Environment/Energy

UCI research group uses collaborative filtering to build a better online carbon footprint calculator.

As Haiti begins rebuilding after a devastating earthquake, three UCI professors discuss how it could emerge a stronger country.

Inundated with conflicting advice on how to reduce your carbon footprint? Diane Pataki, associate professor of Earth system science, will clear up the confusion.

UCI biologists’ groundbreaking work with the freshwater polyp hydra helped put a young campus on the map.

UCI’s Sharon Stern and colleagues are helping a Mexican coastal village preserve a coral reef by better managing its wastewater.

Risks of laser-based uranium enrichment outweigh rewards, says UCI economist Linda Cohen.

UCI hydrologist Jay Famiglietti calls much-needed attention to California’s dwindling groundwater supply.

Plants that grow rapidly have poor internal defenses against pests. So it’s ladybugs, and others, to the rescue.

UCI Earth science graduate students created a blog that predicts and explains the science behind Orange County weather.

San Joaquin wetlands manager William Bretz helps preserve the fragile ecosystem for UCI researchers and students, as well as the creatures that depend on the marsh for survival.