Michael Prather

Balancing the planet

Last spring, UC Irvine launched a new institute that will bring together scientists to identify new research needed for an improved understanding of society’s response to a changing climate and for environmental science to better respond to societal needs. Topics to be tackled by the UC Irvine Environment Institute: Global Change, Energy and Sustainable Resources […]

The missing greenhouse gas

Flat-screen TV manufacturing emits chemical with warming effect

UCI creates new environment institute

UC Irvine has created a new research institute dedicated to the study of how the environment and society interact. The…

Climate change panel awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, Oct. 12, for its work to alert the…