Environment/Energy

UC Irvine scientists believe sunlight is the fuel of the future.

As hybrid-electric vehicles gain popularity, UCI scientists turn to nature to improve battery design.

An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought, UC Irvine research has found.

Peter Bryant, developmental & cell biology professor, has spent decades photographing tide pool invertebrates called filter feeders, which keep the water clear by eating suspended matter and food particles.

In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, the practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially in dry years, releasing huge amounts of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study analyzing six years of weather and fire observations.

If David Feldman has his way, you could soon be working with water policy managers and scientists to allocate California's precious liquid resource.

UC Irvine and other organizations recently challenged Orange County students to "imagine life without water" and create multimedia projects promoting water conservation in California.

Population growth, climate variations and urbanization have the potential to cause chronic water shortages in a growing number of regions worldwide.

Raging wildfires that engulfed Southern California earlier this decade not only destroyed neighborhoods laying in their path, they also caused significant health problems for many who lived outside the fires' reach.