Environment & Energy

UCI, NASA JPL project tracking Earth-sensing satellite turnover yields striking results

Despite reductions, pollution in growing regions persists, pointing to mitigation opportunities

UCI discovery points to aquaculture potential of the monkeyface prickleback

A University of California, Irvine-led team has received $3.6 million over three years for a project that uses science and engineering to help California fight wildfires. The funding comes from the University of California Laboratory Fees Research Program competition, a contest designed to promote the development of multicampus projects and collaborations that advance the missions […]

UCI undergrads partner with faculty in projects promoting sustainability

Machine learning Earth system model projects growth in lower latitudes by 2100

New course helps engineers understand the effects of human activity on a changing coastline

Community involvement, high-resolution maps lead to improved risk management

In a discovery that has implications for our understanding of the air we breathe, UCI chemists report that they’ve found nanoscale fragments of fungal cells in the atmosphere. The pieces are extremely small, measuring about 30 nanometers in diameter, and much more abundant than previously thought, the researchers say in a study published this week […]

UCI glaciologists play key roles on international assessment team