The pandemic slashed the West Coast’s emissions. Wildfires already reversed it.
MIT Technology Review, July 27, 2021
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Banerjee receives NSF funding to establish international ‘network of networks’ on wildfire research
Research will address the fundamental knowledge gaps in the science and engineering aspects of wildfires
California wildfires disproportionately affect elderly and poor residents, UCI study finds
California’s wildfire burn area has increased by more than 23,000 acres per year over the past two decades, and the number of people who have been adversely affected has nearly doubled. In a paper published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, UCI researchers show that elderly and low-income residents have […]
COVID-19 snarled groundbreaking Calif. wildfire safeguards
E&E News, May 7, 2021
California’s wildfire season has lengthened, and its peak is now earlier in the year
UCI environmental engineers analyzed a century’s worth of the Golden State’s blazes
UCI, Tsinghua U.: California’s 2018 wildfires caused $150 billion in damages
Study shows health and socio-economic costs extended far beyond burned areas
UCI-led project seeks to combat wildfires
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 […]
Taming wildfires
UCI-created AI tool for predicting blaze size proves successful in Alaska; team now focuses on California
UCI team uses machine learning to help tell which wildfires will burn out of control
New technique could help authorities conduct triage in multiple-blaze scenarios
Southern California wildfires exhibit split personalities
UCI, other researchers examine differences between summer, Santa Ana fires