UCI scientists see order in complex patterns of river deltas
Landforms ‘self-organize’ to withstand human and natural disturbances
Landforms ‘self-organize’ to withstand human and natural disturbances
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has awarded $1.8 million to UCI oceanographic engineer Kristen Davis to study offshore kelp cultivation. “Macroalgae are fast-growing and highly versatile; they can be used for feedstock, fuels, chemicals and many other commercial products,” said Davis, assistant professor of civil & environmental engineering and Earth system […]
Industrial farming disrupts burn-regrowth cycle in grasslands, study finds
Extreme lightning storms are the main driver of recent massive fire years in Alaska and Canada, and these storms are likely to move farther north with climate warming, potentially altering landscapes, according to findings in Nature Climate Change by researchers from UCI, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and elsewhere. Analyzing satellite images and data from ground-based networks, […]
UCI-led analysis of data from India could have dire implications for future
UCI’s Project CRYSTAL integrates classroom and outdoor learning experiences
Earth system scientist is honored for climate change studies
UCI, CoalSwarm: Hundreds of new dirty power plants aren’t needed
UCI’s Rowland Hall was officially designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society in a campus ceremony Tuesday. The building is named after F. Sherwood “Sherry” Rowland, a founding faculty member whose groundbreaking research in the 1970s demonstrated the potentially catastrophic effect of chlorofluorocarbons on the Earth’s ozone layer, which protects against the sun’s […]