Environment & Energy

Mathieu Morlighem, UCI assistant professor of Earth system science, is contributing his expertise in ice sheet numerical modeling to the newly launched International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. The five-year, $25 million project, co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.K.’s Natural Environment Research Council, aims to provide answers to some of the most pressing inquiries […]

UCI-led study examines role of plants, trees in global transfer of rainfall

By taking a closer look, UCI scientists find resilience in face of heat stress

More accurate maps of bed topography reveal physical processes controlling retreat

Warming-induced plankton growth near Antarctica will impair marine food chain

Essential iron is hoarded and recycled by the climate-regulating aquatic plants

Findings paint less dire climate picture, as ancient emissions are more harmful

The UCI campus community has made a serious effort to cut waste in recent years, resulting in an 80 percent reduction in non-biodegradable junk going to landfills. UCI recycling manager Anne Krieghoff discusses the university’s trash-abatement programs in a new Climate Lab video premiering today. Produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox, […]

Enhanced monitoring tool adds groundwater storage to assessment factors

UCI residential complex lauded for redefining the college living experience