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UCI Ecological Preserve champions biodiversity and community engagement in Irvine

A. Park Williams to use funding to study climate change and its connection to droughts, wildfires

$5.5 million effort will prioritize community engagement, environmental justice

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report in March 2023 warning of the dire consequences to come if annual global mean temperature increases by 1.5 degrees Celsius over preindustrial levels, which could happen in the first half of the 2030s. Humanity is expected to face crippling heat waves, flooding, drought, mass […]

UCI experts work to inform public policy and educate about California’s water future

UC Irvine-led study found northern-latitude forest fires to be the highest source

Brett Sanders, UCI professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been focusing his research efforts on understanding flood risk to Southern California’s communities. Over the years he has studied the impact of climate change-caused sea level rise along California’s coast. Lately he has been examining flood risk to regions further inland, in many cases affecting […]

UCI researchers sound the alarm on future Southern California deluge

Program goal is to solve complex environmental challenges

Be green with UC Irvine At UCI, sustainability is part of everything we do, from the way we operate our campus, to what we teach in the classroom, through community partnerships and our vital climate change research around the world. Commitment to sustainability World-changing climate research In every school on the UCI campus, you’ll find […]