Environment/Energy

UCI’s Kathleen Treseder wins climate change award from British Ecological Society

Prize recognizes contributions to understanding the role of fungi in ecosystems

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UCI Podcast: Solutions That Scale

James Bullock discusses multidisciplinary organization working to counter the impacts of climate change

Study shows how restoring overstocked forests can yield multiple, diverse benefits

Mechanical thinning of California’s forests can reduce the severity of wildfires by eliminating built-up vegetation that fuels blazes. According to researchers at UCI, UC Merced and the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, scientifically based forest management practices could also curtail CO2 emissions from fires, promote carbon storage in remaining trees, and improve the […]

Astrophysicist Gregory Benford

Addressing climate change: plants instead of plants?

Rather than an industrial solution to excess atmospheric carbon dioxide, a retired UCI physicist looks to nature

UCI study: California’s trees are dying, and might not be coming back

Wildfires and climbing temperatures have caused a 6.7 percent decline since 1985

Aerial photo of the city of Irvine

UCI receives Excellence in Action Award for water conservation

National award recognizes partnership with the Irvine Ranch Water District

Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes

UCI scientists make the discovery using improved tracking algorithms

UCI-led research recommends extending California’s prescribed burning season  

Practice viewed as an important tool to prevent out-of-control wildfires

Emissions tied to the international trade of agricultural goods are rising

UCI-led study shows the global shift of land-use greenhouse gas emissions

Wilson Ho in the laboratory.

UCI scientists turn a hydrogen molecule into a quantum sensor

New technique enables precise measurement of electrostatic properties of materials