UC Irvine News Brief: Earth systems science grant

A team of UC Irvine professors has been awarded $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to assess the below-ground effects of environmental change.

Melting in a cast iron pan is a pat of butter derived through a chemical process.

UC Irvine-led science team shows how to eat our way out of the climate crisis

Researchers explore the benefits of producing farm-free food

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UC Irvine Earth system scientists plot pathways for climate-conscious air travel

Net-zero-emissions flying is possible by 2050 with new technologies and habits

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Earth guardians

UCI researchers seek solutions to the many effects of climate change

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UCI Podcast: Bringing science to White House policy making

During her government fellowship, Ann Marie Carlton is seeking to use data to reduce pollution from agriculture

Balzan Prize is awarded to Susan Trumbore for contributions in Earth system dynamics

Susan Trumbore, UCI professor of Earth system science, is among four recipients of the 2020 Balzan Prize, one of the most prestigious international awards in natural science and humanities. She was recognized for her contributions in the field of Earth system dynamics. Trumbore, who is also a director of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry […]

UCI joins in launch of new NSF-funded data science and climate initiative

Investigators from UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science, and School of Physical Sciences will work together in a new initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation, to perfect the use of data science in climate studies. The Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science plus Climate project […]

James Randerson named Ralph J. & Carol M. Cicerone Chair of Earth System Science

UCI expert on climate and environment is first to hold new endowed position

UCI: Earth is losing its fire power

Industrial farming disrupts burn-regrowth cycle in grasslands, study finds

UCI’s James Randerson is elected to National Academy of Sciences

Earth system scientist is honored for climate change studies