Environment & Energy

UCI graduate student manages unique construction challenge: the Team Orange County entry in the 2015 Solar Decathlon

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UCI, other researchers link products made there with higher CO2 emissions

UCI, other researchers examine differences between summer, Santa Ana fires

UCI and other scientists say Californians must learn to live within the state’s new climate

Abigail Reyes divides her life into two parts, “B.T.” and “A.T.” – before Terence and after Terence. In February 1999, Terence Unity Freitas, an environmental activist and her “partner in work and love,” was kidnapped and murdered in Colombia. At the time, he was working to halt the plans of major oil companies to drill […]

An expedition to Greenland with UCI glaciologists reveals ‘time bomb’ effects of global warming

UC Irvine is quadrupling the amount of green power it generates on-site with the addition of solar photovoltaic canopies on three campus parking structure roofs.

Scientists use radiocarbon dating to analyze everything from the world’s oldest shoe to sediment samples that shed light on global climate change

Isabella Velicogna‘s office in UC Irvine’s Croul Hall looks like it belongs to an artist instead of a university scientist. Her paintings and drawings — including charming sketches of mice — adorn the walls, and colorful, handcrafted mobiles dangle from the ceiling. “In my next life, I will be a children’s book illustrator,” says Velicogna, […]