Environment & Energy

Isabella Velicogna

UCI’s Velicogna contributes to study stressing benefits of limiting greenhouse gas emissions

Climate model predictions made more precise through use of NASA GRACE satellite data

UCI researchers identify primary causes of Greenland’s rapid ice sheet surface melt

Weather station data point to wind- and solar-driven heating as leading culprits

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

UCI-led study uses plankton genomes as global biosensors of ocean ecosystem stress

UCI graduate students, researchers traveled the world to chart major ocean regions

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UCI Podcast: California environmental justice advocates lead the way

Michael Méndez talks about the crucial years of the environmental justice movement

New U.S. Carbon Monitor website compares emissions among the 50 states

Tool helps to track abrupt yet temporary emissions declines during pandemic

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UCI Podcast: How drought and climate change threaten California’s water

Better management of groundwater could help, says Nicola Ulibarri

Tenfold carbon emissions reduction needed to meet Paris climate goal

UCI Earth system scientist Steve Davis part of international team evaluating global warming factors

Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building

UCI researchers join forces to tackle challenges in human health and the environment

Newest building on campus is designed from the ground up to foster collaboration

Assistant professor Michael Méndez named to L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Board

Michael Méndez, assistant professor of urban planning & public policy, has been appointed by state Gov. Gavin Newsom to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. The panel, one of nine statewide, is part of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Its mission is to preserve and enhance water quality in the L.A. area for […]