UCI-led study uses plankton genomes as global biosensors of ocean ecosystem stress
UCI graduate students, researchers traveled the world to chart major ocean regions
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UCI researchers: Climate change will alter the position of the Earth’s tropical rain belt
Difference by the year 2100 expected to impact global biodiversity, food security
Balzan Prize is awarded to Susan Trumbore for contributions in Earth system dynamics
Susan Trumbore, UCI professor of Earth system science, is among four recipients of the 2020 Balzan Prize, one of the most prestigious international awards in natural science and humanities. She was recognized for her contributions in the field of Earth system dynamics. Trumbore, who is also a director of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry […]
UCI researchers: carbon in Earth’s soil older than previously thought
Analyzing radiocarbon dating on a massive database of soil samples from around the world, University of California, Irvine researchers have determined that globally, the average age of the carbon in the ground is about 5,000 years old. In a study published today in Nature Geoscience, a team led by Zheng Shi, UCI postdoctoral scholar in […]
UCI Earth system scientist helps quantify drop in carbon emissions during pandemic
Scientists who normally study how human activities impact the planet have been given a rare opportunity over the past few months to observe what happens when industry, transportation and other sources of carbon emissions are curtailed. Steve Davis, UCI associate professor of Earth system science, is part of an international cohort of researchers measuring the […]
Ellen Druffel elected to National Academy of Sciences
UCI Earth system science professor is an expert in the ocean carbon cycle
James Bullock to become new dean of UCI School of Physical Sciences
Noted cosmologist is currently chair of Department of Physics & Astronomy
UCI joins in launch of new NSF-funded data science and climate initiative
Investigators from UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science, and School of Physical Sciences will work together in a new initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation, to perfect the use of data science in climate studies. The Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science plus Climate project […]
UCI’s Eric Rignot and Steven White elected to National Academy of Sciences
Earth system scientist and physicist recognized for original research
UCI Earth system scientist joins international team studying Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica
Mathieu Morlighem, UCI assistant professor of Earth system science, is contributing his expertise in ice sheet numerical modeling to the newly launched International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. The five-year, $25 million project, co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.K.’s Natural Environment Research Council, aims to provide answers to some of the most pressing inquiries […]