UCI’s Michael Méndez to lead press conference at UN climate change summit
Event will focus on California’s efforts to advance environmental justice
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California’s climate crisis examined on UCI special report website
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In Brazil’s Acre, smoke from fires threatens health, could worsen COVID-19
Mongabay, Aug. 18, 2021
The pandemic slashed the West Coast’s emissions. Wildfires already reversed it.
MIT Technology Review, July 27, 2021
California’s carbon mitigation efforts may be thwarted by climate change itself
UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem’s role in removing atmospheric CO2
Fieldwork for a better future
UCI partners with Irvine Ranch Conservancy for climate change adaptation study of plant and microbial ecosystems on Loma Ridge
Climate change is driving plant die-offs in Southern California, UCI study finds
Loss of vegetation cover is most stark in desert ecosystems already on edge of habitability
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 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