Environment & Energy

Two UCI teams to participate in Orange County Sustainability Decathlon 2023

Competition challenges engineers to design and build net-zero carbon energy buildings

NASA grant supports UCI-led project to remotely monitor changes in beaches, dunes

New techniques to measure coastal topography will improve understanding of flood risk

Aerial photo of the city of Irvine

UCI receives Excellence in Action Award for water conservation

National award recognizes partnership with the Irvine Ranch Water District

UCI scientists observe effects of heat in materials with atomic resolution

Research will benefit design of future electronic and thermoelectric technologies

Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes

UCI scientists make the discovery using improved tracking algorithms

UCI-led research recommends extending California’s prescribed burning season  

Practice viewed as an important tool to prevent out-of-control wildfires

Emissions tied to the international trade of agricultural goods are rising

UCI-led study shows the global shift of land-use greenhouse gas emissions

Wilson Ho in the laboratory.

UCI scientists turn a hydrogen molecule into a quantum sensor

New technique enables precise measurement of electrostatic properties of materials

Earth Week events at UCI

Campus leads the way in environmental stewardship of the planet

Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest

UCI researchers reconsider carbon storage with improved climate models, satellite data