Environment/Energy

UCI cactus restoration program aims to boost the population of a rare wren. Biologists are creating a welcoming habitat near campus that they hope will help the species thrive.

The Paul Merage School of Business explores companies’ love affairs with sustainable practices.

UCI pilot program takes root on historic Irvine Ranch.

Team creates online maps used by foreign countries to predict – and prepare for – intense rainfall.

UCI seismologist Lisa Grant Ludwig finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas fault.

Emerging field helps create a more sustainable future, though information technology itself is part of the problem.

With his bow ties and seersucker suits, Roger McWilliams might appear to be old-fashioned, but the UCI physicist invents futuristic laser tools that have advanced everything from telecommunications to healthcare.

UCI is among California universities receiving up to $122 million to create fuels from sunlight.

This summer, surfers and swimmers will risk more than sunburn — the ocean could make them sick. UCI researchers are testing the waters and working to improve the detection, identification, measurement and elimination of coastal pollutants.

UC Irvine professor William Cooper follows the trail of plastic debris that’s spreading from the coast to the deep sea.