Scientists drill first deep ice core at the South Pole
UCI and fellow researchers map climate history at the bottom of the Earth
January 21, 2015
Environment/Energy
West Antarctic melt rate has tripled: UC Irvine-NASA
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.
December 02, 2014
UC Irvine increasing on-site solar power production fourfold
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.
November 04, 2014
Encouraging cross-campus collaboration
Multidisciplinary projects focused on data science, medical humanities and water will be funded under new Interschool Academic Initiative program
May 09, 2014
A gamble of global proportions
UCI’s Michael Prather is a lead author on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
April 28, 2014
Time travelers
Scientists use radiocarbon dating to analyze everything from the world’s oldest shoe to sediment samples that shed light on global climate change
April 01, 2014
Highlights of 2013 at UCI
Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement … and zombies
December 11, 2013
Power player
Vice Chancellor Wendell Brase is widely credited with curbing campus’s energy consumption and costs
November 26, 2013
On track for clean energy
UCI will host – and compete in – the California Challenge, which pits alternative-fuel race cars against each other
September 30, 2013