Environment/Energy

UCI, NASA JPL project tracking Earth-sensing satellite turnover yields striking results

Despite reductions, pollution in growing regions persists, pointing to mitigation opportunities

A University of California, Irvine-led team has received $3.6 million over three years for a project that uses science and engineering to help California fight wildfires. The funding comes from the University of California Laboratory Fees Research Program competition, a contest designed to promote the development of multicampus projects and collaborations that advance the missions […]

Machine learning Earth system model projects growth in lower latitudes by 2100

UCI glaciologists play key roles on international assessment team

New findings will help scientists predict climate change impact on frozen continent

David Fedman, assistant professor of history, has received the 2019 Joel A. Tarr Envirotech Article Prize from the Society for the History of Technology’s Envirotech special interest group. His article, “The Ondol Problem and the Politics of Forest Conservation in Colonial Korea,” was published in The Journal of Korean Studies. It explores the ondol, a […]

By hoarding water underground, vegetation will help saturate soil, boosting rain runoff

Breakthrough has applications in data storage, energy conversion, quantum computing

NSF-funded project involving 3 other UC campuses will use advanced simulations