Nevada official to talk climate change at UCI Women in Water seminar

Water expert Pat Mulroy will speak May 13 on “Climate Change and the American West: Can We Adapt?”

Drought, deforestation link fuels climate change

In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, the practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially…

A fire in a tropical peat forest on Sumatra in Indonesia

Drought, deforestation link fuels climate change

In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, the practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially in dry years, releasing huge amounts of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study analyzing six years of weather and fire observations.

Climate change killed off trees in California mountain range, study confirms

Warmer temperatures and longer dry spells have killed thousands of trees and shrubs in a Southern California mountain range, pushing…

UCI Earth scientist helps write new federal climate change report

Jim Randerson, associate professor of Earth system science at UC Irvine, helped write a new federal report that links a…

Prather helps author new AGU climate change statement

The American Geophysical Union today released a new statement updating its position on climate change, the evidence for it, potential…

Zender testifies on Capitol Hill about climate change

Charlie Zender, associate professor of Earth system science at UC Irvine, testified Thursday, Oct. 18, at a congressional hearing about…

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…

Coronavirus lifestyle improves climate-change behaviors. Will it last?

Orange County Register, April 3, 2020

Joleah Lamb, UC Irvine assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, standing on a beach in front of the ocean.

Sea change

Joleah Lamb finds reasons to be optimistic about our relationship with oceans