Environment & Energy

Earth system scientist and physicist recognized for original research

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