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
Researchers urge greater control of resultant erosion in future scenarios
UCI Earth system scientist Steve Davis is among a group of leading scientists who make a case in the journal Science this week that growing global challenges have rendered obsolete sharply segregated research and expertise. The world has little use, and precious little time, for one-subject experts, they argue. Traditional, single-discipline approaches to such crises as air pollution, […]
UCI and fellow researchers map climate history at the bottom of the Earth
A comprehensive, 21-year analysis of the fastest-melting region of Antarctica has found that the melt rate of glaciers there has tripled during the last decade.
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.
Multidisciplinary projects focused on data science, medical humanities and water will be funded under new Interschool Academic Initiative program
UCI’s Michael Prather is a lead author on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.