NASA funds UC Irvine-led mission to record changes in Antarctica’s ice sheet

Researchers will use data from upcoming and existing international satellite missions

UCI, NASA JPL researchers discover a cause of rapid ice melting in Greenland

Study suggests extent of future sea level rise could be vastly underestimated

NASA grant supports UCI-led project to remotely monitor changes in beaches, dunes

New techniques to measure coastal topography will improve understanding of flood risk

UCI, NASA JPL researchers detail causes of glacier retreat in West Antarctica

Ice-ocean interactions are accelerating melting into Amundsen Sea Embayment

COVID-19 AMA: Super Bowl masks, Johnson & Johnson boosters, nasal vaccines, and more

KPCC (AirTalk), Feb. 3, 2022 (Audio)

UCI, NASA JPL scientists uncover additional threat to Antarctica’s floating ice shelves

Thinning of rift-healing slush is identified as a major cause of iceberg calving events

NASA funds project to make STEM learning more inclusive

Through its Minority University Research and Education Project, NASA has granted $750,000 to fund a project proposed by UCI and Oregon State University to expand access to science, technology, engineering and math learning opportunities for underserved students. UCI and OSU are among 10 institutions receiving the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry award, which is intended to […]

Insights into the interplay between Covid and the nasal microbiome

Labroots, Aug. 19, 2021

Grounded by pandemic, NASA interns keep researching

Share America, July 29, 2020

UCI astronomers to study galaxy formation with newly funded NASA space telescope

UCI’s Frederick Reines Hall is home to happy astronomers after this week’s announcement of NASA’s selection of the new Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer mission. The two-year, $242 million SPHEREx is targeted to launch in 2023. Asantha Cooray, UCI professor of physics & astronomy, will head one […]