Environment/Energy

Total burned area declined in past two decades while human impacts worsened

Program supports research by promising assistant professors

The research is the first field-based confirmation of such climate impacts

More state forests are vulnerable to wildfire due to climate change

Discovery enables manufacturing of ultrathin solar panels, advanced optoelectronics

Marine bacteria could store carbon long-term as complex organic molecules

UC Irvine researchers stress need for local topography and infrastructure data

UC Irvine beach dynamics expert Brett Sanders offers solutions

Satellite radar data show kilometer-scale seawater intrusion, causing ice to rise and fall

The finding may help policymakers respond to the crisis