on aging infrastructure
The human impact of climate-intensified health risks
The Wu lab focuses on reducing disparities
Plotting a course for climate-conscious air travel
Addressing climate change: plants instead of plants?
Rather than an industrial solution to excess atmospheric carbon dioxide, a retired UCI physicist looks to nature
Earth guardians
UCI researchers seek solutions to the many effects of climate change
Forecasting flooding
Environmental threat is already affecting coastal California, but modeling helps communities develop solutions
Ensuring science informs climate policy
In White House fellowship, Ann Marie Carlton seeks to curb agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
Tailoring scientific research
UCI Solutions that Scale is getting climate change knowledge to the people who need it
Tapping a novel resource
UCI anthropology professor hopes to glean valuable insights on fire prevention and mitigation from weed abatement workers
The role of humanities
Critical to climate change solutions are interdisciplinary collaboration and the ability to effectively communicate the scope of the crisis
Carbon capture and air quality
UCI Solutions that Scale researchers are seeking ways to remove planet-warming gases from the atmosphere and exploring the impacts of declining fossil fuel use
Probing carbon sequestration at the molecular level
Ultrathin water films on metal-rich rocks convert CO2 in to solid minerals
Recommending an extension to California’s prescribed burning season
The practice is viewed as an important tool to prevent out-of-control wildfires
Mitigating weather extremes
Better groundwater management could help California cope with more intense floods, droughts
Fieldwork for a better future
UCI partners with Irvine Ranch Conservancy for climate change adaptation study of plant and microbial ecosystems on Loma Ridge
The cool campus
A group effort and a green conscience fuel UCI’s environmental record
UC Irvine researchers embark on $7.5 million environmental justice initiative
Funding supports diversification and community engagement in the Earth sciences
UCI launches Environmental Humanities Research Center
Multidisciplinary center addresses our century's most pressing issue: climate change
How to teach climate science
UCI researcher writes guidebook for instructing grades six through 12
Fellowships focused on climate change science
Interdisciplinary UCI graduate students are converging on a multifaceted problem
