Environment & Energy

Future may bring more overlap of synergistic weather factors, UCI researchers warn

Long-term impact of climate change on US cities is rising, UCI researchers find

$140 million consortium aims to improve competitiveness of US industry

UCI team shows off its prototype for Hyperloop transportation system at competition

UCI is first college in nation to convert to all-electric bus fleet

Channels give warm ocean water access to their undersides, speeding glacier retreat

UCI is sustaining its outsized reputation for tracking and tackling environmental challenges

From Nobel Prize-winning findings about the planet’s rapidly changing atmosphere to innovative technologies and solutions, the campus is ahead of the curve on the most daunting challenges of our time. Surging king tides and fiercer storms along the West Coast are being plotted on real-time three-dimensional maps by UCI engineers for Newport Beach and Tijuana, and social […]

UCI tests integration of renewable hydrogen into existing natural gas systems

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has awarded UCI researchers $1.15 million to study and mitigate sea level rise and storm surge impacts on changing shores. They will develop modeling tools to analyze how sediment management practices affect the stability of communities and wetlands facing the tests of climate change. “Sediment […]