Wildfire risk will grow due to climate change, new research finds, but unhealthy controlled burns for farming are the leading type of blaze in the U.S. UC Irvine Earth system scientist Hsiao-Wen Lin found that such fires have increased by 30% nationally in the past decade, mostly in the south. Thanks to stricter air pollution regulations, California, Oregon and Washington have slashed their agricultural burn rates though.
UCI researchers can forecast wildfires using sea surface temperatures.
UCI seismologist Lisa Grant Ludwig finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas fault.
Study finds they’ve occurred every 45 to 144 years, most recently in 1857.
UCI staff member Bernadette Strobel-Lopez makes weekly trek to bring basic necessities to victims of the Mexicali earthquake.
UCI Earth science graduate students created a blog that predicts and explains the science behind Orange County weather.
Bloggers apply National Weather Service data to Orange County conditions and topography to create a detailed, scientific report.
If David Feldman has his way, you could soon be working with water policy managers and scientists to allocate California’s precious liquid resource.
The Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit in UC Irvine Health Sciences was selected by the Environmental Protection Agency as a…
UCI student Lori Chiu leads Alternative Break effort to aid fire-devastated La Jolla Indian Reservation